College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
How People Cope with Weight Stigma Affects Their Health
A focus on positive coping strategies could help improve health for those who experience being teased or bullied because of their weight, according to new research by the UConn Rudd Center.
November 9, 2017 | Daniel P. Jones, UConn Rudd Center
Reforestation: Knowing When to Let Nature Take its Course
Allowing Nature to restore deforested areas often restores them closer to the characteristics of the original forest than planting large numbers of trees, according to a new study involving a UConn researcher.
November 8, 2017 | Combined Reports
Op-ed: What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us About Dealing with Grief
The pain of grief is part of human existence. Daoist and Confucian philosophy can help find meaning in grief, says philosophy professor Alexus McLeod.
November 2, 2017 | Alexus McLeod, Philosophy and Asian American Studies
Living on the Edge Not for All Species
A new study finds that as tropical forests become increasingly fragmented, some species are at an ever-increasing risk for extinction, especially those that depend on the forest core.
November 1, 2017 | Elaina Hancock
Winter is Coming – Just How Bad Will it Be?
From analyzing long-range weather forecasts to reading signs in nature, UConn experts weigh in on what may be in store this winter.
November 1, 2017 | Elaina Hancock
Find Your Niche: A Day in the Life of Irma Valverde ’18
The way to carve your own niche at UConn is to get involved, says Valverde, president of the Undergraduate Student Government.
October 31, 2017 | Julie (Stagis) Bartucca '10 (BUS, CLAS), '19 MBA
How Silly Putty is Like Bone
A physiology and neurobiology professor explains that the physical characteristics of both substances vary, based on how fast a force is applied on them.
October 30, 2017 | Bret Eckhardt
Flocking to Storrs: A Birder’s Tour of Campus
From UCONN MAGAZINE: Ornithology professor Margaret Rubega said 'birds are everywhere.' Then she proved it.
October 26, 2017 | Lisa Stiepock, with bird photos by Mark Szantyr and landscape photos by Peter Morenus
Should the Vegas Mass Murder Be Memorialized?
'One of the real tensions is that by drawing attention to the killing, it also draws attention to the killer,' says geography professor Ken Foote, who has written a book about memorialization of place.
October 19, 2017 | Kenneth Best
Our Calculator Will Guess How Many Healthy Years of Life You Have Left
We are living longer than ever. But for how many of those years will we be healthy?
October 18, 2017 | Jay Vadiveloo, Goldenson Center for Actuarial Research at UConn