Schools & Colleges
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.
Neag School Professors McGarry, Burton Team Up With espnW, U.S. Department of State on Women in Sport Initiative
As part of an international initiative co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and espnW, Neag School faculty members Jennie McGarry and Laura Burton, along with UConn Associate Athletic Director Ellen Tripp, will be serving in the coming weeks as hosts for the Global Sports Mentoring Program (GSMP).
The Search Is On!
UConn Invited to Participate in Accounting Scholar Hunt The Accounting Ph.D. program at UConn has again been selected to participate in the prestigious Accounting Doctoral Scholars (ADS) Program, which encourages auditing and tax professionals to pursue careers in academia. Accounting faculty are preparing to interview tax professionals for Fall 2017 Ph.D. admissions. On Nov. 5, […]
Meet 5 Physicians Who Recently Joined UConn Health
Physicians with specialized training in ear, nose and throat surgery, hand, wrist and elbow surgery, orthopedic oncology, and bone marrow transplantation are now seeing patients at UConn Health. Dr. Daniel Roberts is an ear, nose and throat specialist and neurotologist who is seeing patients in Farmington and Southington. His areas of expertise include cochlear implants, […]
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.