Schools & Colleges

A model car Richard Kochanek designed, carved from wood, and painted with dozens of coats as a teenager. He won an award for it from General Motors.

Retired Business Professor Resumes Pursuit of Art

Through many years of teaching accounting, much-loved professor Dick Kochanek never forgot his teenage dream of being an artist.

The USS Louisiana (SSBN743) is arriving for the first time at their new homeport at Naval Base Kitsap, Silverdale, Washington,on October 12, 2005. The USS Louisiana was formerly homeported at Kings Bay, Georgia. US Navy (Photo of the USS Louisiana by Brian Nokell, NBK Visual Information, via Wikimedia Commons)

Submarine Engineers Simulate Real-Time Conditions to Test Key Components

The new method to test vibrating, manufactured components includes a mathematical model that simulates the rest of the ship and the surrounding ocean.

School of Engineering 4th Annual Poster Competition

 The Student Association of Graduate Engineers (SAGE) and the School of Engineering put on the 4th annual poster competition on March 9, 2018.  There were 55 students,  representing every department, who competed. The grand prize of the competition was $1000.  The competition had two rounds.  During the first round, each student competed within their department. Judges, […]

Neag School of Education Announces Recipients of Alumni Board Scholarship

The Neag School of Education at UConn announces the recipients of the Neag School of Education Alumni Board Scholarship as Elena Sada, a first-year doctoral student studying bilingual and multicultural education in the Neag School, and Denée Jackson, a master’s student in the Neag School of Education’s Higher Education and Student Affairs program. The Neag […]

Tomoyasu Mani in one of Brookhaven's chemistry department labs. Mani is now assistant professor of chemistry at UConn. (Brookhaven National Laboratory Photo)

Using Magnetic Fields to Improve Optical Tomography Resolution

Optical imaging has become a powerful technique in biomedical research. A team of UConn chemists received funding to improve the resolution of optical tomographic images with the use of magnetic fields.

A flower opening to the sunlight, symbolizing the fresh start mindset.

Fresh Start Mindset a Powerful Marketing Tool

Marketing professor Robin Coulter says the fresh start mindset is deeply rooted in American culture, and plays a big role in marketing communications.

Liisa Kuhn, center, is inducted into the AIMBE Fellows National Academy of Sciences. She is joined by AIMBE President Gilda Barabino (left) and AIMBE Chair Anthony Guiseppi-Elie (right). (AIMBE Fellows Photo)

UConn Health’s Liisa Kuhn Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite

The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Liisa Tiina Kuhn, Ph.D., associate head and associate professor of biomedical engineering in the UConn School of Dental Medicine to its College of Fellows. Kuhn was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows for advancing […]

Akshayaa Chittibabu ’19 (CLAS) looks to use her Truman scholarship for graduate work in dual medical and public health programs. (Bri Diaz/UConn Photo)

UConn Junior Wins Prestigious Truman Scholarship

The biological sciences and sociology major hopes to pursue a career influencing global public health care.

Kiera Dalmass '19 (CLAS) at a mathematical statistics class on April 11, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Student-Athlete Strong: Kiera Dalmass

Honors student and statistics major Kiera Dalmass '18 (CLAS) is graduating a year early, so she can work on a master's during her final year of eligibility in women's lacrosse.

Earth's inner core is composed of solid iron and nickel, while its outer core is molten liquid. Prof. Vernon Cormier from UConn's Department of Physics recently won an NSF grant to determine the structure of the Earth’s inner core in relation to the processes that affect its cooling, solidification and connection with the flowing liquid metals of the outer core. (Open Source Image.)

Exploring Earth’s Core with Seismic Wave Measurements

UConn professor of physics, Vernon F. Cormier, has received funding from the National Science Foundation to study the transition from liquid to solid in the Earth’s core using seismic wave measurements.