Schools & Colleges
UConn Researchers to Reimagine Dual Language Education
The University of Connecticut has been awarded a $179,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Postsecondary Education for a new research project centered on reimagining dual language education. The project’s purpose is to improve the ability of dual language programs to promote the equitable bilingualism and biliteracy development of all students through a greater focus on sociocultural competence.
December 18, 2020 | Shawn Kornegay
UConn, Sea Grant’s Bob Pomeroy: Dedicated to Improving Marine Ecosystems Around the World
Bob Pomeroy, who recently retired from his post as an extension specialist and marine resource economist with Connecticut Sea Grant and UConn, has spent his career working on research and development projects with small-scale fisheries in Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
December 18, 2020 | Judy Benson, Connecticut Sea Grant
Natural Resources and the Environment launches graduate certificate in remote sensing and geospatial data analytics
The Department of Natural Resources and the Environment (NRE) now offers an online graduate certificate in remote sensing and geospatial data analytics. The four-course, twelve-credit fully online certificate is for those with a bachelor’s degree in a related field such as natural resources, forestry, engineering, geoscience, geography, environmental science or ecology. Advancements in technology continue […]
December 17, 2020 | Kevin Noonan
Meet undergraduate students Cameron Irvine and Hayden Amtower
Cameron Irvine and Hayden Amtower, both students in the Ratcliffe Hicks School of Agriculture, are studying turf management. They interned at Cromwell’s TPC River Highlands during the Travelers Championship PGA tournament and stayed on to work at the course beyond the summer season. “The internship with the TPC was one of the best experiences of […]
December 17, 2020 | Kevin Noonan
UConn Medical Students Find Novel Way to Resolve National COVID-19 Educational Disparities
UConn School of Medicine students have found a way to help resolve national educational disparities resulting from COVID-19 related school closures. Find out how Haris Qureshi, a UConn medical student and several of his classmates established The Education Project to provide free tutoring.
December 17, 2020 | Marc Boucher, The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Women’s Center APRNs Increase Access to Care
The providers at UConn Health Women’s Center continually look for ways to serve an increasing number of patients who need care, and the addition of two new Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) to the OB/GYN team improves patient access.
December 17, 2020 | Jennifer Walker
UConn Health Minute: Help for Holiday Blues
For some, the holidays are not always happy – and now the pandemic is adding to feelings of loneliness and anxiety. UConn Health’s Mood and Anxiety Clinic offers advice on how to help minimize the stress and sadness of the season.
December 17, 2020 | Carolyn Pennington
With Global Challenges in Mind, Keeping a Decades-long Success Story at the Forefront
The world's success in addressing the crisis of acid rain could serve as a template for tackling similar challenges.
December 17, 2020 | Elaina Hancock
Amid COVID, Schools Can Help Families of Children With Disabilities
Editor’s Note: Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Sandra Chafouleas, who serves as director of the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health (CSCH) co-published with CSCH postdoctoral research associate Emily Iovino ’15 (ED), ’16 MA, ’20 the following piece on supporting caregivers of children with disabilities in The Conversation. Children don’t come with how-to manuals. Even […]
December 16, 2020 | Sandra Chafouleas, Emily Iovino '15 (ED), '16 MA, '20
UConn Health’s Dr. David Banach Explains the COVID-19 Vaccine
UConn Health's Dr. David Banach talks about the COVID-19 vaccine - what it does, what to expect when getting it, and what might come next.
December 16, 2020 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)