College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
OVPR Announces SPARK Technology Commercialization Fund Recipients for 2022-23
Five researchers were awarded internal funding through the competitive program.
June 15, 2022 | Matt Engelhardt
UConn Historian Earns Pennington Award; Talks Juneteenth as Holiday Approaches
Manisha Sinha talks about the roots of Juneteenth, which became a national holiday in 2021, but which began in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War
June 15, 2022 | Kimberly Phillips
UConn Produces An All-Time High 17 Gilman Scholars
Each Gilman Scholar is required to complete a service project upon their return from studying abroad in their campus or home community
June 14, 2022 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
Changes are Coming to School Meals Nationwide
The federal government is scheduled to end changes adopted in the early months of the pandemic that expanded access to school meals for children
June 10, 2022 | Marlene B. Schwartz, Director, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health and Professor, Human Development and Family Sciences
Herbarium Milestone: Preserving our Past, Present, and Future
'This is a record of the natural history of the state'
June 9, 2022 | Elaina Hancock
Climate Change, AI, and Criminal Justice: Transatlantic Partnership Dives Deep on Human Rights
A partnership between Connecticut and Baden-Württemberg bears fruit in scholarship and engagement
June 1, 2022 | Jaclyn Severance
An Online Program Supports Mental Wellbeing for Parents and Children Affected by Divorce
Na Zhang has received an NIH/NIMH K01 grant to design an online mindfulness training module and test its feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy combined with an established behavioral parenting training intervention for divorced or separated parents experiencing psychological distress
Palms at the Poles: Fossil Plants Reveal Lush Southern Hemisphere Forests in Ancient Hothouse Climate
Ancient plants provide clues about life on earth in a warmer, wetter climate
May 31, 2022 | Elaina Hancock
Standing Against Despair
UConn researchers offer tools and perspectives to reduce gun violence in the US
May 26, 2022 | Tom Breen, Jaclyn Severance, and Kimberly Phillips
Alumni Faculty Excellence Awards Recognize Achievements in Teaching and Research
For more than 50 years, the Alumni Faculty Excellence Awards have served as an opportunity to recognize the outstanding contributions and achievements of the University’s faculty members.
May 26, 2022 | Kristi Henderson