Schools & Colleges
A ‘Crash Course’ for the 2020 US Presidential and Local Elections
A student-run newsletter aims to inform Connecticut voters, especially first-timers, what to expect at the polls and on the ballot this Election Day.
Elite Fellowship Backs UConn Health Scholar’s Violence Research
Mayte Restrepo-Ruiz, a public health sciences research associate and Ph.D. candidate, is studying the connection between armed conflict and intimate partner violence, now with the support of Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation.
In Memoriam: Charles Vinsonhaler, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
[Editor’s note: Charles Vinsonhaler, Professor of Mathematics, passed away last week. Born in Winfield, Kansas in 1942, he earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Washington. A celebration of his life will be in Spring 2021. Vinsonhaler’s colleagues in the Department of Mathematics pay tribute to him in this article.] It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Charles Vinsonhaler, professor emeritus of mathematics at UConn. Vinsonhaler, widely […]
Quarterly Recap of Pharmacy Faculty Research Grants – FY 2020 Q4
Recapping the quarters beginning April 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020, the UConn School of Pharmacy congratulates the following Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences faculty and their teams for their FY20Q4 research grant awards* totaling $532,171 : Raman Bahal, Ph.D. DJJS/NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Next generation gamma Peptide Nucleic Acids (yPNAs) for the […]
I Think of Strokes Happening in Older People, Not Me
A sunny, hot day on the golf course in July, Karen Walsh’s life as she knew it changed. Having the greatest round ever and working toward a new personal best, she was getting ready to drive the ball when she had a sudden onset of dizziness. Thinking she was just dehydrated, she drank liquids but […]
Ph.D. Student Receives Robert Wood Johnson Funding for Accessible Mental Health Care Research
A graduate student in the UConn College of Liberal Arts and Sciences was named a 2020 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholar for her research and leadership in making healthcare more accessible to underserved communities. Jamilah George, a third-year doctoral student in psychological sciences, represents UConn in a cohort of 58 students from across the country, and is one of four students from Connecticut. […]
Switching it Up: UConn Professor Patents More Efficient Carbon Capture Reactor
UConn researcher George Bollas has patented a method of carbon capture that offers a number of improvements over existing methods.
The Renzulli Center: A Worldwide Leader in Gifted Education
Joseph Renzulli served as founding director of the Neag Center, the Lynn and Ray Neag Endowed Chair for Talent Development, as well as the first director of the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC/GT), then one of a dozen centers in the U.S. focused on addressing significant issues in the education of gifted and talented students, and enrichment education. Under Renzulli’s guidance, the Neag Center evolved into one of the leading centers in gifted education and talent development in the world.
The Prevalence and the Price of Police in Schools
Since the 1900s, U.S. public schools have employed a growing number of school resource officers (SROs) – defined here as sworn law enforcement officials. In 1975, only 1% of schools reported having police officers on site, but by 2018, approximately 58% of schools had at least one sworn law enforcement official present during the school week.
Social Work Faculty Earn UConn Research Awards
Four UConn School of Social Work faculty members received funding to support their projects under two major internal award programs from the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR). Michael Fendrich, professor and associate dean for research, was awarded a $50,000 grant for his project, “Tailoring a Mindful Intervention to Enhance Opioid Treatment Outcomes […]