Schools & Colleges
UConn Celebrates Economic Benefits of Innovation at Inaugural Ceremony
Awards highlight the University's commitment to bringing research where it benefits people.
May 15, 2012 | Tom Breen
Much-Needed STEM Teachers are Focus of Accelerated Certification Program Expansion
To help meet the national demand for teachers in science, technology, engineering, and math, the Neag School of Education is expanding its accelerated teacher certification program to the Avery Point campus.
May 9, 2012 | Cindy Wolfe Boynton
Helping Teachers Teach Writing
The Connecticut Writing Project is a resource for professional growth and the development of writing skills.
May 8, 2012 | Alyssa Krueger & Will Dunlop
Congratulations Seniors!
We are proud of you! And we know that, whereever you go in your career and in life, you will help to “engineer” a better future through your energy, great UConn education, vision and commitment. Go, Huskies!
May 4, 2012 | Eli Freund
Improving the Detection of Landmines
A chemical engineering doctoral student has developed a portable sensing system that can detect hidden explosives accurately, efficiently, and at little cost.
May 4, 2012 | Colin Poitras
Tomorrow’s Teachers in Action Today
Education majors Kayla Everson and Sarah Harris honed their coaching skills working with peers in UConn's academic support programs.
May 3, 2012 | Alexa Dankowski '13 (CLAS)
Student News
Our engineering students are outstanding: accomplished, actively engaged in worthwhile activities, and full of promise. Read about our Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship recipient and Outstanding Senior Women.
May 1, 2012 | Eli Freund
Team Works to Improve Agricultural Productivity
Drs. Leslie Shor (CMBE) and Dan Gage (MCB) recently received two grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The two cross-disciplinary projects focus on different aspects of microbial activity in soil, leading to a better understanding of soil microbial activity that could inform agricultural management techniques.
May 1, 2012 | Eli Freund
UConn Commissions Fuel Cell Power Plant
University officials, along with representatives of UTC Power and the Connecticut Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority, commissioned a new fuel cell power plant at UConn's Depot Campus that will supply the campus with clean and efficient energy, cooling, and heating for years to come.
May 1, 2012 | Jessica Tommaselli
Students Engineer for Impact in Hartford’s Pope Park
On two Sundays in April, a dedicated group of UConn engineering students, led by Engineering Diversity Director Kevin McLaughlin, spent the day cleaning up Hartford's Pope Park.
May 1, 2012 | Jessica Tommaselli