Community Impact
Neag Adult Learning Expert Puts Focus on Farms
As the work of Associate Professor Sandy Bell (’94 Ph.D. in adult and vocational education) well illustrates, effective adult learning just doesn’t occur in classrooms. It occurs in barns, corn fields and even on East African groundnut farms.
Neag School of Education’s Professor to Examine Teacher Evaluation in New Haven
Morgaen Donaldson, an assistant professor of educational leadership at UConn’s Neag School of Education, has been awarded a Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship from the National Academy of Education (NAEd) to study how incorporating student academic achievement in teachers’ performance evaluations affects teachers’ motivation and work behaviors. Donaldson will focus her research and data gathering on New Haven’s large and […]
Philosopher Joins ACLU in Phone Records Monitoring Suit
Philosophy professor Michael Lynch has filed a friend of the court brief in the NSA legal action.
'Science Friction' Brings Scientific Debates to a Public Audience
Engineering professor Jeffrey McCutcheon hosts a weekly radio show that targets scientific controversies.
Genomics Institute Awards $1 Million in Research Grants
The funding supports Affinity Research Collaboratives with UConn, JAX, and Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.
New UConn Microgrid to Provide Power in Storm-related Outages
The University has received state funding to create an independent microgrid energy system at the Depot Campus.
Learning About a Healthy Home
UConn extension educators have developed an illustrated children's book as part of the Healthy Environments for Children initiative.
Fostering College Dreams for Kids in Foster Care
UConn's new First Star Academy is a residential summer program for high school students in foster care.
Neag Students Take a Refreshing and Eye-Opening Break to Jamaica
This past spring break the UConn Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life took their first alternative spring break to help out two different schools in Jamaica. Alexandria Cipolla and Shelby Flynn were among two of the ten UConn students involved in the trip, and both are Neag School of Education students. Flynn, a special education […]
NFL Players Association Helps UConn’s Korey Stringer Institute Beat the Heat
With warm weather settling in, most of us start thinking of beaches and cookouts, but the arrival of summer has more serious implications for the National Football League Players Association. Mindful of the danger of heat for its members, the NFLPA sponsored a fundraising dinner for the Korey Stringer Institute at the University of Connecticut, […]