College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Piecing Together a 12,000 Year-old Way of Life

Archeological researchers recently uncovered hundreds of artifacts thought to be the oldest in Connecticut.

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Rinse and Repeat to Remove Anxiety

UConn researchers found the first scientific evidence of a link between anxiety and ritualized behavior.

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Emeritus Professor of Political Science George Cole Dies

Cole, a former department chair, was an expert on prosecution, courts, and corrections.

Fluid Identities: Native American Whalemen At Sea

A UConn history professor discusses the shifting racial ideologies that shaped the lives of Native American seafarers in the 19th century.

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Brain Science, Public Discourse Win $1M Academic Vision Grants

The CLAS faculty-led initiatives include a new institute for brain and cognitive science and a humanities project exploring the barriers to meaningful public discourse.

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Study: Economically Dependent Spouses More Likely to Cheat

A UConn sociologist found economic dependency increases the likelihood of infidelity for both men and women, but especially for men.

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Collaborative Project Seeks to Improve Students’ Math, Social Studies Skills

New tools developed by researchers in CLAS and the Neag School of Education use intercultural competence to teach mathematics and other subjects to middle school students.

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Carl Schaefer, Emeritus Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Dies

In addition to his teaching, Schaefer was an active member of the UConn community, and also of the town of Mansfield.

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Study: Negative Findings for Children of Gay Parents Don’t Hold up to Scrutiny

A new study co-authored by a UConn sociologist says a widely cited study arguing that same-sex parents don't make good parents is seriously flawed.

More than two-thirds of the mountain ranges in the world are not pyramid-shaped, a new study finds. In addition to pyramid-shaped mountains like the Alps (top left), mountains may be diamond-shaped like the Rockies (top right), hourglass-shaped like the Himalayas (bottom right), or even shaped like upside-down pyramids, like the Kunlun mountains of Asia (bottom left). (Images courtesy of Morgan Tingley, Paul Elsen, and Nature Climate Change)

Mountain Shape Affects Species’ Response to Climate Change

A new study by researchers at UConn and Princeton turns our idea of what mountains look like literally upside-down, with consequences for species extinctions.