Schools & Colleges
Retired Judge Shira Scheindlin Speaks on Race and Policing
From the enforcement of slavery laws to recent shootings of young, unarmed black men, policing in the United States has always targeted and punished racial minorities disproportionately, retired Judge Shira A. Scheindlin told an audience Tuesday at UConn School of Law. Scheindlin, the 2017 Day Pitney Visiting Scholar, traced the history of racial bias in […]
Teaching in Turbulent Times: Inspiring Dialogue Among Educators
Faculty in the Neag School teacher education program this March brought together more than 70 people — from current students and alumni to local educators and school administrators — for an interactive discussion focused on the theme of “Teaching in Turbulent Times.” Prompted by ongoing discussion in recent months among faculty and educators about political divides surfacing in today’s classrooms, the event — led by Dorothea Anagnostopoulos, executive director of teacher education at the Neag School — was intended to serve as an opportunity for a diverse range of people in the education field to network and speak openly, offering suggestions and concerns.
HackUConn 2017 Participants Create Allergy Solutions
More than 80 UConn Students came together at the hackathon to address problems associated with allergies and anaphylaxis.
High School Students Prepare for Possible Health Care Careers
A UConn Health lecture series designed to expose high school students to career paths they previously may not have considered is now in its third decade.
Stem Cell Fabric Innovation Regrows Rotator Cuffs
A team of researchers from UConn Health has found a way to regenerate rotator cuff tendons after they’re torn, using a nano-textured fabric seeded with stem cells.
Kennelly Partnership With Neag School Serves as National Model
The Neag School of Education has long dedicated itself to providing aspiring educators with in-depth, firsthand experience in the classroom as part of its rigorous teacher education program. Its partners include numerous schools across the state of Connecticut at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. For the past 10 years, E.B. Kennelly, a public neighborhood elementary school in Hartford, Conn., has been one of those school partners — and an exemplary one at that, having been recognized this past year with the National Network for Educational Renewal (NNER) Richard W. Clark Exemplary Partner School Award for 2016. The award recognizes a partner school collaboration that is advancing the complex work of developing, sustaining, and renewing partner schools.
Puerto Rican & Latin@ Studies Project Host Cafe Con Leche
Recently, the Puerto Rican and Latino Studies Project (PRLSP) hosted a Legislative Breakfast entitled “Café con Leche” with the Puerto Rican and Black Caucus at the Capitol building. The main objective of this meeting was to discuss issues and concerns affecting the “lived experiences” of Latin@s in Connecticut. The Puerto Rican Caucus and PRLSP discussed several […]
Eurotech Prepares to Celebrate Twenty-Five Years, Expands to Other Languages
The Eurotech Program, which provides a degree in engineering and German, is preparing to expand to other cultures.
UConn Health April 2017 Programs, Events
Here's what's on the schedule at UConn Health in April and early May.
Faculty, Grad Students to Present at 2017 National Educational Research Conference
The work of more than 70 faculty researchers and graduate students from the Neag School of Education will be presented as part of this year’s American Educational Research Association (AERA)’s Annual Meeting, taking place Thursday, April 27, through Monday, May 1, in San Antonio. AERA is a national research society that seeks to advance knowledge about education, encourage scholarly inquiry related to education, and promote the use of research to improve education and serve the public good.