College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

From left: Interim UConn President Radenka Maric, NOAA Administrator Richard Spinrad, DEEP Commissioner Katie Dykes, U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, Interim Vice President for Research, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Pamir Alpay, State Sen. Cathy Osten, Professor of Marine Sciences George McManus, State Rep. Christine Conley, State Rep. Kathleen McCarty, Senior Counsel on the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Sara Gonzalez-Rothi, and U.S. Senator Chris Murphy.

UConn, Others Celebrate Research Estuary Amid Shoreline Breezes, Boat Tours

Federal designation offers resources, protection for coastal Connecticut

Profiles in Research: UConn’s 2021-22 NSF CAREER Award Recipients

Eleven UConn faculty members earned National Science Foundation Early Career Program Awards during the 2021-22 academic year. Here are their stories about their research and what led them to UConn.

A view from UConn Avery Point, looking out over the water of Long Island Sound.

Exploring the Estuary – a Tour of the Nation’s Newest Research Reserve

UConn Avery Point will serve as headquarters for education, research, and public outreach efforts in the newly designated reserve

Dean Julie Wade stands with two alumni and students on UConn campus

‘Like a Family’: Inside the CLAS Women’s Leadership Collective

Mentorship program provides UConn students with alumnae network to discuss career paths, goals, and life

Class tree of 1895 in full bloom on the Great Lawn

With Class Tree, UConn Grads Put Down Roots Before Branching Out into the World

A tree grows in Storrs ... actually, lots of them do, thanks to graduating classes dating back to the 19th century

UConn Ph.D. student Raul Flamenco.

An Unapologetic Love of Nature

How representation helped set a UConn Ph.D. student on the path to rediscover his truest self

Zoey England, a Gilman-McCain scholar, pets Jonathan XIV on May 3, 2022.

Gilman-McCain Scholarship Winner Is a First for UConn

Zoey England is one of just 100 students in the country to earn the scholarship this year

Drone morning shot of UConn Avery Point Campus

UConn, NOAA, DEEP, Other Partners Celebrate Designation of Estuarine Research Reserve Along Shoreline

UConn is joining with several partners to celebrate the establishment of the Connecticut National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR)

Nicholas Xenophontos ’23 (CLAS) reads his prize-winning essay on the meaning of America

In Defining ‘America,’ Students Critique, Criticize, and Warn of What Is and Could Be

'If people value democracy, trust each other and the democratic process, they will build a better nation'

An aerial view of the Wilbur Cross Building.

Five Named To Fulbright US Student Program

The program provides grants for individually-designed study and research projects or for English teaching assistantships around the world