Schools & Colleges
Men At the Top Play By Different Rules
Is the answer more female CEOs, asks School of Business expert Gary Powell.
Make-Up Artist Makes Cancer Patients’ Day
Make-up artist Russell Garuti was inspired to become a volunteer with the American Cancer Society’s Look Good Feel Better program after his mother died of cancer. See how Russell works his magic on cancer patient Victoria Brown who is currently undergoing chemotherapy treatment at UConn Health.
10 Questions With Neag School Experts in Gaming and Education
In their recently published edited volume, Exploding the Castle: Rethinking How Video Games and Game Mechanics Can Shape the Future of Education (Information Age, 2017), Neag School faculty Michael Young and Stephen Slota — both longtime video game devotees — explore the value of games, the role of games in the future of K-12 and higher education, and more. Here, Young, associate professor of cognition, instruction, and learning technology, and Slota, assistant professor-in-residence of educational technology discuss the book and share their insights on the intersection between games, technology, and learning.
Should the Vegas Mass Murder Be Memorialized?
'One of the real tensions is that by drawing attention to the killing, it also draws attention to the killer,' says geography professor Ken Foote, who has written a book about memorialization of place.
The Future of Pharmacy with Dr. Marie Smith and Dr. Kate Steckowych
Dr. Henry A. Palmer Postdoctoral Fellowship focuses on pharmacy practice transformation.
Robots are coming to the dairy center
Robots vacuum floors and assist surgeons. Soon, they will be milking the UConn dairy herd. To house the robots, a 3,000-square-foot Kellogg Dairy Center addition is underway with an expected opening in April 2018. When it is finished, the facility will be among the first voluntary milking systems installed at a university. This state-of-the art […]
$5M in Federal Funding to Support Educational Psychology Research
Led by educational psychology professors in the Neag School of Education, two research projects have recently been awarded a total of nearly $5 million in federal funding, made available through the Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act.
Our Calculator Will Guess How Many Healthy Years of Life You Have Left
We are living longer than ever. But for how many of those years will we be healthy?
Marathoner Out-Running His Heart Disease
Marathoner Bill Donovan is out-running his heart disease one race at a time. This year he was once again joined by his heart doctor, Dr. Heiko Schmitt, for the running of the Hartford Marathon.
UConn Nation Runs Hartford Marathon
Members of the UConn Nation ran the Eversource Hartford Marathon on Oct. 14 to raise funds for the Calhoun Cardiology Center at UConn Health.