The University of Connecticut is pleased to announce that eight freshmen from the Class of 2014 have been selected as Rowe Health Professions Scholars. Those honored are: Joshua Andrade, Gian Grant, Mallory Honda, Maciej Kosakowski, Mallory Perry, Thomas Silva, Kristen Springer, and Geyang “Athena” Tao. The John and Valerie Rowe Health Professions Scholars Program aids […]

Researchers at the University of Connecticut, partnering with United Technologies Research Center engineers, have modeled and developed new classes of alloy materials for use in electronic applications that will reduce reliance on costly gold and other precious metals. The research appears online in the October 12th issue of the journal Applied Physics Letters. With the […]

It is not news that many Connecticut residents are looking for employment. What is unique is that many older Connecticut professionals, those over 50 in the boomer generation, are seeking more than just a paycheck in their second half of life—but employment with a purpose—encore careers. What’s Next?: Combine Purpose, Passion and a Paycheck in […]

More and more students at UConn are seeking residential learning communities that will pique their intellectual and social interests, whether it’s engineering students interested in jazz, international students hoping to fit into American culture, or students passionate about issues of social justice.

His job has a simple bottom line. Or rather, line to the bottom. Everyone who goes down must come up. But for Jeffrey Godfrey, director of scientific diving for UConn’s marine sciences programs in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, getting to the bottom and back up again requires planning, planning, and more planning. Training and more training. Testing and re-testing of equipment. And even calling the dive off when things don’t look exactly right.