College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Altug Poyraz, eft, a graduate student, with Steven Suib, distinguished professor and director of chemistry on Jan. 9, 2014. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

A New Way to Create Porous Materials

UConn chemists have discovered a process offering greater control and flexibility that could benefit a wide range of applications.

Will Ouimet, assistant professor of geography, and Katharine Johnson, a PhD. student, look over old maps of New England. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Hidden New England Landscape Comes to Life

With the help of modern laser technology, UConn researchers are unearthing secrets of the region’s past.

China Scholar Peter Zarrow Joins UConn Faculty

Zarrow comes to UConn from Academia Sinica, the leading academic institution in Taiwan.

Journalism Student Joins Today Team in Sochi

After two internships with NBC, Gabrielle Levesque '14 (CLAS) is in Russia with the Today show team covering the Winter Olympics.

Pete Seeger performs at a 1965 peace rally in New York City.Photo: © 2011, Diana Davies, courtesy Smithsonian Folkways.

The Immortal Pete Seeger

The folk singer and activist died last week but his memory will live on forever, says CLAS dean Jeremy Teitelbaum.

Edward Large, professor of psychology on Nov. 5, 2013. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Theoretical Neuroscientist Ed Large Joins UConn Faculty

Large joined the Department of Psychology’s expanding cognitive science group in the fall.

Microbes and Methane

Molecular and cell biologist Kenneth Noll explains the process of methane production by microbes in woodland ponds.

Norah Berrah, professor and department head of physics on Jan. 17, 2014. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Laser Physicist Nora Berrah Joins UConn Faculty

Berrah, an internationally known researcher and advocate for women in STEM fields, is the new head of the physics department.

Todd Fake, right, a researcher at the UConn Marine Sciences Technology Center, left, explains a tool for predicting storm surge to Provost Mun Choi during and event to announce the launch of the Institute for Community Resiliency and Climate Adaptation held on Jan. 24, 2014 at the Branford House at the University of Connecticut Avery Point campus in Groton. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

New Institute to Focus on Adapting to Climate Change

The Institute for Community Resiliency and Climate Adaptation will develop best practices for managing the risks from extreme weather events.

Covers of dime novels in the New York Detective Library series. (Courtesy of the University of Rochester's Rare Books and Special Collections)

The Dime Novel and the Detective Story

English professor Pamela Bedore hunts down the origins of American detective fiction in 19th-century dime novels.