UConn Magazine
UConn Magazine: Redefining “Wealth”
For Richie Mutts ’06 (CLAS) the impulse to do good is as irresistible as an infectious melody.
UConn Magazine: Making the World More Poetic
Where some poets turn ever inward, Marilyn (Waniek) Nelson turns outward, and there is compassion in every line she writes.
UConn Magazine: Pioneering the New Field of Regenerative Engineering — And Championing Social Justice
A master of multiple fields, Dr. Cato T. Laurencin, holds UConn’s highest academic title: University Professor.
UConn Magazine: Raising Her Voice to Amplify Other Voices
Saving a festival youth program in her hometown of Paraty, Brazil, made Pauline Batista ’16 MA a hero there.
UConn Magazine: Elevating English Majors
English professor Gina Barreca, dubbed the “feminist humor maven” by Ms. Magazine has kept us laughing through 10 books from “I Used to Be Snow White But I Drifted” to “If You Lean In, Will Men just Look Down Your Blouse?” Her latest, though, invites others to the party.
UConn Magazine: Inspiring Students to Save the Planet
“Sustainability is arguably the biggest challenge we face in the 21st century,” says Michael Willig.
UConn Magazine: Take Them Down
History professor Manisha Sinha, an Indian American who is one of the world’s leading experts on the Civil War and slavery in the U.S., on removing Confederate statues.
UConn Magazine: American Sign Language
Doreen Simons uses a full-immersion approach in Intro to ASL class, starting from the very first day when she invokes her one rule — no talking, ever. The class is taught in silence. Students can only communicate by signing.
UConn Magazine: Playing Through
Among the many ways that parents are finding to entertain and educate their children at home during this strange time is one that’s been around for almost 100 years, what those who work at Lego simply call “the brick.”
UConn Magazine: In the Driver’s Seat
What’s keeping us out of self-driving cars? Hint: The answer has nothing to do with technology.