School of Fine Arts
Puppetry Festival a Homecoming for Alumni Puppeteers
Many alums are among the more than 500 puppeteers attending this week’s National Puppetry Festival, kicking off celebrations for the half-century of UConn puppet arts.
August 11, 2015 | Kenneth Best
National Festival Celebrates the Art of Puppetry
Puppeteers from 12 nations on five continents and from 40 U.S. states will converge at UConn Aug. 10-16 for a whirlwind week of puppet-related activities.
July 16, 2015 | Kenneth Best
Longtime Accounting Professor Supports Opera at UConn
Students participating in the opera program will benefit from the philanthropy of a retired faculty member.
June 24, 2015 | Jack Kramer, UConn Foundation
‘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.
June 3, 2015 | Kenneth Best
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.
May 27, 2015 | Kenneth Best
Food is Art in UConn Reads Exhibits
Two exhibits based on Michael Pollan’s 'Omnivore’s Dilemma,' the book selected for the 2014-15 UConn Reads program, open today on campus.
February 4, 2015 | Kenneth Best
Hospital’s High-tech Wall Opens Doors to Imagination
UConn faculty and students designed an interactive wall for the Boston Children's Hospital lobby.
January 27, 2015 | Tim Miller
Gaming Safer Sex
While the players of many video games win by surviving a set of challenges, the success of one new video game is behavior change off screen.
December 5, 2014 | Beth Krane, Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention
The Sounds of Innovation: How UConn Research Is Resurrecting Antique Musical Instruments
A partnership between medical technology engineers and music scholars has led to an unprecedented method for bringing antique musical instruments back to life.
November 13, 2014 | Kenneth Best
Artist Inspired by Alternative Press Collection
New Zealand artist Louise Menzies has created an exhibition inspired by archival materials from the Dodd Research Center.
October 9, 2014 | Kenneth Best