Windham County

Angeline Nunez, left, and Tiffany Nguyen from Two Rivers Magnet Middle School in East Hartford were among the nearly 240 8th-grade girls from middle schools around the state who came to campus Wednesday for a one-day conference aimed at exposing them to female role models in the STEM fields. (Christopher LaRosa/UConn Photo)

Multiplying Their Options

Nearly 240 8th-grade girls from middle schools around the state came to campus Wednesday for a one-day conference aimed at exposing them to female role models in the STEM fields.

Professor Alexander Russell, director of UConn’s Voting Technology Research Center. Both before and after the November election, UConn’s Voting Technology Research Center will run forensic analyses on memory cards in the state’s voting equipment. (Christopher LaRosa/UConn Photo)

UConn’s Key Role in Ensuring Integrity of State Elections

Both before and after the November election, UConn’s Voting Technology Research Center will run forensic analyses on memory cards in the state’s voting equipment.

Symone James '16 (ED), a student teacher at W.B. Sweeney School in WIllimantic, helps students with reading. (Peter Morenus/UConn File Photo)

Degrees of Change: UConn Increases Diversity in Teaching Programs

The Neag School of Education has made a concerted effort to increase diversity in the teacher preparation program, with a view to putting more teachers of color in classrooms.

Best-selling Author Wally Lamb Heads to the Big Screen

Behind the scenes with UConn alum Wally Lamb, whose novel Wishin' and Hopin' has been made into a recently released feature-length film.

A Chimney swift, sometimes referred to as a flying cigar. (Michael Veltri Photo)

Celebrating a Threatened Bird

UConn professor and State Ornithologist Margaret Rubega teaches local residents about chimney swifts.