College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Detailing a Disastrous Autumn Day in Ancient Italy
A trove information courtesy of a Vesuvius eruption - but not the one you may be thinking of
Finding Refuge from War and Persecution in Connecticut’s Quiet Corner
How Jewish families left behind a shattered Europe to build a thriving community in the Yankee heartland
Campus Change Mentoring Program Grows from CLAS Faculty Fellowship
The new mentoring program for regional campus students moving to Storrs is one way the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is empowering faculty to make impactful change
UConn Research Team Awarded $2.5 Million for ‘Biodiversity on a Changing Planet’
The grant will allow them to research the effects of climate change on Lake Tanganyika, which millions of people depend on as a food supply
UConn, SCSU Partner on Postgrad Research Program for Underserved Communities
The NSF-funded program will help participants learn skills to be more competitive and prepared for jobs in fields like biotechnology
Undergrads’ Eyewear Startup Could Take Students from ‘Cool to School’ In Mere Seconds
The goal: making transition lenses that respond to the touch of a button
Taking Care of Business, Sustainably, at UConn’s Spring Valley Student Farm
When nature calls, farm visitors will soon be able to answer sustainably, by using UConn’s first ADA-compliant composting privy
Burning Man Highlights the Primordial Human Need for Ritual
Since its inception in 1986, attendance has increased from a few dozen to over 70,000 — and hundreds of thousands in regional versions around the world
Ancient Dung Reveals Earliest Evidence for Animal Tending
The beginning stages of humanity's revolutionary turn from hunting and gathering to full-fledged farming and herding
MIRA Award Recipient Jelena Erceg Unfolding the Mysteries of Genome Folding
Jelena Erceg is studying the role of parental genome folding during development which could support the development of personalized genome medicine for chromosome-based diseases.