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“To look like that and be a cop reporter, it really takes something,” said Smith’s first boss at Charleston’s The Post and Courier. (UConn Magazine photo)

The First Draft of History

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Smith ’87 (CLAS) has had a front seat to turmoil and tragedy. But he has used good journalism to force political change.

John Ovian ’17 (CLAS) explains his research in chemistry to a fellow student at the 19th annual Frontiers in Undergraduate Research Poster Exhibition. (UConn Photo/Sydney Lauro ’17 (CLAS))

Undergraduates Present Research at Frontiers Exhibition

The 19th annual Frontiers in Undergraduate Research Poster Exhibition featured a record 272 undergraduate presenters.

Helen Stec '18 (CLAS) and Charles Smart '18 (CLAS) review a scrapbook from the early 1920s kept by Flora Howe '25 at the University Archives on April 6, 2016. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Campus Radio Tells Story of Storrs

Students at UConn's campus radio station have developed original podcasts about the history of the University.

Work by assistant professor of chemistry Jing Zhao will study the creation of novel hybrid metal and semiconductor nanostructures. (Christine Buckley/UConn Photo)

Six UConn Faculty Win NSF CAREER Awards

Four women are among six UConn scientists to receive the prestigious awards, which support early-career faculty in research and teaching.

UConn economist Nishith Prakash and his team collected monthly police station criminal data from 853 police stations in the state of Bihar, India. Most of the data was stored in paper files in red bags, pictured. The process took two years. (Photo courtesy of Nishith Prakash)

The Economics of Political Change in India

To measure the effectiveness of government policies in developing countries, use economics, says economist Nishith Prakash.

combined photo of costigliola and willig

Two CLAS Professors Named Board of Trustees Distinguished Professors

Frank Costigliola, professor of history, and Michael Willig, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, received the University’s highest academic honor at the March 30 Board of Trustees meeting.

Cartoon depicting the two main U.S. political parties going head to head. (iStock Image)

$5.75 Million Grant to Focus on Improving Public Discourse

Examining the role of humility in public discourse could promote more constructive discussion about divisive issues in politics, says UConn's Michael P. Lynch.

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CLAS Sponsors High School Science Olympiad

Forty-three teams of high school students from across Connecticut competed on Saturday, April 2, in the state’s annual Science Olympiad, to vie for glory and a trip to the national competition.

Undergraduate researcher Brendan Smalec in Professor Rachel O'Neill's lab. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

10 Young Scientists from UConn Earn NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

The NSF Graduate Research Fellowships are highly competitive and highly prestigious.

Student-athlete Kennedy Meier in a biology lab on March 23, 2016. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Student-Athlete Strong: Kennedy Meier

The Husky swimmer and Babbidge Scholar says one of the biggest challenges student-athletes face is keeping up with academic work while traveling.