Schools & Colleges
A Message from Dean Kazerounian on Coronavirus Efforts (Update #2)
A message from Dean Kazerounian on the School's Coronavirus efforts.
10 Questions: Neag School Distinguished Alumna Bert Wachtelhausen
Former UConn women’s basketball player and recreational therapy graduate Bert Wachtelhausen ’81 (ED) has shaped a thriving career combining skills she honed as a Division I athlete with her longtime interests in physical health and helping others. Climbing the corporate health insurance ladder in what for many years remained a male-dominated industry, Wachtelhausen has long since shattered the glass ceiling to excel as a senior executive who now serves as president of startup WellSpark Health.
What’s Ahead for Connecticut’s Climate
A new report lays out the science projecting Connecticut's hotter, more uncertain future as the climate changes.
The COVID-19 Arms Race
The worldwide quest to find ways to prevent, treat, manage, or test for COVID-19 infection includes several Connecticut biotechs, including two UConn TIP companies and JAX.
UConn Students, Alum Shine As Part of ‘The Ventilator Project’
A pair of UConn students and a recent graduate are part of an effort to bring an emergency ventilator to market as quickly as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bypassing COVID-19 Barriers via Video
UConn Health has 100 iPads available to for real-time interactions in areas where person-to-patient contact is limited or unavailable.
CLAS Class of 2020: Kelly Flannery
CLAS was the perfect college for Kelly Flannery to explore interests in nature, science, public administration, and gender equity.
Of Science and Squid Emojis
UConn's Sarah McAnulty talks about making science communication better - and what's wrong with a squid emoji.
Tolerating Uncomfortable Emotions During a Pandemic
UConn Health clinical psychologist Cassandra Holinka suggests there’s a time and place for accepting our feelings rather than trying to change them.
How Mapping COVID-19 Could Help Drug Companies
When the spread of COVID-19 started to affect the University of Connecticut, the state, and the country, Ranjan Srivastava, department head for Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, knew he had to spring into action. Drawing on his previous work in mathematically modeling how the Hepatitis B virus spreads, Srivastava realized he could apply the principles of what he knew to the behavior of COVID-19, which could be useful to other researchers and drug companies.