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Political Science major Vanessa Lovelace, 1st place (and People's Choice winner) presenting her topic: Genealogies of Liberty: An Embodied Black Freedom Trail.

The Three-Minute Thesis

Summarizing years of study in just three minutes isn’t easy, but it’s a challenge some UConn graduate students tackled recently.

Professional Graduate Workshop Series: Smooth Talker-Networking for Professional Success

Do you know how to introduce yourself without dropping your drink? Are you able to eat a salad and captivate people’s attention with your research ideas? What’s your opening line? If you don’t know, please RSVP & join us on October 23rd! Come meet Steve Bouchard and learn how to network without the nerves! Date: […]

Dorothea Anagnostopoulos, the new head of teacher education, at the Neag School on Oct. 10, 2013. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

A New Leader for UConn’s Teacher Education Program

Dorothea Anagnostopoulos previously headed the Chicago-based urban teacher preparation program at Michigan State.

Gerry Altmann in psychology is one of the major new hires. He’s from the UK – Ph.D. from Edinburgh, currently at York University. He’s one of the famed cognitive science cluster hires, specializing in the cognitive science of language, ‘language processing and aspects of eye movement control’ on July 19, 2013. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Psycholinguistics Expert Gerry Altmann to Join UConn Faculty

An internationally known researcher, Altmann will join the expanding cognitive science program in fall 2014.

An aerial view of the UConn Storrs campus as it snows

The Big Event: Engineering Career Fair

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An aerial view of the UConn Storrs campus as it snows

Employer Info Session: Covidien

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Employer Info Session: Burns & McDonnell Engineering

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Helen Rozwadowski, left, associate professor of history and maritime studies at the Avery Point campus, explains to students on board the Mystic Whaler what the class will cover. (Nathaniel Trumbull/UConn Photo)

A Voyage of Learning

A tall ship was the classroom for students in Professor Helen Rozwadowski's maritime studies class recently.

Byron Jones'15 (CLAS) with U.S. Representative Elizabeth Esty in Washington, D.C. during the summer of 2013 when he sered as an intern in Esty's office on Capital Hill.

Byron Jones Manages Double Coverage On and Off the Gridiron

The Huskies cornerback spent the summer as an intern in Hartford and Washington.

From left to right: Bernard Grela, associate professor and head of the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, and master’s students Carrie Adams, Minal Kadam, and Sarah Smialek, discuss the progress of the Read to Succeed students. (Bri Diaz/UConn Photo)

Helping Adults with Reading Disabilities Improve Their Language Skills

A group of UConn speech-language pathologists is working with participants in an adult literacy program in Hartford.