Schools & Colleges
In Memoriam: Professor Emerita Alexinia Baldwin ’71 Ph.D.
Alexinia Young Baldwin ’71 Ph.D., professor emerita of the Neag School Department of Curriculum and Instruction, died on Jan. 21, 2017. She was 91.
January 24, 2017 | Stefanie Dion Jones
UConn Named to Advanced Robotics Manufacturing Institute
The new national initiative aims to increase small manufacturers’ use of robots by 500 percent. UConn researchers will focus on the aerospace and shipbuilding industries.
January 24, 2017 | Josh Garvey
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