Schools & Colleges
UConn Human Rights Conference Gathers Experts to Address Ways to Watch Over Garment Workers
The new shirt that you are wearing is impeccably tailored and bears a prominent designer label, so it must be responsibly sourced. Right?
Cooking, Puppetry, Research All Part of Management’s Creativity Conference
How do you celebrate and inspire creativity when you have three dozen top creative scholars coming to campus?
PRISM Conference Delivers Valuable Insights into Collaborative Healthcare Strategies
The 2017 PRISM Conference delivered important messages on the value of collaboration to an audience of healthcare professionals.
National Institute for Undersea Vehicle Technology Launched by Industry, Academia
Two of New England’s flagship universities and the United States Navy’s primary builder of submarines are at the helm of the new National Institute for Undersea Vehicle Technology. Located on the Connecticut coast, the new national institute was established to develop the personnel and knowledge to accelerate critical research and enhance U.S. dominance in submarine […]
UConn Alum Malfettone Speaks About Corporate Compliance as a Competitive Advantage
John Malfettone '77, senior managing director and chief compliance officer at Clayton, Dubilier, and Rice, spoke to 100 students and alumni about "Corporate Compliance as a Competitive Advantage."
Navy Using New UConn Software to Improve Navigation
Major research discoveries generate news headlines. But a research undertaking by one University of Connecticut engineering lab seeks to forestall some headlines of a different kind. The loss of life because of weather events, as happened on Oct. 1, 2015 when cargo ship El Faro sank with its 33-member crew in Hurricane Joaquin, is one […]
Social Work Faculty Finds Social Capital Key to College Attendance in Foster Care Youth
Dr. Nathanael Okpych, who joined the UConn faculty this academic year, was selected to receive the 2017 Council on Social Work Education’s (CSWE) Transforming Child Welfare Dissertation Award. As part of the award, Dr. Okpych presented his dissertation at the CSWE Child Welfare Track meeting in October. His work, with colleague Mark Courtney, was also featured […]
Professor Mathieu Earns Prestigious Academy of Management Mentorship Award
The Academy of Management's Organizational Behavior Division has awarded its Mentorship Award to UConn Management Professor John Mathieu. It is the third prestigious award he has received in the last year.
National Institute for Undersea Vehicle Technology Launched by Industry, Academia
The National Institute will build upon the experience and expertise of Electric Boat, UConn, and URI to bring promising innovations from the lab to the manufacturing floor faster.
Navy Using New UConn Software to Improve Navigation
The Navy is using new software developed by UConn engineering professor Krishna Pattipati to vastly improve the ability to route ships through unpredictable situations.