Community Impact
Wallace Stevens Program to Feature Poet Kay Ryan
Kay Ryan, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 2011 and is former Poet Laureate of the U.S., will read her work and meet with students on April 9.
April 6, 2012 | Cindy Weiss, CLAS Today
Two UConn Faculty to Advise Nation’s Policymakers on Science Issues
Two UConn professors are among 13 scientists from around the nation selected to spend the next year in D.C., contributing their expertise as Jefferson Science Fellows.
April 4, 2012 | Cindy Weiss, CLAS Today
Science Olympiad Challenges High School Students
Teams from 18 Connecticut high schools vied for medals at the Connecticut Science Olympiad at UConn on Saturday.
April 3, 2012 | Ariel Dowski '14 (CLAS)
Graduate Student Helping Others Adapt to Climate Change
A UConn master's student is working with Guatemalan villagers and policy makers to suggest strategies for agricultural adaptation in the face of major crop losses.
March 30, 2012 | Sheila Foran
Herbst: UConn Reaching Out to the Community
From offering assistance on a local farm to taking part in hands-on service projects all over the country, UConn students amaze me with their dedication to serving the community.
March 20, 2012 | President Susan Herbst
A Land Grant University for the 21st Century
UConn's mission as a land grant university has developed far beyond the focus on family farming and 'mechanical arts' envisaged when the Morrill Act created the land grant system of education 150 years ago.
March 19, 2012 | Sheila Foran
Controlling Japanese Barberry Helps Stop Spread of Tick-Borne Diseases
The UConn Forest provides an ecological classroom to study the spread of the invasive Barberry plant.
February 22, 2012 | Sheila Foran
A Sparkling New School for Hartford’s Gifted Students
The Renzulli Academy, launched by UConn together with Hartford Schools, is the first stand-alone, urban-based academy for gifted students in the nation.
February 15, 2012 | Richard Veilleux
New Scholarship to Honor Top K-12 Inventors
The scholarship will enable top participants in the Connecticut Invention Convention to take a college-level STEM course at no cost while attending high school.
February 15, 2012 | Nan Cooper, School of Engineering
Engineering Ambassadors Reach Out to Students
More than 100 students from the Windham School District visited UConn on Saturday to explore science and engineering.
February 7, 2012 | Colin Poitras