College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Violence Against Women

Human Rights Conference Draws High School Students

High school students will be among those at the UNESCO conference today focusing on violence against women as a human rights issue.

Steven Smith, assistant professor of journalism, left, and Michael Stanton, associate professor of journalism at Oak Hall on Sept. 25, 2013. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Two Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalists Join UConn Faculty

Photojournalist Steven G. Smith and investigative reporter Mike Stanton hope to help shape the future of journalism at UConn.

Political Science major Vanessa Lovelace, 1st place (and People's Choice winner) presenting her topic: Genealogies of Liberty: An Embodied Black Freedom Trail.

The Three-Minute Thesis

Summarizing years of study in just three minutes isn’t easy, but it’s a challenge some UConn graduate students tackled recently.

Gerry Altmann in psychology is one of the major new hires. He’s from the UK – Ph.D. from Edinburgh, currently at York University. He’s one of the famed cognitive science cluster hires, specializing in the cognitive science of language, ‘language processing and aspects of eye movement control’ on July 19, 2013. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Psycholinguistics Expert Gerry Altmann to Join UConn Faculty

An internationally known researcher, Altmann will join the expanding cognitive science program in fall 2014.

Helen Rozwadowski, left, associate professor of history and maritime studies at the Avery Point campus, explains to students on board the Mystic Whaler what the class will cover. (Nathaniel Trumbull/UConn Photo)

A Voyage of Learning

A tall ship was the classroom for students in Professor Helen Rozwadowski's maritime studies class recently.

Byron Jones'15 (CLAS) with U.S. Representative Elizabeth Esty in Washington, D.C. during the summer of 2013 when he sered as an intern in Esty's office on Capital Hill.

Byron Jones Manages Double Coverage On and Off the Gridiron

The Huskies cornerback spent the summer as an intern in Hartford and Washington.

From left to right: Bernard Grela, associate professor and head of the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, and master’s students Carrie Adams, Minal Kadam, and Sarah Smialek, discuss the progress of the Read to Succeed students. (Bri Diaz/UConn Photo)

Helping Adults with Reading Disabilities Improve Their Language Skills

A group of UConn speech-language pathologists is working with participants in an adult literacy program in Hartford.

Daniel Schwartz, assistant professor of physiology and neurobiology, talks with Joey Shea '14 (ENG) about his new software. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

A New Tool for Visualizing DNA, Protein Sequences

Professor Daniel Schwartz enlisted the help of UConn student programmers to build a faster and more efficient Web program.

Erika Skoe, assistant professor of speech, language & hearing, left, Nicole Landi, assistant professor of psychology, and Jon Sprouse, associate professor of linguistics, at the Charles "Skip" Lowe Atrium on Sept. 20, 2013. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Rises as Center for Language and Cognition

A cluster of new faculty hires is moving UConn from being a school that has interests in cognitive science to one that is known for it.

Bud Desmond '55 (CLAS), Gail Desmond, Richard Rice '81 (CLAS), and Philip Houk '74 (CLAS) participate in a talk about how climate change is affecting animals' ranges, including in New England. (Christine Buckley/UConn Photo)

Alumni Return to Campus to Learn About the Environment

UConn alumni and friends spent a day on campus learning from CLAS faculty about health, politics, and the environment.