Schools & Colleges
Exhibit Recalls 35 Years of HIV/AIDS
Three exhibitions at UConn trace the progression of HIV/AIDS from diagnosis to death sentence to manageable disease.
September 8, 2016 | Kenneth Best
A Summer of Engines, Additive Manufacturing, and Patents
For UConn junior Anthony Pizzola '18 (ENG), a summer internship was an opportunity to work with engineers at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney.
September 7, 2016 | Pratt & Witney Communications
Driven and Kind
Some of the members of the 2004 National Championship UConn Men’s Basketball Team would wear a weight vest in practice to improve their endurance as they ran up the bleachers in the old Memorial Stadium. Not Emeka Okafor '04.
September 7, 2016 | Claire Hall
Presidential Campaign Flags Reflect Times, If Not Views, of Candidates
More than 60 antique flags on display at the Benton convey messages crafted by moneymaking businesses rather than by the candidates.
September 7, 2016 | Kristen Cole
New Device Improves Measurement of Water Pollution
UConn scientists are commercializing a technology they developed to more easily measure contaminants in water.
September 7, 2016 | Jessica McBride, Office of the Vice President for Research
NSF Awards $3M Grant to Neag School’s Moss, Campbell, and UConn Colleagues
A group of UConn faculty that includes Neag School associate professors David Moss and Todd Campbell has received nearly $3 million in funding from the National Science Foundation’s Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL), a program that seeks to enhance learning in informal environments as well as to broaden access to and engagement in STEM learning opportunities.
September 6, 2016 | Stefanie Dion Jones
The Man Who Built Environmentalism
A journalism professor’s new biography explores the reckless life of the Sierra Club’s most influential leader, a father of the environmental movement.
September 6, 2016 | Christine Buckley
Work Injuries in Connecticut Up, Above National Average
Connecticut's rate of workplace injury is up 8 percent. The state is 7 percent higher than the national average, and has been for the past 7 years.
September 6, 2016 | Lauren Woods
Becoming Yourself as a Leader
The UConn School of Business will offer a free breakfast seminar titled "Becoming Yourself as a Leader," from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Sept. 14 at the Graduate Business Learning Center, 100 Constitution Plaza, Hartford.
September 6, 2016 | Claire Hall
Back to School: Empowering Bystanders in the Face of Bullying
UConn Health students led by Dr. Damion Grasso are empowering youth bystanders to help reduce bullying through its UConn Health Students Against Violence in Schools (SAVS) program.
September 2, 2016 | Lauren Woods