Schools & Colleges
‘Artistic Expressions’ on Display at UConn Health
Ten artists who’ve belonged to a critique group for decades are exhibiting at the Celeste LeWitt Gallery in the UConn Health cafeteria through March 7.
January 14, 2019 | Carolyn Pennington
Neag School Announces Recipients of 2019 Alumni Awards
The Neag School of Education and its Alumni Board are proud to announce the 2019 Neag School Alumni Awards honorees. Seven outstanding Neag School graduates will be recognized at the School’s 21st annual Alumni Awards Celebration on Saturday, March 16, 2019.
January 14, 2019 | Shawn Kornegay
Shreya Kulkarni, Ph.D. candidate, awarded Baxter Young Investigator Award
Shreya Kulkarni, a multi award winning* Ph.D. candidate in the School of Pharmacy’s Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, recently received Baxter Pharmaceutical’s Young Investigator Award in Deerfield, Illinois at Baxter International’s headquarters. Kulkarni presented her research Factors Governing the Reconstitution Time of Highly Concentrated Lypophilized Protein Formulations at the awards presentation, accompanied by her advisor Robin Bogner, Professor, […]
January 14, 2019 | Karin Whiting Burgess
All in the Family: Parental Influence on Language Acquisition in Children with Autism
Letitia Naigles, a professor of psychological sciences, has received $1.6 million from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders to investigate variation of language usage among school age children with autism spectrum disorder.
January 14, 2019 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
The Pioneering Work of a Female Portrait Artist
The curator of the Ellen Emmet Rand exhibition at Benton Museum describes the early 20th-century portraitist as "one of the most important female artists that you’ve never heard of before."
January 14, 2019 | Kenneth Best
Rajasekaran Named Department Head of Computer Science and Engineering
The University of Connecticut School of Engineering is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Sanguthevar Rajasekaran – Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor and United Technologies Corporation Chair Professor – as the next Department Head of the Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) Department, effective February 1st, 2019. Rajasekaran will be taking over the role from Dr. Reda A. Ammar, who has been interim head since August 2018.
January 11, 2019 | Eli Freund
Rajasekaran Named Department Head of Computer Science and Engineering
The University of Connecticut School of Engineering is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Sanguthevar Rajasekaran – Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor and United Technologies Corporation Chair Professor – as the next Department Head of the Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) Department, effective February 1st, 2019. Rajasekaran will be taking over the role from Dr. Reda A. Ammar, who has been interim head since August 2018.
January 11, 2019 | Eli Freund
Principal Preparation Program Undergoes Redesign
As one of seven institutions that are part of a national University Principal Preparation Initiative, UConn's updated program will emphasize practical training and coaching from current or former school administrators.
January 11, 2019 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
UConn Health Startup Wins Patent for Heart and Immune Disease Biologic
Faculty inventor, Annabelle Rodriguez-Oquendo, believes this technology will be another therapeutic option for patients at risk for cardiovascular and immune diseases.
January 10, 2019 | Jessica McBride, PhD
Trending Away From Treadmill
Recumbent bike stress test enables UConn Health cardiologists to see optimal images of the heart.
January 10, 2019 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)