College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

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Eli Collins ’22 (CLAS) Hopes to Create More Inclusivity Through Research on Queer Identity

The flexibility of the psychological sciences major and a SURF award enabled Eli Collins to pursue their interest in exploring queer identity and emo rock subculture of the early 2000s.

UConn Law School at night. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Alum Establishes Human Rights Award for UConn Law Students

Paul Schneider ’18 LLM created the award for law students who pursue social justice

blue whale in the ocean

Opening Protected Area Off New England Coast to Commercial Fishing Compromises Protections

The Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument is wildlife-rich area

a student being interviewed by a tv crew in the North Reading Room of Wilbur Cross

UConn Featured in Episode of New ‘College Tour’ Series’ First Season

An Amazon Prime show that highlights the whole UConn experience, from academics to the Dairy Bar

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UConn Professors Tell Cicadas’ Story to the World

Whenever Brood X appeared in the news this spring, Christine Simon and John Cooley were right there with them

Women light candles during a protest against thousands of extrajudicial executions perpetrated by Colombian military forces, outside of The Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) in Bogota on June 28, 2021. - Thousands of extrajudicial executions known as "false positives" were carried out in the biggest scandal of the Colombian military forces in their struggle of more than half a century against rebel groups.

Buen Vivir: Examining Well-being in Colombia at a Time of Protest and Police Violence

'Can we create new indicators of well-being using this Indigenous concept of Buen Vivir?'

Research involving fruit flies could yield dividends for human birth control.

UConn Researcher’s Work with Flies Could Be a Birth Control Boon

If a drug stops ovulation in both flies and mice, it’s likely to work in humans, too

UConn Magazine: Our American Girls

What do you do with a history doctorate and a pop culture obsession? If you’re these two alums, you create a hit podcast centering on ’90s nostalgia.

The Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia.

NSF Funds NANOGrav Physics Frontiers Center

A UConn researcher will investigate how supermassive black holes, a billion times the mass of our sun, merge

Flies smell using their antennae, and learning more about how that works yields important information for researchers.

Odd Smell: Flies Sniff Ammonia in a Way New to Science

Understanding how insects sense odors could help out humans and crops