Schools & Colleges
‘Upset-ness’ Feeds Bread & Puppet Exhibit at Benton
The exhibit focuses on activist responses to political and social issues that have defined American culture over the past 50 years.
Student News: Women’s Center Honors Keisha Ashe
Keisha Ashe, who is currently pursuing a Chemical Engineering Ph.D., receives the 100 Years of Women Scholarship Award
Study: Economically Dependent Spouses More Likely to Cheat
A UConn sociologist found economic dependency increases the likelihood of infidelity for both men and women, but especially for men.
Grant Will Fund Study On The Genetics Of Addiction
When it comes to diagnosing substance-related disorders, health care professionals are mostly limited to checking for behavioral and other clinical symptoms – crude tools for a complex condition. But a new study aims to find the genetic causes of those specific symptoms, which could lead to a more nuanced way of looking at addiction. […]
Collaborative Project Seeks to Improve Students’ Math, Social Studies Skills
New tools developed by researchers in CLAS and the Neag School of Education use intercultural competence to teach mathematics and other subjects to middle school students.
GK-12 Competition Gives High School Students A Leg To Stand On
Nine high school teams built and tested prosthetic legs as part of the latest GK-12 Design Challenge
Neag School and CLAS Collaborate to Improve Students’ Math, Social Studies Skills Through Intercultural Competence
Funded jointly by UConn’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) and the Neag School of Education, the Math Intercultural Competence (Math ICC) project integrates key Common Core requirements in math, as well as standard requirements of world languages and social studies that middle school students must master. The innovative learning units developed by the interdisciplinary Math ICC team will officially be introduced to sixth-graders in Farmington, Conn., during the coming academic year.
UConn’s Administrator Preparation Program Cohorts Present Change Projects
On Saturday, April 25, 15 students from the UCAPP Preparing Leaders for Urban Schools (PLUS) and the cohorts in the Department of Educational Leadership gathered at the Neag School’s Gentry Building to present the change projects they led as interns during the 2014-15 academic year. Each project exemplifies the students’ efforts to spearhead change to improve outcomes for students in schools across the state of Connecticut.
Puppetry Graduate Branches Out into Children’s TV
Sarah Nolen '15 MFA is completing a project for a children's television show with Treeples puppets.
Neag Professor Co-Authors Book to Help Secondary Educators Reimagine the Science Department
A Neag School of Education faculty member is one of the co-authors of Reimagining the Science Department (NSTA Press, 2015), a book published in March by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) to help secondary educators create “a place where teachers are encouraged to question both their beliefs about science and the teaching and assessment strategies that develop in response to those beliefs.”