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‘Love The Possibilities’: New CLAS Dean Will Connect Disciplines

Juli Wade comes to UConn with plans to involve people from every corner of CLAS in shaping the future of UConn’s flagship college.

August 19, 2019 | Christine Buckley

Professor of human development and family sciences Preston Britner and co-investigator Anne Farrell of Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago and formerly associate professor at UConn, at the Dean's Lounge of the Family Studies Building on Dec. 12, 2012. (Peter Morenus/UConn File Photo)

Connecticut Supportive Housing Keeps At-Risk Families Together, At No Extra Cost

A five-year, $5 million federal grant to implement and study Connecticut’s innovative approach to child welfare showed fewer children entering the foster system, at the same cost as business-as-usual.

June 25, 2019 | Christine Buckley

Community Impact Research & Discovery
A U.S. Bell UH-1 Iroquois 'Huey' helicopter that saw combat in the Vietnam War, on display at the Smithsonian Museum of American History. Political scientist Christine Sylvester argues that exhibits like this valorize war. (Photo courtesy of Christine Sylvester)

A Different Kind of War Memory

Personal memories of war should be taken more seriously in public exhibits pertaining to American wars, says a UConn political scientist in her new book.

May 23, 2019 | Christine Buckley

Research & Discovery
Thomas Craemer, associate professor of public policy, at the UConn Hartford campus. (Bri Diaz/UConn Photo)

One Professor’s Journey to the Past Through Reparations

A key figure in the national dialogue about slavery reparations, Thomas Craemer has also examined how his own family figured into past events.

May 13, 2019 | Christine Buckley

Blair T. Johnson, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Psychology, presents at the Correlates, Causes, and Solutions for Firearm Violence in America conference at the Hartford Club on April 4, 2019. (Bri Diaz/UConn Photo)

Gun Violence Conference Addresses Public Health Crisis

The meeting of psychologists, sociologists, public policy experts and government officials concluded that public health and policy at both local and federal levels are necessary to reduce gun fatalities.

April 11, 2019 | Christine Buckley

Students GEOG 2505: Applications of Geographic Information Systems, taught by Richard Mrozinski in the Department of Geography, use GIS to map the number of tourist spots by county in the state of South Dakota.

CLAS to Offer New Geographic Information Science Major

The new program will train students in spatial thinking and analysis, a skill that gives them a big-picture perspective on solving many of the world’s economic, political, and environmental problems.

March 29, 2019 | Christine Buckley

Associate professor of anthropology Deborah Bolnick and graduate student Sam Archer, in the laboratory. Bolnick is one of a group of anthropologists who have documented how bringing diverse perspectives into scientific inquiry goes beyond increasing representation in the lab: diversity transforms the very practice of science. (Photo by Bret Brookshire)

Science is Better When it’s Diverse

A group of anthropologists document how bringing diverse perspectives purposefully into scientific inquiry goes far beyond increasing representation in the laboratory: diversity transforms the very practice of science.

March 12, 2019 | Christine Buckley

Research & Discovery UConn Voices
An illustration, published opposite the title page in 'Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown,' depicts Brown emerging from the box he rode in for 27 hours between Richmond, Virginia, and Philadelphia in 1849. (Image courtesy of Martha Cutter)

The Slave Who Mailed Himself to Freedom

English professor Martha Cutter’s National Endowment for the Humanities-funded project will examine representations of anti-slavery activism and the life of a slave who shipped himself out of slavery.

February 7, 2019 | Christine Buckley

Research & Discovery
Students on dune: Geosciences students spell 'UConn' in May 2018 at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado. The trip was part of a field course, 'Field Geology & Landscapes of the Western U.S.,' which included a two-week field trip to Colorado, Utah, and Arizona. (Will Ouimet/UConn Photo)

Geosciences To Be New CLAS Department

The new department, which brings together faculty and students from across the College, will be a leader in research and student excellence, notes department head Lisa Park Boush.

January 30, 2019 | Christine Buckley

Manisha Sinha, Draper Chair of American History, lectures at the Gentry Building. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

No, Kanye, That’s Not How It Happened

Manisha Sinha’s history lessons tell the truth about slavery in the United States.

January 24, 2019 | Christine Buckley

Research & Discovery UConn Voices