Author Archive
UConn Magazine: Know the Land on Which You Stand
Since completing her doctorate in anthropology at UConn, geoarchaeologist Tiziana Matarazzo has been unearthing the past to illuminate the present
52 UConn Engineering Faculty Among World’s Top 2% of Scientists
Scholars who place within the top 100,000 worldwide based on these metrics, or who rank within the top 2% in their specific subfields, are included on this prestigious list
UConn Magazine: He’s GoT Game
How one alum saved his hometown Connecticut movie theater and conquered Hollywood to write for the groundbreaking “Game of Thrones”
UConn Magazine: True Grit
Richard Juknavorian ’95 (CLAS) shares the top 10 episodes of his podcast, “Meeting You Where You’re At”
UConn Magazine: If They’d Known Then…
Remember those rising first-years of the Class of 2024, whose touching, eager, and sometimes prophetic admissions essays we shared on the cover of our Fall 2020 issue? We wondered how those historic four years turned out for them — and where they are now
Can We Heal Injured Veterans by Studying Basketball?
UConn’s basketball teams aren’t the only ones leaving a lasting impact at Gampel Pavilion. Deep in the belly of the iconic domed building where championship banners line the rafters, an interdisciplinary team of researchers from the Department of Kinesiology and the Institute for Sports Medicine employs high-tech sensors to learn more about how people move with the goal of helping athletes, active-duty service members, veterans — and eventually, all of us — heal and avoid injury.
Global Training and Development Institute to Host Global Leadership and Entrepreneurship Academy
The initiative, sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, will focus on social entrepreneurship and leadership
Historian Manisha Sinha Awarded Southern Historical Association Honor
Sinha was awarded the John W. Blassingame Award for excellence in African American history and mentorship.
Zongjie Wang Wins ‘Women of Innovation’ Award for Research Innovation and Leadership
Wang was one of ten winners selected from 45 finalists statewide
UConn Reads Announces ’24-’25 Selection: ‘All We Can Save’
A collection of provocative and illuminating essays from women on the front lines of climate change