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$3.5 Million Grant Allows UConn’s ‘GlobalEd2’ Program to Reach More Classrooms

The international social studies simulation helps improve middle schoolers' science and global literacy skills.

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Teacher Education Expert Suzanne Wilson Joins UConn Faculty

Wilson, a nationally renowned scholar, joins the University from Michigan State.

UConn Experience Still a Part of WesternU President’s Daily Life

It’s been more than 50 years since Philip Pumerantz, Ph.D., has sat in a University of Connecticut classroom, yet he applies the lessons he learned there every day. Specifically, he said he strives to “listen, care and advise” the way long-time former UConn Education Professor William Gruhn, Ph.D., did when Pumerantz was a student there […]

Neag Students Take a Refreshing and Eye-Opening Break to Jamaica

This past spring break the UConn Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life took their first alternative spring break to help out two different schools in Jamaica. Alexandria Cipolla and Shelby Flynn were among two of the ten UConn students involved in the trip, and both are Neag School of Education students. Flynn, a special education […]

NFL Players Association Helps UConn’s
 Korey Stringer Institute Beat the Heat

With warm weather settling in, most of us start thinking of beaches and cookouts, but the arrival of summer has more serious implications for the National Football League Players Association. Mindful of the danger of heat for its members, the NFLPA sponsored a fundraising dinner for the Korey Stringer Institute at the University of Connecticut, […]

REALL Makes Real Learning Possible For ELLs

It didn’t take long for New Britain fifth-grade teacher Kim Rosa Gionfriddo to realize the strategies she learned as a Neag School of Education REALL fellow to better teach students with limited English proficiency could  benefit native English-speaking students, too. “It’s a simple thing, but just by being more explicit and taking time to define […]

Jae-Eun Joo is Director of Online Programs at the Neag School of Education. (Shawn Kornagay/UConn Photo)

Implementing High Quality Online Education at the Neag School

Jae-Eun Joo hopes to position UConn's Neag School of Education at the center of an online content and resources superhighway.

ACSM's Guidelines for Exercising Testing and Prescription

Latest Edition of Widely Used Exercise Guidelines Edited by UConn Fitness Expert

The American College of Sports Medicine's handbook is considered the 'international gold standard' for exercise professionals.

Neag students show their excitement to be in Paris for the Study Abroad Program. (Photo courtesy of Alan Marcus)

Helping Future Teachers Develop Global Literacy Skills

The Neag School’s David Moss is a champion for the global literacy skills teachers and their students will need.

Neag School of Education Hosts 2013 Commencement

The Neag School of Education recognized graduates from the Class of 2013 during two ceremonies the weekend of May 11-12. The Neag School undergraduate commencement took place at the Jorgensen Auditorium on Sunday, May 12. Commencement for Neag School graduate students, including sixth-year students, took place Saturday, May 11, at Gampel Pavilion. The Graduate School commencement […]