Alumni
Richard T. Carbray Re-elected to Board of Trustees
UConn Alumni have voted to re-elect the pharmacy graduate to a second term on UConn's Board of Trustees.
Alum and First-time Author Explores Why Smart Kids Cheat
Neag alumna Kate Maupin ’08 recently won the 2015 International Book Award (IBA) for her first book, Cheating, Dishonesty & Manipulation: Why Bright Kids Do It (Great Potential Press, 2015). Beating out 1,200 entries from around the world, she captured the top prize in the education/academic category, revealing how “more than 80 percent of bright students self-reported that they had not only cheated in an academic setting, but also had never been caught.”
Puppetry Festival a Homecoming for Alumni Puppeteers
Many alums are among the more than 500 puppeteers attending this week’s National Puppetry Festival, kicking off celebrations for the half-century of UConn puppet arts.
Smithsonian Gardener Has UConn Roots
UConn alum James Gagliardi's garden encompasses three city blocks in the heart of Washington, D.C., and receives 8,000,000 visitors a year.
Food for Thought at UConn’s First Science Salon
The UConn Foundation hosted a lively discussion of 3D printing and its potential in the field of health care at a science cafe in Hartford Thursday.
UConn Science Salon: Talking Research Over Cocktails
UConn’s new series of engaging science discussions kicks off June 4 with '3D Printing: Living Tissue to Human Organ.'
Neag Alum Wrapping up First Year as an Administrator at Journalism and Media Academy in Hartford
Dan Pichette, who was appointed the dean of students at Journalism and Media Academy this past August, is wrapping up his first year as an administrator. He graduated from the Neag School of Education’s Teacher Certification Program for College Graduates (TCPCG) program in 2004 and the University of Connecticut Administrator Preparation Program (UCAPP) in 2011.
Reconnect with UConn Magazine
The new Magazine website includes expanded content, interactive features.
Of Scholars and Tapeworms
Alumni fondly recall hours spent in UConn's parasitology lab, where they discovered new species of tapeworms – and learned to be scientists in the process.
Neag Alum Named Connecticut School Counselor of the Year
When Vanessa Montorsi ’04 MA graduated from the Neag School of Education with a master’s degrees in school counseling 11 years ago, she never imagined that she would be one of 40 school counselors honored as semi-finalists for 2015 National School Counselor of the Year at a White House ceremony officiated this past January by […]