College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Students browse articles of clothing in UConn's new Swap Shop

Swap, Don’t Shop: Sustainable Fashion is Coming to UConn

A secondhand clothing store, the first of its kind, is coming to the Storrs campus this fall to help students learn about, and counteract, fast fashion

Bandana Purkayastha stands in front of Manchester Hall on UConn's campus.

Bandana Purkayastha Named New CLAS Associate Dean

Sociologist to lead social sciences, regional campuses, and community engagement in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Headshots of new faculty members joining UConn's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for Fall 2022 and Spring 2023.

Stellar Scholars Join CLAS Faculty

Eighteen new tenure-track faculty members will teach and conduct research in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Portrait Of Female Teacher Holding Digital Tablet Teaching Line Of High School Students Sitting By Screens In Computer Class

Research Leading Way to Connecticut Schools’ COVID Recovery

UConn researchers are key members in a cross-state educational COVID-19 collaboration, co-led by Neag associate dean Morgaen Donaldson

A fall morning aerial view of the Wilbur Cross Building on Oct. 18, 2021.

UConn Welcomes Outstanding New Class, Including Many First-Gen Students

The Class of 2026 will be the most diverse in UConn history

Illustration of a early century woman staring out of a door frame and out into a yard

Abortion in Colonial America: A Time of Herbal Remedies and Accepted Actions

UConn historians discuss abortion in Colonial America

Bones drying after being rescued from water-damaged boxes.

Operation Bone Rescue!

How the Biodiversity Research Collections team sprang to action in a worst-case scenario

A police traffic stop. (Getty Images)

UConn Policy Institute Releases First Statewide Report on Police Use of Force

Connecticut residents got their first look at statewide statistics on police use of force in a report from the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy

A news photo of Trump supporters storming the U.S. Capitol, holding their smart phones in the air.

UConn Researcher Studying the Rise of Far-Right Groups for US Government

UConn's Evan Perkoski, an expert on political violence, discusses his research and recent events

Jack Henry, one of the artists whose work is included in the Open Air Art Exhibition at UConn Avery Point, writes on one of the orbs included in the “For There is Always Light” portion of the exhibition during the opening reception on July 14, 2022. (Sydney Herdle/UConn Photo).

Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Open Air 2022 Intends to Spark Conversation at Avery Point

Gun violence, environmental catastrophe among the themes explored by artists in diverse exhibition of artworks