The Graduate School

Film director and screenwriter Oliver Stone spoke about academic failure and perseverance during the Graduate School Commencement address. (Bret Eckhardt/UConn Photo)

Oliver Stone Addresses Graduate Students at Commencement

The film director and screenwriter spoke about academic failure and perseverance.

Book cover, 'Breaking Through, Helping Girls Succeed in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math,' by Harriet S. Mosatche, Elizabeth K. Lawner, and Susan Matloff-Nieves. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Be Brave – Go STEM

Don't be afraid of not being perfect, says a UConn graduate student in a new book about girls in STEM fields.

Hurricane evacuation sign. (iStock Photo)

Preparing to Face a Hurricane

An engineering graduate student has developed a model that can help Connecticut use its storm shelters more efficiently – and also save money.

English Ph.D. student Miller Oberman. (Photo courtesy of Miller Oberman)

English Ph.D. Student Finds Beauty in ‘The Ruin’

A UConn graduate student in English has won the prestigious 2016 Discovery Prize for work that connects ancient poems to modern poetry.

Kamar Thomas, The Big Purple One, detail from "Schizophrenic Masculinity," Oil on Canvas, 2016

MFA Exhibition Explores Aspects of Self-Discovery

The themes represented in this year’s Master of Fine Arts exhibition include racial identity and rural upbringing.

Academy of Engineering and Green Technology’s NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge, which occurred over the weekend of April 9-10. They won the Rover Challenge Race 2016 Frank Joe Sexton Memorial Pit Crew Award High School Division. The team was led by graduate student Taofeek Orekan, a UConn NSF GK-12 Fellow.

A Vehicle Fit for Space Exploration

A UConn engineering grad student led a team of high school students in the NASA Rover Challenge to build a human-powered 'moonbuggy.'

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.

Undergraduate researcher Brendan Smalec in Professor Rachel O'Neill's lab. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

10 Young Scientists from UConn Earn NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

The NSF Graduate Research Fellowships are highly competitive and highly prestigious.

Hart Blanton, left, professor of psychology, and postdoc Chris Burrows '15 Ph.D. study video games with embedded health messages on March 9, 2016. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Virtual Reality Can Deliver Public Health Messages

In a study of video game users, UConn researchers found that virtual reality makes people more accepting of public health messages.

Mark Urban, researcher of ecology and evolutionary biology, holds an Arctic grayling in Alaska.

Going, Going, Gone: A Fish Tale

Mark Urban's research on a key species of fish in the Arctic is a wake-up call that environmental policies need to change.