College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
UConn Magazine: When the White House Calls
For Karen Dahl ’99 (CLAS), lead architect of the Biden administration’s ambitious Public Health AmeriCorps job-training initiative, the path to a presidential appointment began with a chance encounter.
UConn Magazine: Play Ball!
From spitballs to spin rates, these two alums have stayed with every curve thrown at them in a combined four decades of umpiring Major League Baseball.
For Popular Trail, There’s Light at the End – and the Beginning, and the Middle – of the Tunnel
UConn students' Service Learning project will help make the Hop River Trail safer for the thousands of bikers and pedestrians who use it
Algae Agreement Offers an Ocean of Research Possibilities
UConn's Technology Commercialization Services brokered an agreement with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Services to preserve an extensive collection of algae
Rudd Center’s Puhl Featured on Panel Addressing Weight Stigma in the Media
The New York City event concentrated on how weight stigma is portrayed in the media and was sponsored by the Media Empathy Foundation
Brother-Sister Huskies Bringing New Brew to Connecticut’s Shoreline
It’s fizzy! It’s fruity! It’s fermented! And it’s coming to the Connecticut shoreline this summer courtesy of two UConn alums and their personal love of kombucha
Demolishing Schools After a Mass Shooting Reflects Our Deep-Rooted Desire for Purification Rituals
Symbolic gestures often speak to our psyche in ways no rational action could ever speak to our intellect
Home Sweet Home: A Study of the ‘Chemical Soup’ in our Houses
Microbial traces of everything from coffee to antidepressants make up the invisible environment in our indoor spaces
How UConn Researchers Are Working to Solve the Nation’s Energy Problems
Researchers are working on developing next generation approaches to power stations, new materials, and heat exchangers
HDFS Professor Couples Drag Culture, Gerontology in Her Work
Laura Donorfio says the seemingly disparate topics complement each other well, and offer a chance to think about how aging is perceived across society