Schools & Colleges
$2.3 M Pledge will Establish Endowed Chair in Nursing
The pledge, the largest to date for the School, comes from a couple with longstanding ties to the University.
Meet the New Faculty For UConn Engineering
The new school year begins with an impressive group of new SoE hires.
Manchester’s Top-ranked Two Among Honors Freshmen
'I couldn't imagine myself anywhere else,' says Megan Boyer, one of more than 500 incoming valedictorians and salutatorians this year.
Hartford’s Burgdorf Clinic is Rooted in the Community
An urban garden outside a North End clinic for the underserved provides fresh produce and education on nutrition and health.
Faculty Hiring Plan Helps Decrease Class Size
The University's hiring initiative has drawn thousands of applicants and resulted in the hiring of nearly 300 new faculty since 2011.
Four UConn Students Receive Fulbright Awards for 2014-15
Two recent graduates, a graduate student, and an undergraduate have received fellowships under this prestigious international program.
Public Dollars, Private Rules: The Charter School Calculus
A UConn researcher says charter schools’ legal strategies should be a concern for policymakers and taxpayers.
Neag Graduate Students Bring Student Affairs Expertise to Scotland
“The Glasgow Five” is not the name of a new European rock band or infamous team of criminals, but the nickname adopted by the five Neag students who recently spent three weeks in Scotland studying how the University of Glasgow could best use social media to recruit, prepare and support international students.
UConn Launching New Online Graduate Certificate in School Law
UConn’s Neag School of Education is launching an online graduate certificate in School Law, beginning in the spring of 2015. The 12-credit program is designed to help educators, administrators, policy makers and parents gain the expertise needed to cut through confusing “legalese” and better understand the legal dimensions of K-12 education.
Generous, Compassionate, Forward-Thinking, Skilled: Colleagues Pay Tribute to Thomas C. DeFranco
After five years as dean of the Neag School of Education, Thomas C. DeFranco, Ph.D., has returned to life as a full-time mathematics professor in both the Neag School and the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.