Schools & Colleges
School of Business Dean’s Report 2017
As we approach the final weeks of 2017, the School of Business is growing, thriving and delivering its best to our students, wherever they may be.
November 17, 2017 | Claire Hall
Thanksgiving Turkey Makes You Sleepy? Gobbledygook.
While you may feel sleepy after Thanksgiving dinner, that's not because of the turkey, says UConn neurobiologist John Redden.
November 17, 2017 | Kim Krieger
The Art of Concentration
Students paint from their mind's eye in a basic painting class.
November 17, 2017 | Garrett Spahn
UConn Dental Student Serves, Studies in Guatemala
Emily Keller's altruistic and academic missions come together in a poor Central American village.
November 16, 2017 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Student-Athlete Strong: Tosin Adeniyi
'I am one of the luckiest girls to have received such an amazing education and college experience through volleyball.'
November 16, 2017 | Susan Twiss
New Software Can Pinpoint Hate Groups’ Radicalization Sites
A UConn Stamford business professor has developed software that can comb the internet, including the dark web, and identify terrorist content.
November 15, 2017 | Claire Hall
Food Swamps Predict Obesity Rates Better Than Food Deserts
A new UConn Rudd Center study found that easy access to fast- and junk-food outlets was a better predictor of high obesity rates than lack of access to affordable, nutritious food.
November 14, 2017 | Daniel P. Jones, UConn Rudd Center
The 411 on the New Blood Pressure Guidelines
UConn Health Calhoun Cardiology Center's Dr. William B. White, past president of the American Society of Hypertension, sounds off on the large impact the AHA/ACC's newly issued blood pressure guidelines may have on you and millions of other Americans.
November 13, 2017 | Lauren Woods
How Birds are Rescheduling their Lives Around Climate Change
'We were expecting them to only move in space, but we’ve demonstrated they also move in time,' says UConn researcher Morgan Tingley.
November 13, 2017 | Elaina Hancock
Alumni Updates and News
Alumni News Tara John (M.S. Electrical Engineering, ‘17) has joined Comcast Corporation as a technical research and development engineer working with Jim Fahrny, a Senior Fellow, conducting cybersecurity research. John moved to the U.S. from India to pursue graduate study performing research under the guidance of Charles H. Knapp Associate Professor Marten van Dijk’s Secure […]
November 13, 2017 | Eli Freund