Schools & Colleges
Rothenberg: ‘Reality Show has Taken Over American Politics’
UConn alum and political analyst Stu Rothenberg gives his take on the Presidential campaign so far.
Center for Advancement in Managing Pain (CAMP) – Interdisciplinary Research for Evidence-Based Practice
After several years of preparation and strategic faculty recruitment efforts, the UConn School of Nursing this year has launched the Center for Advancement in Managing Pain (CAMP), an interdisciplinary translational research and clinical implementation center. School of Nursing senior pain researcher Associate Professor Deborah Dillon McDonald, a specialist in chronic pain in older adults, in […]
Nursing responds to the Opiate Crisis
Nursing responds to the Opiate Crisis The data are staggering. According to Connecticut’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, 415 people died of heroin overdoses in 2015. Connecticut’s Senator Richard Blumenthal has called the opiate and heroin crisis a “public health hurricane.” Mental health nurse Dr. Annette Maruca, assistant clinical professor and an associate in […]
Nursing Study Abroad Short-term Programs
Nursing Study Abroad Short-term Programs Since the School of Nursing inaugurated the first full-semester clinical and didactic education abroad program in the United States less than a decade ago, students now have opportunities both for a full semester or for a variety of shorter education abroad experiences. “For many students, this time may be the […]
Quantitative Medicine with Minakshi Tikoo
School of Nursing Quantitative Medicine with Minakshi Tikoo The nursing profession is justly proud of its ethos of caring and holistic healing. However, nursing is also built on a foundation of careful attention to documenting and analyzing statistical information about a patient or patient population. Florence Nightingale was, after all, the first female Fellow of […]
CEIN/BS Nursing Program Soaring Popularity
“From tiny acorns mighty oaks do grow,” according to the popular proverb, and a decade after its inception CEIN/BS (originally called Master’s Entry into Nursing or MEIN) has grown from one site in Storrs to four, including Waterbury, Stamford, and Avery Point. Designed as an eleven-month intensive didactic and clinical program for students who had […]
Agricultural and Resource Economics inks agreement with Shandong University’s School of Management
By Nancy Weiss For Rigoberto Lopez and Adam Rabinowitz, travelling the globe is becoming second nature. Lopez, head of the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ARE) and long an international ambassador for the College and his department, and Assistant Research Professor Rabinowitz recently returned from China, where they met with faculty and administrators to […]
UConn Professor: Schools Face New Challenges as Enrollment Shrinks
Education policy expert Shaun Dougherty discusses the potential impact of declining high school enrollment on Connecticut school districts.
High Touch Meets High Tech: Healthcare Innovation Program Expands
Due to its overwhelming success as a pilot program in the past two years, the UConn School of Nursing’s Healthcare Innovations program is set for expansion in the 2015-2016 academic year.
Math Professor Flying High with Simons Foundation Fellowship
Masha Gordina’s work spans different sub-fields of mathematics, making her what some call a mathematical 'bird.'