Schools & Colleges
UConn Winter Puppet Slam to be presented on Friday, February 3
The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry and the UConn Puppet Arts Program will present the 2017 UConn Winter Puppet Slam on Friday, February 3, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. in UConn’s Studio Theatre. The UConn Winter Puppet Slam will feature short works by professional puppeteers and performers, including Lone Wolf Tribe, Dana Samborski, Better than […]
January 23, 2017 | Ginger Jenne
White Coat Gala to Celebrate Center on Aging
UConn Health is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Center on Aging, a national leader in advanced research, clinical trials, patient care, and medical education.
January 23, 2017 | Lauren Woods
World Affairs Forum with WSJ Expert Greg Ip
Greg Ip, chief economics commentator for the Wall Street Journal, will discuss "Globalism vs. Nationalism: the New Ideological Divide," at a program Feb. 16 at UConn's Stamford campus, 1 University Place in Stamford.
January 23, 2017 | Claire Hall
A Message From the Equity and Social Justice Task Force
As members of the Equity and Social Justice Task Force, we believe that the new social and political context created by the presidential election requires not only that we reiterate these commitments, but also that we, the Equity and Social Justice Task Force, acknowledge and empathize with the many individuals and groups in our community who are experiencing a considerable amount of pain, fear, and concern for their safety.
January 20, 2017 | Joseph Cooper, Dominique Battle-Lawson, Elizabeth Howard, Mark Kohan, Eric Loken, Jennifer McGarry, Glenn Mitoma and Natalie Olinghouse
Finance Professors Honored for Research
Finance professors Jose Martinez and Namho Kang have both received prestigious recognitions for their separate research endeavors. Martinez won the BlackRock Prize, awarded to the best paper on capital markets/funds management/mutual funds for a paper he co-authored on “Measuring the Added Value of Stock Recommendations.” Using data from the Stockholm Stock Exchange, Martinez and his […]
January 19, 2017 | Claire Hall
What Set the Stage for Current U.S.-Russia Relations
As Vladimir Putin sees it, the U.S. has interfered in many elections around the world, including the 2011 Russian parliamentary election. These resentments set the stage for where we’re at now, says UConn's Frank Costigliola.
January 19, 2017 | Kenneth Best
Road to Family-Based Recovery Goes Through UConn Health
A community health researcher at UConn Health is evaluating a DCF project to determine if it is effective in treating parents’ substance abuse and keeping kids in their homes, and whether it is less costly than alternative approaches.
January 19, 2017 | , and Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
10 Questions With Husky Sport Alum Leading Volunteers in NYC
Brittany (Perotti) Agne ’09 (CLAS), ’11 MA, a former Husky Sport volunteer who earned a master’s degree with a concentration in sport management at the Neag School, today serves as director of children’s education programs at New York Cares, a New York City based nonprofit focused on volunteer management whose staff plans 1,600 volunteer led projects every month.
January 18, 2017 | Alexandra Walz
Life Experiences Shape Surgeon’s Desire to Care for Children
UConn Health pediatric surgeon Dr. Christine Finck is using tissue engineering to develop new methods to treat a condition that affects one in 4,500 babies.
January 18, 2017 | Natalie Missakian, Hartford Business Journal
Commitment, Passion Lead to Success for UConn Senior
When he enrolled at UConn four years ago, Andrew Carroll '17 didn't know exactly what the future would offer, but he was determined to get the most out of his college experience. When he graduates in May, he will have completed a triple major—in economics, psychology and management—and his resume will include a semester of education abroad and additional world travel that gave him a new, bolder perspective.
January 18, 2017 | Claire Hall