Schools & Colleges
Earthtones Vocal Ensemble Performance Recalls Music of Vietnam War Era
“Voices of the Vietnam War: Music and Memories” will be performed by the UConn Earthtones Vocal Ensemble on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 3 p.m. in Louis J. von der Mehden Recital Hall, 875 Coventry Road, in Storrs. Earthtones is comprised of university students and community members in a Department of Music class who bring to […]
Pain Gets Personal: UConn Health to Host Symposium
How to prevent acute pain developing into chronic pain, and how to treat pain without resorting to opioids will be among the topics for discussion.
Recent Alum Has Whole World in Her Hands
Travel journalist Olivia Balsinger ’14 (CLAS) has 75 nation stamps in her passport.
UConn Health Foot Care Specialists Deliver New Shoes to Homeless
The annual Thanksgiving tradition continued this year with volunteers from the UConn Health Orthopedics & Sports Medicine team helping distribute footwear and socks at two local homeless shelters.
Researcher uses nanotechnology to design food-based nutrient delivery systems for treatment and prevention of chronic diseases
Yangchao Luo’s passion is food. At home, Luo likes to cook Chinese food and tasty soups for his toddler daughter. In his lab at UConn, where he holds his primary appointment as assistant professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences and joint appointments in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Institute of Materials Sciences, he focuses […]
Checking in with Joel Gamoran, Host of FYI’s ‘Scraps’
'I see flavor where the world sees waste,' says the UConn alum, whose new cooking show debuted in May.
Neag School Receives $300K Award to Support Mentor Education
Through a generous $300,000 award from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, high school seniors enrolled in the foundation’s Young Scholars Program will be able to pursue areas of interest and advanced learning for a three-week residential program housed on the University of Connecticut’s Storrs campus in the summer of 2018.
Hurricane Aftermath: Lessons from Katrina that are Relevant Now
Teachers will be part of the healing process for children relocating after Hurricanes Maria and Harvey, says UConn's Edith Barrett.
25th Annual PILG Auction Raises Money and Spirits
High-spirited bidding contests erupted over a go-cart outing with Assistant Dean Karen DeMeola, UConn women’s basketball tickets and a week of parking in Dean Timothy Fisher’s space, along with a host of other items at the 25th annual Public Interest Law Group Auction. The live and silent auction on Nov. 10, 2017, packed the Reading […]
A Winning NFL Football Pool Strategy
A UConn business professor developed a strategy to optimize the decision-making process for NFL Survivor Pools.