Schools & Colleges
Graduate School Applications and Rankings on the Rise
Applications to graduate programs at UConn are on the upswing, while several of the programs rose in the U.S. News & World Report rankings.
March 15, 2017 | Kristen Cole
U.S. News & World Report Ranks Neag School Among Top 20 U.S. Publics
U.S. News & World Report released its 2018 national rankings of graduate schools of education today, with the Neag School of Education ranking No. 27 in the nation. Among public graduate schools of education, the Neag School remains in the top 20 nationally, at No. 17. This is the second consecutive year in which the U.S. News annual rankings placed the Neag School among the nation’s top 20 public graduate schools of education.
March 14, 2017 | Stefanie Dion Jones
Thoreau: Out of the Woods and Onto the River
UConn professor Robert Thorson says Henry David Thoreau, best known for writing about life in the woods, was also a boatman and scientific expert.
March 14, 2017 | Kenneth Best
In Memoriam: Ralph Porter Collins, Emeritus Professor of Biology
Collins retired from UConn in 1989 as a full professor and head of the botony section.
March 13, 2017 | Bri Diaz
I’ve Heard of it, But What Exactly is Epilepsy?
With UConn Health poised to open a new Epilepsy Monitoring Unit in April, the head of the neurology department discusses this common seizure condition.
March 13, 2017 | Lauren Woods
A UConn SFA Grad explains his journey from these very walls to the big bad world.
Michael Siporin Levine, 2011 UConn BFA, sat down in Storrs Center’s Barnes & Noble in awe of how much has changed on campus in a few short years. After earning his BFA in printmaking at UConn, he continued on to graduate school at the University of Georgia and earned his MFA in 2014. After a […]
March 13, 2017 | Ginger Jenne
Mozart’s Comedic Opera ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’ to Scandalize von der Mehden on March 24 and 26
UConn Opera Theater presents Mozart’s comic opera Le Nozze di Figaro on Friday, March 24 at 7:30 and Sunday, March 26 at 3:00 at the von der Mehden Recital Hall. Based on Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchais’ controversial 1784 play and with a libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, Mozart tells the story of a countess and her servants […]
March 10, 2017 | Ginger Jenne
Nature-Inspired Art Exhibits at UConn Health
The art exhibits of Pamela Bramble and Suzan Scott will be shown at the Celeste LeWitt Gallery at UConn Health until June 8, 2017.
March 9, 2017 | Carolyn Pennington
Student’s Dual Expertise Saved Company More than $1 Million
Management and Engineering for Manufacturing major Lindsey Gilson received accolades from the American Society for Engineering Education for her outstanding work as an intern with Unilever.
March 9, 2017 | Josh Garvey, School of Engineering, & Claire Hall, School of Business
Consumers on the Move: Mobile Geo-Targeting
With the typical American consumer spending three hours a day on a smartphone, savvy companies are quickly trying to capitalize on new geo-targeting technology that allows them to market their businesses electronically.
March 9, 2017 | Claire Hall