College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

A group photo with dozens of volunteers wearing Connecticut State Museum of Natural History T-shirts.

Connecticut State Museum of Natural History Rejoins UConn CLAS

In July, the museum returned to its roots in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, bringing together two units with a shared commitment to interdisciplinary learning and public engagement

A zoo keeper feeding a howler monkey

‘No Rest for the Wilted’: How Will Species Fare After Consecutive Hottest Years on Record?

Forecasting to show which species are at greatest risk of climate-related extinction, before it’s too late

A woman with long dark hair standing with hot air balloons in the air behind her over a Turkish landscape

UConn Student Spends Summer in Turkey As Part of CLS Program

The Critical Language Scholarship program provides summer programs for students to learn languages of strategic importance to the United States

Close-up detail of a vintage painting showing a woman talking on the phone as someone raises a bottle of Chloroform behind her

Damsels, Femme Fatales, and Queens of Crime

Two UConn professors on the history of fictional female criminals and crime-fighters

A desert landscape, including a Joshua tree with the sun in the background, shielded by hills.

As the Mojave Gets Hotter, Will Joshua Trees Adapt?

What today’s seedlings are experiencing is going to be very different than what they might experience in 100 years when they're mature plants

Samantha Valle ’24 (CLAS), '26 MPP and Rebecca Dorsey ’25 (CLAS), ’26 MPA

School of Public Policy Students Tackle Higher Education, Election Integrity in Washington, D.C.

Samantha Valle ’24 (CLAS), ’26 MPP and Rebecca Dorsey ’25 (CLAS), ’26 MPA participated in engaging summer internships in the nation’s capital

A woman with long blonde hair and a hat and headphones sitting on a blanket in the sand looking out to the ocean

Getting Cozy: UConn Entrepreneur Focuses on Mindful Productivity as Werth Institute Program Continues Engaging First-Year Women

'Take every opportunity you’re given and just make sure that you’re loving what you’re doing, that you want to be here, that you want to learn'

Randall Walikonis stands in front of lecture hall.

Randy Walikonis Encourages UConn Students to Push Boundaries of Knowledge

As UConn's biology majors continue to grow, the new head of the Department of Physiology and Neurobiology aims to expand hands-on opportunities while preparing students for research and medical careers

Wellness Concept. Wooden blocks with the eight dimensions; emotional, spiritual, intellectual, social, environmental, physical, occupational, financial. A holistic approach to health and wellbeing.

UConn’s Popular Emotional Well-Being Course Now Free and Available to the Public

UConn faculty and students launch online resource to make emotional well-being content accessible to all

Protesters march in Washington, DC with a banner that read "Trump Must Go."

Study: Political Polarization Drives People to Protest

'The nature of protesting is quite a bit more focused on partisan politics than it has been in the past'