College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Fisheries Management Study Casts Aside Conventional Wisdom
More efficient practices could lead to an increase in profits of up to 49 percent, according to a new study by UConn’s Ling Huang and a coauthor at Duke University.
December 10, 2014 | Combined Reports
Gaming Safer Sex
While the players of many video games win by surviving a set of challenges, the success of one new video game is behavior change off screen.
December 5, 2014 | Beth Krane, Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention
Solving the Future with Abstract Algebra
A UConn math professor is publishing a paper that breaks new ground, and may one day solve problems yet to be identified.
November 17, 2014 | Tim Miller
Food Insecurity Emerging as Rudd Center Focus
Food insecurity – uncertainty about having sufficient food – is an issue of growing importance for the Rudd Center.
November 12, 2014 | Kenneth Best
A Hero’s Welcome: The American Public’s Attitudes Toward Veterans
Roper Center experts analyze public opinion on what the government owes veterans and whether it is fulfilling its obligations.
November 11, 2014 | Paul Herrnson & Kathleen Weldon, Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
UConn, Roper Center to Part Ways
UConn and the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, one of the world’s leading archives of social science data, have announced they will part ways at the end of 2015.
November 10, 2014 | Stephanie Reitz
When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: The American Public and Berlin
On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Roper Center experts review how Americans viewed the division and reunification of Berlin.
November 7, 2014 | Paul Herrnson & Kathleen Weldon, Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Fighting for Females: The Evolution of a Hummingbird
New research from UConn explores how hummingbirds' beaks have evolved as weapons.
November 3, 2014 | Christine Buckley
Turning the Tide for Great White Sharks
A 2012 graduate has taken his UConn marine sciences degree to the seas, launching pioneering research on great white sharks.
October 28, 2014 | Stefanie Dion Jones
Money, Politics, and the American Public
Public concern about the influence of money on politics is nothing new. Roper Center researchers look into what they are willing to do about it.
October 28, 2014 | Paul Herrnson & Kathleen Weldon, Roper Center for Public Opinion Research