Schools & Colleges
Spiritual Awareness Varies Throughout the Day
UConn researchers collected data on participants' spiritual awareness via smartphones.
August 24, 2015 | Kenneth Best
UConn Women in Engineering Symposium
Learn. Inspire. Empower. UConn Women in Engineering Symposium Thursday, September 24, 2015 2 – 3:30pm Student Union Theatre Storrs, Connecticut The numbers are troubling. In 1984, women represented 37% of all computer science graduates. Today, it’s just 18% (Girls Who Code). Girls and boys in kindergarten through 12th grade “do not significantly differ in their […]
August 20, 2015 | Eli Freund
UConn Electrical and Computer Engineering
The undergraduate ECE program at UConn endeavors to provide a firm foundation in fundamentals, while also giving students exposure to current technologies for design and implementation. It strives for a balance between theory, laboratory and design experience. For more information, contact: Rajeev Bansal Professor & Department Head Office: ITE Building 463 Phone: (860)486-3410 and 486-2878 […]
August 19, 2015 | Eli Freund
UConn Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering
The goal of the UConn Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program is to provide students the interdisciplinary training in biological and medical sciences, physical sciences, and engineering necessary to solve complex biomedical problems. Faculty members from engineering, biomedical sciences, materials sciences, chemistry, physics, medicine, and dental medicine from an interdisciplinary graduate degree program that spans the University […]
August 19, 2015 | Eli Freund
Alumni News
Alumni News Gregory R. Bylo (B.S. Mechanical Engineering & Materials Engineering, ’80) was appointed vice president, Healthcare, at GSI US, an industry group driving open, global standards to help healthcare companies improve the accuracy, speed, and efficiency of the supply chain and care delivery. In this role, he will lead an industry-wide initiative […]
August 19, 2015 | Eli Freund
Huskies Forever Weekend – Breakfast with the Dean
Reunite. Reminisce. Celebrate. Huskies Forever Weekend – Breakfast with the Dean Saturday, October 10, 2015 | 9-11am Information Technology Engineering (ITE) Building Lobby | Storrs Campus Join Dean Kazem Kazerouian for breakfast and a fun, informative program on Saturday, October 10. Kickoff Huskies Forever Weekend meeting the Dean, connecting with fellow alumni and learning what’s […]
August 19, 2015 | Eli Freund
Alum and First-time Author Explores Why Smart Kids Cheat
Neag alumna Kate Maupin ’08 recently won the 2015 International Book Award (IBA) for her first book, Cheating, Dishonesty & Manipulation: Why Bright Kids Do It (Great Potential Press, 2015). Beating out 1,200 entries from around the world, she captured the top prize in the education/academic category, revealing how “more than 80 percent of bright students self-reported that they had not only cheated in an academic setting, but also had never been caught.”
August 18, 2015 | Shawn Kornegay
New Faculty Members Join the Neag School
The Neag School of Education recently welcomed new faculty members through its continued effort to elevate the academic and research focus and help transform education.
August 18, 2015 | Shawn Kornegay
Neag Professor Receives IES Grant to Develop Literacy Program for Students with Disabilities
Neag School of Education faculty member Devin Kearns has received an $650,000 grant from the Institute of Education Services (IES), as part of a larger $1.6 million grant with other colleagues, to develop a middle school co-teaching program to encourage collaboration between content-area and special education teachers and to improve the reading skills and content-area knowledge of students with learning disabilities.
August 18, 2015 | Shawn Kornegay
Alumnus Helps Aspiring Scientists Chart A Course for Career Success
Berberich, an immunologist at the Ragon Institute, was the first person in his family to pursue a career in science. He now helps current UConn students develop realistic expectations about their professional field.
August 17, 2015 | Bri Diaz