Schools & Colleges
10 Questions With First-Year Teachers in Puerto Rico
Two Neag School alumni, Gabe Castro ’14 (ED), ’15 MA, and Jill Linares ’14 (CLAS), ’15 MA, spent this past academic year — their first year of teaching — at Guamani Private School in Guayama, Puerto Rico.
Q&A: Get to Know the Neag School’s New Dean, Gladis Kersaint
This past summer, the Neag School of Education welcomed Professor Gladis Kersaint as dean. Dean Kersaint most recently served as professor of mathematics and associate dean of academic affairs and research for the College of Education at the University of South Florida. Here, she sits down to share insight into her background as well as her vision for the Neag School going forward.
Presidential Election: How You Process Information Determines Your Vote
Communication professor Carolyn Lin says differing styles of information processing shape either a more rational or a more emotional decision-making process that affects voters' choice.
Stamford Race and Revolution Exhibition May Prompt Strong Reactions
UConn Stamford director Terrence Cheng says the exhibit is part of an important discussion about history, race, diversity, culture, and justice.
UConn Collaborates on $3M Project to Promote Healthy Forests
Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Jill Wegrzyn will lend her biostatistics and data skills to the NSF grant aimed at connecting big data on American forests and crops for better scientific research.
UConn a Leader in Closing the Engineering Gender Gap
A recent report in The Washington Post says UConn saw the largest five-year gain in female engineering graduates among 90 public institutions nationally.
NSF Awards $3.5M to Support Diversity in STEM
Under UConn leadership, a higher education alliance dedicated to expanding diversity in the STEM fields recently received a grant of $3.5 million to increase its efforts.
When Push Comes to Shove: Size Matters for Particles in Bloodstream
A UConn Engineer's study of particles in the bloodstream may help develop more effective cancer drugs.
Leading Pediatric Cancer Researcher Dr. Ching C. Lau Joins UConn Health
Dr. Ching C. Lau, a leading expert in pediatric brain and bone tumor research, has just joined UConn School of Medicine, Connecticut Children's Medical Center and the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine.
Correctional Managed Health Care Lending Expertise to Guam
The U.S. territory of Guam is tapping the expertise of Correctional Managed Health Care, the division of UConn Health that provides care to Connecticut’s inmate population, to gain knowledge of its best practices.