Schools & Colleges

A Time to Pay It Forward: Honoring Former Dean Richard L. Schwab’s Years of Service

Over the course of his time as dean — 14 years in total between 1997 and 2016 — Richard L. Schwab ’79 MA, ’81 Ph.D. has overseen a veritable transformation of the Neag School of Education. A community he affectionately refers to as his “second family,” the Neag School is one that Schwab, who stepped down as dean this past month to return to the faculty, has continually shaped for the better with every passing year.

Neag School Receives Grant to Support School Administrators in Strengthening Family, School, and Community Engagement

UConn’s Neag School of Education has been awarded a $20,700, four-month planning grant from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving to support a collaborative, research-based process to augment their UConn Administrator Preparation Program (UCAPP) for aspiring school principals and intermediated managers.

Summer Art

Summer Art Exhibit Unveiled at UConn Health

From June to September the artwork of local artists will be on display at UConn Health's Celeste LeWitt Gallery.

A student contributes another species to the total count. (Photo courtesy of Sydney Clements)

BioBlitz Species Count Sets New U.S. Record

Scientists and members of the public joined in the one-day event, which was led by UConn biologists.

A jigsaw puzzle, with one piece ('regulations') that is detached from the others, and the remaining space is labeled 'compliance.' (iStock Photo)

Corporate Compliance as Competitive Advantage

UConn researchers have developed a model of compliance that captures the trade-offs between cost and risk.

Michael Rosenblum, MD, PhD addresses UConn MD/PhD students during the 2016 Physician-Scientist Career Development Colloquium. (Photo courtesy Alexander Adami)

Lessons on Science, Medicine, and Career Choices

Michael Rosenblum, MD, PhD, an immunologist and assistant professor of Dermatology at the University of California, San Francisco, was the keynote speaker for the 2016 Physician-Scientist Career Development Colloquium at UConn Health.

Auret Van Heerden, former president and CEO of the Fair Labor Association. (Vivek Soundararajan/University of Birmingham)

Business Law Conference Draws International Experts, Sparks New Ideas

Experts in business law, management and a range of social science disciplines attended a two-day conference at UConn titled, "Public Regulation and Private Governance: Competitors or Collaborators?"

Eversource and UConn team up to keep the lights on in severe weather

By Jason M. Sheldon With the increasing frequency of extreme weather events, Connecticut residents have become all too familiar with lengthy power outages. While strong winds, heavy precipitation and high tides are the most notable features of such events, 90 percent of Connecticut’s storm-related power outages are caused by falling trees and limbs. Connecticut is […]

Windham High School Students display their marshmallow covered hands.

Engineering Design Competition Offers Messy Fun For High Schoolers

Students from nine high schools were on UConn’s campus May 25 for the 6th Annual GK-12 Engineering Design Competition.

Student Perspective: Q&A With Vincent Turnier

Engineering freshman Vincent Turnier discusses his path to UConn and his impressions so far.