Schools & Colleges
Education Expert on Obama’s Free Tuition Proposal
Erik Hines, a specialist in college and career readiness, discusses the President's proposal to offer free community college tuition for two years to qualified high school students.
Set Guilt Aside and Get On with Your Life
Guilt, as exhausting as it is, appears easier than action. But it isn't. An essay by English professor, author, and columnist Gina Barreca.
UConn’s Online Master’s in Accounting Ranked No. 3 by U.S. News
The highly competitive program was recognized as one of 2015’s Best Online Graduate Business Programs.
From Resolution to Ritual: Why People Start and Stick With Yoga
A new study notes that while many begin yoga for the health benefits, those who continue often say spirituality is the reason.
New Stem Cell Research Collaboration Focuses on Rare Diseases
The University has announced a new stem cell research collaboration in the field of rare disease with Connecticut firm Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
UConn Law Creates Two New Master’s Degrees
The new degree programs in human rights and social justice and energy and environmental law are intended to meet emerging needs in society.
Big Data and the Science of the Christmas Tree
A UConn bioinformatics researcher is helping develop tools that will enable more scientists to start finding meaning in massive amounts of data.
Popular Cosmetic Fix May Threaten Bone Density
A UConn oral radiologist says the off-label use of Botox to treat jaw pain appears to have a dangerous side effect.
The Hartford Convention and the Specter of Secession
Law professor Mark Janis looks back 200 years to the time when New England nearly pulled out of the national union.
Emeritus Professor of English Charles Boer Dies
Boer taught mythology, poetry, and individual 20th-century writers in the English department from 1966 to 1992.