Christine Buckley


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Jonathan Bobaljik, department head of linguistics, at his office in Oak Hall on April 12, 2016. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Linguist Wins Guggenheim Fellowship

The fellowship will support linguistics professor Jonathan Bobaljik’s work using an endangered language to further a universal theory of how language works.

“To look like that and be a cop reporter, it really takes something,” said Smith’s first boss at Charleston’s The Post and Courier. (UConn Magazine photo)

The First Draft of History

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Smith ’87 (CLAS) has had a front seat to turmoil and tragedy. But he has used good journalism to force political change.

John Ovian ’17 (CLAS) explains his research in chemistry to a fellow student at the 19th annual Frontiers in Undergraduate Research Poster Exhibition. (UConn Photo/Sydney Lauro ’17 (CLAS))

Undergraduates Present Research at Frontiers Exhibition

The 19th annual Frontiers in Undergraduate Research Poster Exhibition featured a record 272 undergraduate presenters.

Work by assistant professor of chemistry Jing Zhao will study the creation of novel hybrid metal and semiconductor nanostructures. (Christine Buckley/UConn Photo)

Six UConn Faculty Win NSF CAREER Awards

Four women are among six UConn scientists to receive the prestigious awards, which support early-career faculty in research and teaching.

UConn economist Nishith Prakash and his team collected monthly police station criminal data from 853 police stations in the state of Bihar, India. Most of the data was stored in paper files in red bags, pictured. The process took two years. (Photo courtesy of Nishith Prakash)

The Economics of Political Change in India

To measure the effectiveness of government policies in developing countries, use economics, says economist Nishith Prakash.

combined photo of costigliola and willig

Two CLAS Professors Named Board of Trustees Distinguished Professors

Frank Costigliola, professor of history, and Michael Willig, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, received the University’s highest academic honor at the March 30 Board of Trustees meeting.

Writ of habeas corpus issued for James Somerset (‘James Summersett’), Nov. 28, 1771, by Lord Mansfield, Chief Justice of the King’s Bench. (Copyright The National Archives, United Kingdom)

A Judgment on Behalf of Humanity

Habeas corpus is more than just a protection against imprisonment, says Sarah Winter in research supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Linguistics researchers at UConn are asking children – with the help of a puppet – just how they learn to speak their native language. (Christine Buckley/UConn Photo)

A Child and a Puppet: How Children Learn Language

UConn linguistics researchers are using puppets to study how children learn a native language.

A selection of books by UConn authors in the humanities and related disciplines. (CLAS/UConn Photo)

UConn Celebrates Humanities Authors

The Humanities Institute will celebrate 72 books by 63 UConn authors in its biennial Celebration of Humanities Authors this week.

Jc Beall and Blair Johnson head shots

Board of Trustees Names Two CLAS Faculty as Distinguished Professors

The UConn Board of Trustees confirmed two faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences as UConn distinguished professors: Professor of Philosophy Jc Beall and Professor of Psychology Blair T. Johnson.