College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Derek Houston

Derek Houston Brings New Expertise on Auditory Experiences, Language Development to UConn

Under the leadership of a new head, the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences looks to serve the public’s practical needs

Jenna Esposito, a student worker for the archives in Homer Babbidge Library, goes through the zines on display in the Liberated Zine Zone on Level B of the library on Nov. 17, 2022

Get Away from Screens; Make and Read Zines at Homer Babbidge Library

Unique resource offers students the opportunity to create, communicate, and become part of the library's collection

Molly James '23 Ph.D., left, and Hea Youn "Sophy" Chung pose together in August when James visited Seoul, South Korea, as part of a collaboration to turn scientific data into music.

Making Music from Data Points: Grad Student Collaborates to ‘Sonify’ Science

'Looking at graphs is not something that’s intuitive for most people, but music is a way that you can communicate something'

Kelly Sanchez, a third-year master’s student at the UConn School of Social Work, poses for a photo in the School of Social Work Building at UConn Hartford

Social Work Student Receives Prestigious Fellowship to Address Mental Health

Kelly Sanchez '15 says social work allows her to return to her roots: 'The whole reason I did psychology was to work with people'

Amanda Yagan standing by an MRI machine with a laptop showing brain scans

UConn Magazine: Out of the Minds of Babes

Cute kids, brilliant scientists, and exciting trips bring joy for Amanda Yagan ’21 (CLAS) at the Advanced Baby Imaging Lab.

The Wilbur Cross Building on a sunny day.

Five UConn Professors Named to World’s Highly Cited Research List

The list uses both quantitative and qualitative analysis to identify individuals who have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their chosen field

Marc D’Amelio sitting on his couch in his Connecticut home

UConn Magazine: Father-Daughter Dance

Marc D’Amelio ’91 (CLAS) — who with daughters Charli and Dixie is a social media and reality TV star — talks parenting, TikTok, bleeding blue, and Beavis and Butthead.

A group of students in scrubs stands on the steps of a campus building.

UConn Offers Nation’s First Intraoperative Neuromonitoring Master’s Program

It’s not brain surgery—but it’s close

UConn students and faculty members at the United Nations climate conference in Egypt.

UConn@COP 27: Looking for Solutions to the Climate Crisis

Students who attended the United Nations conference reflect on what they'll take away from it

Aeration tanks in a sewage treatment plant.

A Solution for Reclaiming Valuable Resources Flushed Down the Drain

UConn researchers are turning a sewage treatment plant problem into biofuel