Schools & Colleges
Researchers Have Big Plans for Whale Data
Researchers from UConn and Mystic Aquarium are working with beluga whales to better understand the impact of human activity and climate change on marine species.
Adding Value to the Team
Logan Bement '16 uses marketing, data to improve professional baseball for fans, players.
Alumnus Donates Vital Equipment to Pharmacy Students
Professionalism is one thing Jerry Koblin, a UConn pharmacy alumnus and current member of the School of Pharmacy Advisory Board, knows a good deal about. After graduating in 1960, Koblin ran his family’s pharmacy, aptly named Koblin’s, in Nyack, New York until his retirement in 2013. Beyond that, he has been a member and president of many New York pharmacists' groups, drug distributors, and boards of directors. Koblin’s commitment to professionalism was one reason he gave a professional stethoscope to each member of this year’s Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy Studies
UConn Geriatrician Follows Patients to Their (Nursing) Home
UConn Health is developing a care plan in which it sends a geriatrician to a community nursing home to care for patients following their discharge from UConn John Dempsey Hospital.
Bookstore Reopens Under New Management
The UConn Bookstore at UConn Health opened earlier this month. Additional inventory is expected to arrive over the course of the next several weeks.
UConn’s Neag School of Education Partners With Norwich Free Academy on Free Summer STEM Program
Students currently earning state certification to become science teachers as part of the Teacher Certification Program for College Graduates (TCPCG) at UConn’s Neag School of Education will have their first school-based practice teaching experience thanks to a partnership with Norwich Free Academy.
UConn Joins National Smart Manufacturing Initiative
The University will play a leading role in Connecticut as part of a national effort to boost smart manufacturing and extend its benefits to business.
Celebrations
School Honors Faculty Whose Accomplishments Shine Brightly; Professor Golec Awarded ‘Research Excellence’ Honor
Courage, Vision, Wisdom
Three Top Executives Share Business Advice, Values at ‘CEO Evolution’ Program in Stamford When UConn alumnus Bill Simon ’81, ’88 MBA, was a newly hired executive at Walmart, before he became its president and CEO, he made a gutsy decision that he knew could make or break his career there. The low-price retail giant was excelling […]
Study to evaluate effects of child obesity prevention program on dads’ meal planning, shopping and cooking
After a successful pilot of the father-focused childhood obesity program Dad and Me, Amy Mobley, assistant professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, has received a $420,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue and expand the program. “Most obesity prevention parent education programs focus on mothers,” Mobley says. “We have to recognize […]