Schools & Colleges
Patient Comfort and Convenience are Key in New Hospital Tower
The new tower of UConn John Dempsey Hospital will offer patients and visitors amenities to make their visit and hospital experience as comfortable and convenient as possible.
March 17, 2016 | Christine Kaminski
UConn/JAX Forum Emphasizes Teamwork
Teams of UConn and Jackson Laboratory researchers discussed the synergies between the two institutions during a recent day on the Farmington campus.
March 17, 2016 | Peter Morenus
Journey to Freedom: Celebrating Ukrainian Composers
Ukrainian-born music professor Solomiya Ivakhiv has recently released an album of Ukrainian classical music.
March 17, 2016 | Jessica McBride, Office of the Vice President for Research
U.S. News & World Report: Neag School Ranks Among Nation’s Top 20 Public Graduate Schools of Education
U.S. News & World Report released its annual national rankings of graduate schools of education on March 16, 2016, with the Neag School now ranking No. 16 among public graduate schools of education in the nation. Four of the Neag School’s specialty programs also placed among the top 20 in the nation.
March 16, 2016 | Stefanie Dion Jones
Support the next generation of conservation scientists!
Listening to the daily news, it’s hard not to feel overwhelmed or helpless when hearing how communities throughout the world, including our own, are facing serious environmental issues such as pollution, degradation of natural resources and more frequent and intense droughts, forest fires and floods. Although federal- and state-level action is essential, it is not […]
March 15, 2016 | Kevin Noonan
Medical Practitioners Face Up to Pain
An interdisciplinary UConn team has designed a teaching module to help medical professionals learn how to treat their patients' pain more effectively.
March 15, 2016 | Kim Krieger
Reaccreditation Received by School of Dental Medicine
The School met or exceeded all the national standards, and the accrediting commission had no recommendations for improvement.
March 15, 2016 | Lauren Woods
Symposium Addresses Legal Issues Faced by LGBTQ Youth
The legal community’s focus on such victories as same-sex marriage obscures the challenges that LGBTQ people continue to face, including homelessness, violence and discrimination in the workplace, according to the keynote speakers at a UConn Law symposium.
March 14, 2016 | Lara Hopkins
Top UConn Interns Are Engineering Students
The top two UConn undergraduate interns from 2015 are both from the school of engineering.
March 14, 2016 | Eli Freund
Virtual Reality Can Deliver Public Health Messages
In a study of video game users, UConn researchers found that virtual reality makes people more accepting of public health messages.
March 14, 2016 | Sheila Foran