Schools & Colleges
UConn School of Medicine Reshaping the Future of Medical Education
UConn School of Medicine was selected by the American Medical Association (AMA) to join its Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium to reshape the medical education of the future.
Neag School Professors Renzulli and Beghetto Receive Grant from UPenn’s Imagination Institute
Professors Joseph Renzulli and Ronald Beghetto of the Neag School of Education have been awarded a $175,000 grant from the Imagination Institute at the University of Pennsylvania. The grant will fund their research into creativity, imagination, and innovation as vital outcomes of schooling, and will include the development of a new series of validated instruments, a portfolio that documents schools’ outcomes, and a guidebook for schools to develop and extend their imagination, creativity, and innovation (ICI) resources.
STEM Night Plants a New Tradition
On Monday night, November 16th, the Connecticut Science Center was full of UConn engineering volunteers and young students for the first ever STEM Night. Organized by UConn’s Engineering Ambassadors, STEM Night was created in order to show kids the creative ways one can get involved with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The Engineering Ambassadors strive […]
Same-Sex Marriage and the Law
In a cross-national study, two UConn sociologists found that policy outcomes on same-sex marriage were closely tied to the courts.
Meet the 2015 Inductees of the Academy of Distinguished Engineers
UConn School of Engineering’s 2015 Academy of Distinguished Engineers and Hall of Fame.
Students gain experience through PLSA summer internships
When students return to UConn in the fall, they often ask each other, “Where did you intern this summer?” For students in the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture (PSLA), this question is a common one. The department emphasizes experiential learning and encourages students to apply what they learn in the classroom to the […]
Biochemist studies intestine’s role in cardiovascular disease
Alison Kohan, assistant professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, has a way of making biochemistry sound exciting. She joined the College in August 2014 after completing her postdoctoral work and a year as a research assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati. There she worked with her mentor, Patrick Tso, professor and director of […]
Connecticut Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory receives full accreditation by AAVLD
The Connecticut Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (CVMDL), housed in the College’s Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science, has recently received full accreditation for all species from the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD), an internationally recognized accrediting body. “We are the only fully accredited full-service veterinary diagnostic lab in the New England states,” says […]
Internships provide vital experience for future dietitians
A dietetic internship is an essential component of the education of students planning to pursue a career as a registered dietitian (RD). In addition to didactic coursework, students must complete 1200 hours of supervised practice in a program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics of the Academy of Nutrition and […]
How do you teach a landscape architect? Behind the scenes of the College’s LA program
“So you do gardening?” That’s usually the response Ashleigh Bancel gets when she tells people she studies landscape architecture. Bancel is a senior in the Landscape Architecture program (LA), a major offered by the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture. “A lot of people just don’t know what we do,” says Peter Miniutti, associate […]