Schools & Colleges
Crystal Hayes Awarded White House Equity Grant
Doctoral student, Crystal Hayes, will conduct a pilot study using focus groups to better understand the birthing experiences of incarcerated women in Massachusetts. The study will identify the most important issues for the Prison Birth Project’s anti-shackling advocacy campaign in Massachusetts and the impact the organization has on the actual birthing experiences of women and […]
September 16, 2016 | Reesa Olins
Social Work Researchers Say Gun Removals May Decrease Suicides
The research of Drs. Linda Frisman and Hsiu-Ju Lin, and eight other colleagues, is the focus of an Atlantic Monthly article, The Gun Law Saving Lives in Connecticut. In 1999, Connecticut became the first state to pass a law authorizing police to temporarily remove guns from individuals when there is probable cause they pose a significant risk […]
September 16, 2016 | Reesa Olins
Shakespeare in Context: Player, Author, Imposter
On September 9, three English Ph.D. candidates gave presentations at the event "Shakespeare: Player, Author, Imposter," which painted a picture of who Shakespeare really was and why we are still reading his work 400 years after his death.
September 16, 2016 | Sydney Lauro '17 (CLAS)
Water Works: Exhibit and Film on the Danube River
The documentary has been shown in Oryahovo, Bulgaria, and Vienna, Austria
September 16, 2016 | Kenneth Best
Connecting Women MBA’s with Mentors, Sponsors
The National Association of Women MBA's (NAWMBA) will hold its annual conference and career fair in Stamford, from Oct. 20 to 22, with the UConn School of Business as the lead academic sponsor. Upwards of 1,500 professional women and MBA students are expected to attend the event at the Hilton Hotel and Conference Center.
September 15, 2016 | Claire Hall
New Website Connects Mental Health Patients and Pharmacists
A UConn faculty member led the recent effort to launch a website with a searchable directory of more than 850 mental health pharmacies.
September 14, 2016 | Kristen Cole
Embrace Your “Personal Brand,” Advises Alumna
"A brand is a promise of what's to come," Corliss Montesi '86, vice president and corporate controller at Stanley Black & Decker, told hundreds of enthusiastic students at one of several graduate student Convocation events held on Aug. 25 at the Gershon Fox Ballroom in Hartford.
September 13, 2016 | Claire Hall
Turfgrass Field Day brings together researchers, industry professionals
By Jason Sheldon. A clear, breezy morning on freshly watered grass, thanks to a rainstorm the afternoon before, marked an auspicious opening for the fifth biennial Turfgrass Field Day. The event was held Tuesday, July 19, at the Plant Science Research and Teaching Facility. Hosted by the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture (PSLA), […]
September 13, 2016 | Kevin Noonan
Furthering the Study of Human Rights in Business
Business law professor Stephen Park and UConn colleagues have been awarded a $265,000 research grant under UConn's Academic Plan to investigate ways to protect and promote human rights in the business world.
September 12, 2016 | Claire Hall
How ‘Big Data’ Changed the Science of Ecology
UConn researcher Mike Willig discusses the 'ecological revolution.'
September 12, 2016 | Christine Buckley