Community Impact
Worth a Thousand Words: Connecticut’s Coastline Changes
From early hand drawings and aerial photos to today's drone images, a new website tells the story of changes in the Connecticut coastline over the past century.
Physical Therapy Student Veteran Will Serve Veterans
Graduate student and former Marine Nate Hutt is conducting research to identify a new subtype of Parkinson’s disease in veterans exposed to Agent Orange.
Early Detection of Lung Cancer Saves Lives
'Early detection is a patient’s best chance for a lung cancer cure,' says UConn Health's Dr. Omar Ibrahim.
Electronic Voting and the Risk of Cyberattacks
Could a cyberattack disrupt this year’s presidential election? UConn expert Alexander Schwarzmann discusses this concern and what's being done.
Center for Behavioral Education and Research Celebrates a Decade of Success
The year 2016 officially marks a 10-year milestone in the history of UConn’s Center for Behavioral Education and Research (CBER) — a Center based at the Neag School that has, over the course of merely a decade, secured millions of dollars in federal and state grants and contracts; conducted hundreds of innovative research projects; and enriched the lives of many thousands of educators and students around the world.
Initiative Calls for Diversification of Shellfish Industry
The plan embraces the state’s shellfish as a natural resource and recreational harvesting as well as commercial shellfishing.
National Teacher of the Year Gives Words of Encouragement to Current and Future Educators
The Neag School of Education hosted Jahana Hayes — an education spokesperson, teacher at John F. Kennedy High School in Waterbury, Conn., and 2016 National Teacher of the Year — as the keynote speaker at this year’s annual Celebration of Diversity in Education event, held Sept. 28 at the Alumni Center on the UConn Storrs campus.
10 Questions With First-Year Teachers in Puerto Rico
Two Neag School alumni, Gabe Castro ’14 (ED), ’15 MA, and Jill Linares ’14 (CLAS), ’15 MA, spent this past academic year — their first year of teaching — at Guamani Private School in Guayama, Puerto Rico.
New UConn Center Will Give CT Manufacturers Access to Modeling Technology
The center will share computer modeling facilities and expertise with small and medium-sized Connecticut manufacturers, and work with the community colleges to create a workforce pipeline.
Outcome of American Indian Lawsuit Significant, Says UConn Scholar
UConn Law professor Bethany Berger says she is optimistic that the country 'is in a different age of federal tribal relations.'