College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
UConn Partners with Mystic Aquarium on Undergraduate Research
The two institutions will establish a Research Experience for Undergraduates site to encourage students from underrepresented groups to pursue careers in marine sciences or other STEM fields.
March 20, 2017 | Combined Reports
UConn Reads: Seizing the Moment for Humility
A UConn medical student discusses humility – a virtue advocated by many faiths – as a framework for greater understanding among those who disagree.
March 17, 2017 | Alexis Cordone '14 (CLAS)
Louisiana Wetlands Sea-Level Rise Four Times the Global Average
Without major efforts to rebuild Louisiana’s wetlands, there is little chance that the coast will be able to withstand the accelerating rate of sea-level rise, according to a new study co-authored by researchers at UConn and Tulane University.
March 16, 2017 | Combined reports
UConn Philosopher Ruth Millikan Awarded Rolf Schock Prize
The UConn Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor emerita is one of only four recipients worldwide to earn this distinction in 2017.
March 15, 2017 | Combined Reports
Thoreau: Out of the Woods and Onto the River
UConn professor Robert Thorson says Henry David Thoreau, best known for writing about life in the woods, was also a boatman and scientific expert.
March 14, 2017 | Kenneth Best
In Memoriam: Ralph Porter Collins, Emeritus Professor of Biology
Collins retired from UConn in 1989 as a full professor and head of the botony section.
March 13, 2017 | Bri Diaz
UConn Group to Spend Spring Break Assisting Asylum Applicants
A team led by UConn Law's Asylum and Human Rights Clinic will spend the break at a detention facility offering free legal help and social work assessments and support to female detainees from Central America.
March 8, 2017 | Tracy Gordon Fox
Weight-Based Stigma an Obstacle to Sustaining Weight Loss
A new study from the UConn Rudd Center suggests that internalized negative weight-based attitudes in particular undermine personal efforts to sustain weight loss.
March 7, 2017 | Daniel P. Jones, UConn Rudd Center
Op-ed: Are Puerto Ricans Really American Citizens?
With a plebiscite pending in June, political science professor Charles Venator-Santiago discusses the contradiction that while Puerto Ricans are officially U.S. citizens, the territory remains unincorporated.
March 3, 2017 | Charles R. Venator-Santiago, Department of Political Science & El Instituto
Over 200 Would-Be Entrepreneurs Seek Mentoring, Business Advice
More than 200 students attended the kickoff for UConn’s sixth annual Innovation Quest (iQ), hoping their dreams of creating a new business will come to fruition. The iQ program offers advice, encouragement and mentoring from experts in business incubation and strategy.
February 28, 2017 | Claire Hall