University Life
Geoscience Graduate Student Wins First Prize in Innovation Quest Competition
Mark Smith plans to establish a start-up to produce an imaging device that can capture ultra-high-resolution images of micro-macroscopic objects in two and three dimensions.
Class of 2013: Brunilda Ferraj, Future Social Worker
Her childhood experiences as an immigrant are part of what has driven Brunilda Ferraj ’13 MSW to pursue a degree in social work.
Class of 2013: Spencer Reese, Future Opera Stage Director, and Tyler Reese, Future Businessman
Twins Spencer Reese '13 (SFA) and Tyler Reese '13 (CLAS) followed separate paths to academic achievement, one as a music major, the other in math.
One Second Every Day – UConn Student
UConn student Matthew Hodgkins '13 (CLAS) recorded one second of video every day for the last semester of his senior year.
Class of 2013: Kyle Hope and Brian Osborn, Future International Engineers
Kyle Hope '13 (ENG & CLAS) and Brian Osborn '13 (ENG & CLAS) spent a year studying and working in Germany as part of UConn's Eurotech program.
Class of 2013: Darren Luon, Future Pharmacist
Motivated by the illness of a family member, Darren Luon '13 Pharm.D. is looking forward to a career as a pharmacist and perhaps one day as a pharmacy professor.
Class of 2013: Mairead Hynes, Future History Professor
For her Honors thesis, Mairead Hynes '13 (CLAS) read letters archived at Oxford University from WWII-era Prime Ministers Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill.
Student Radio Has Its Team Covering the Husky Teams
WHUS sports directors Andrew Callahan '13 (CLAS) and Chris Jones '13 (CLAS) have been working to improve WHUS sports coverage.
Four UConn Students Selected as National Science Foundation Fellows
Three seniors and a second-year graduate student have been awarded 2013 Graduate Research Fellowships by the NSF for work in the STEM disciplines.
From ‘Kiddie Lit’ to Children’s Literature: The Autobiography of Francelia Butler
The autobiography of Butler, who initiated the serious study of children's literature at UConn, is being published posthumously this month.