Schools & Colleges
Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Receives Society for Biomaterials’ Highest Honor
Dr. Cato T Laurencin of UConn and UConn Health will receive the highest honor of The Society for Biomaterials.
School of Social Work Preparing Graduates to Work With At Risk Youth
Eighteen second year Casework and Group Work students are engaged in a program at the School of Social Work, in partnership with the Department of Mental Health and Addictions Services (DMHAS). The focus of this three year grant is to train MSW students to work effectively with the young adult population, ages 18-25, with serious […]
Doctoral Student Jason Ostrander Receives Award
Jason Ostrander is the recipient of the Association for Community Organization and Social Administration (ACOSA) Outstanding Student award. The award recognizes the contributions of a BSW or MSW student who has been involved in community or organizational practice. Dr. Louise Simmons, his dissertation advisor, nominated Jason because of his “amazing career and academic record related […]
SSW Welcomes Dr. Caitlin Elsaesser to the Faculty
Dr. Elsaesser joined the School of Social Work faculty in August. She teaches research in the MSW and doctoral programs. Her research agenda focuses on evaluating the developmental impact of childhood violence exposure and victimization over the life course. She is examining and contributing much needed insight into how specific forms of violence exposure and/or […]
Cardiology Physician-Scientist Joins UConn Health/JAX Genomic Medicine
Dr. Travis Hinson, cardiologist and researcher of heart muscle diseases, has been recruited to UConn Health and The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) for Genomic Medicine.
UConn Health/JAX Scientist Named AAAS Fellow
Dr. Reinhard Laubenbacher of UConn Health/JAX has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Winter Art Exhibits at UConn Health
December brings three new art exhibits to UConn Health. Power Boothe, a professor of painting at the University of Hartford’s Hartford Art School, will have his “New Work” exhibition on display in the Celeste LeWitt Gallery in the Food Court Dec. 7 through March 3. It is shown courtesy of the Fred Giampietro Gallery in […]
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 […]