Schools & Colleges
UConn Health Goes Red
On National Go Red Day, Feb. 5, faculty and staff across UConn Health donned red clothing to raise awareness of cardiovascular diseases, the number one killer of men and women around the globe.
Interactive Exhibit Prompts Dialogue on Race
A student-designed exhibit at the Benton engages the audience with a series of provocative statements.
Neag School Faculty Member Launches Online Behavioral Assessment Tool
For teachers, administrators, and school psychologists, finding an easy, efficient way to track student conduct during the school day has long posed a challenge. Thanks to a new online behavioral assessment tool developed by Sandra Chafouleas, professor in the department of educational psychology and associate dean for research in the Neag School, and T. Chris Riley-Tillman, a professor at the University of Missouri, educators and school personnel can now quickly and efficiently monitor behaviors key to school success – with virtually no paperwork.
CLAS Undergrad, Neag School Professor Selected for Funding on Collaborative Research Project
This spring, Marissa Gadacy ’17 (CLAS) and Neag School of Education assistant professor Devin Kearns will collaborate on research examining aspects of elementary school students’ reading comprehension skills, thanks to funding from UConn’s Office of Undergraduate Research, which selected their research proposal for one of its 2016 Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts Research Experience (SHARE) Awards.
Award-winning Professor Dick Kochanek’s Accounting Class Came with a Bonus: Great Advice for Living Life
"If the person next to you in class leans over and whispers, 'I love you,' you have to say: 'Not until after class. I have to focus on Kochanek's lecture now!'" That's one of the many witty remarks that Professor Richard "Dick" Kochanek has used to engage the 250 underclassmen in his "Principles of Financial Accounting" class. Kochanek, who retired at the end of fall semester, is one of the most beloved and highly regarded professors at UConn.
Brain-Imaging Technology Reveals Hidden Emotions
UConn's new fMRI scanner shows that areas of the brain literally ‘light up’ when people respond to emotional cues.
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack.
Privilege is hard to see when you have it, because it often consists of what doesn’t happen to you. On Monday January 11, The Graduate School hosted a salon-style discussion on the topic of white privilege. The event was targeted to UConn staff members who interact regularly with the graduate student population, and it was […]
UConn’s Growing Incubator Welcomes Top Tech Startups
UConn’s growing incubator program welcomes top tech startups with the construction of 32 additional wet labs and 40 offices at UConn Health.
Three SSW Faculty Receive Scholarship Facilitation Fund Grants
The UConn Vice President for Research awarded three Scholarship Facilitation Fund (SFF) grants to School of Social Work faculty for the spring 2016 semester. The grants will facilitate the growth of extramural research and increase scholarly publications produced by faculty. This builds on the School’s success in receiving these awards. In 2015, the VPR awarded grants […]
UConn Health Researchers Talk NIH Funding With Sen. Murphy
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy met with a group of nine researchers to hear their perspectives on the recent increase in National Institutes of Health funding and President Obama's call for a 'moonshot' to cure cancer.