College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Students participate in Fresh Check Day in the concourse (atrium) at Uconn Stamford on Oct. 9, 2018. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Trustees Review Expansion Ideas for UConn Stamford Academics

In light of rapidly growing enrollment at the Stamford Campus, the University is considering adding new majors and additional student services.

A young woman eating pizza in front of the refrigerator late at night. (Getty Images)

UConn Study: Junk Food Purchases Increase after Recreational Marijuana Legalization

New research by a UConn economist found a link between state recreational marijuana legalization and increased consumption of certain high-calorie foods.

Mostafa Analoui, executive director of venture development, speaks with Kashmira Kulkarmi, chief scientist, and Alex Tikhonov, senior scientist at Azitra's technology incubator lab at the Cell and Genome Sciences Building in Farmington on Feb. 8, 2017. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Venture Development Helps Foster CT Business Opportunities

UConn's Mostafa Analoui sits down with MetroHartford Alliance to discuss how the University's entrepreneurship and venture development programs support business opportunities in the state.

The April 4, 1949 document that established the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, showing the signatures of foreign secretaries and ambassadors of the original signing nations – Belgium, Britain, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and the United States. NATO was established for the purposes of collective security. Because the document was signed in the U.S., the signature of Secretary of State Dean Acheson is the last to appear. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Q&A: U.S. Foreign Relations in the 21st Century

History professor Frank Costigliola, an expert on U.S. foreign relations, discusses the historical context of the country's international alliances.

The annual Learning Community Kickoff this past August, where each learning community comes together to celebrate the beginning of the academic year. (Melissa Foreman / Program Director, Learning Communities)

Humanities House Helps Students Connect The Dots

Under the guidance of Associate Professor of Political Science Stephen Dyson, UConn’s Humanities House is helping its residents find opportunities for growth in an ever-changing world through a diverse, humanities-rich education.

Colonies of a multi-resistant coliform bacteria (Escherichia coli). (Getty Image)

UConn Chemist Receives NIH Grant to Synthesize Molecule for UTI Research

UConn chemist, Mark Peczuh, has received NSF funding to develop a molecule that could signal a tremendous breakthrough for those who are prone to contracting UTIs.

Director of UConn's NMR facility, Vitaliy Gorbatyuk. (Carson Stifel/UConn Photo).

Insight into Molecular Makeup at UConn’s NMR Facility

UConn's Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) facility provides instrumentation that can identify compounds produced by chemists or extracted from natural products.

Tahj-Anthony Jean at Farmhouse Crepes in Downtown Storrs.

Student Wrapped up in Farmhouse Crepes

Taj-Anthony Jean '19 shifted his view of himself, “from student-athlete to student-entrepreneur,” as he likes to say.

Scott Wallace, associate professor of journalism, discusses his experiences as a war reporter. (Photo by Scott Wallace)

Photography from the Front Line on Exhibit

Scott Wallace, associate professor of journalism, discusses his experiences as a war reporter in advance of a panel discussion at 4 p.m. at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.

Kate Whitaker, assistant professor of physics, stands next to a telescope inside the observatory on top of the Gant Complex on Feb. 14, 2019. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Rising Star in Astrophysics Receives Sloan Foundation Fellowship

Assistant professor of astrophysics, Kate Whitaker is one of 126 outstanding U.S. and Canadian researchers selected by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to receive 2019 Sloan Research Fellowships.