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.
June 9, 2016 | Stefanie Dion Jones
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.
June 9, 2016 | Stefanie Dion Jones
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.
June 9, 2016 | Stephanie Thorell
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.
June 9, 2016 | Bri Diaz
Corporate Compliance as Competitive Advantage
UConn researchers have developed a model of compliance that captures the trade-offs between cost and risk.
June 8, 2016 | Claire Hall, School of Business
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.
June 7, 2016 | Alexander Adami, sixth-year MD/PhD student
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?"
June 7, 2016 | Claire Hall
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 […]
June 7, 2016 | Kevin Noonan
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.
June 7, 2016 | Josh Garvey
Student Perspective: Q&A With Vincent Turnier
Engineering freshman Vincent Turnier discusses his path to UConn and his impressions so far.
June 6, 2016 | Eli Freund