Neag School of Education
Neag Study: School Psychologists Can Play Key Role in Reducing Obesity, Raising Scores
The link between students' weight and their academic outcomes is the focus of a study by researchers in the Neag School of Education.
November 7, 2012 | Cindy Wolfe Boynton
On the Syllabus This Semester: Vampires
Assistant professor Pam Bedore teaches an English class on vampire fiction as a literary genre.
October 31, 2012 | Christine Buckley
UConn Team Leads the Way on Intensive Early Reading Initiative
As part of the new Connecticut Education Reform Law, the Neag School of Education directs a $1.77 million program aimed at narrowing the reading achievement gap.
October 22, 2012 | Tom Breen
Retired Educator Pledges Estate to Endow Scholarship Fund
As a biology teacher and department head for E.O. Smith High School in Storrs, Jack Cohen helped educate young people for most of his life. Retired in 1989 after 31 years, Cohen still believes deeply in the value of education and has decided to support it even after he is gone. Cohen has pledged his considerable estate […]
September 27, 2012 |
UConn Health Center Awarded Grant to Establish Early Childhood Personnel Center
The U.S. Department of Education also awarded the Health Center a leadership grant for doctoral students.
September 24, 2012 | Carolyn Pennington
For Education Policy Expert Plucker, UConn Move is Homecoming
Jonathan Plucker is one of the nationally prominent scholars attracted to the University by an ambitious new faculty hiring plan.
September 10, 2012 | Tom Breen
Study to Explore How Certain Schools Excel in Science
The results could change the way science is taught nationwide.
September 5, 2012 | Tom Breen
UConn’s Korey Stringer Institute Fighting to Keep High School Athletes Safe
The Korey Stringer Institute is on a mission to protect high school athletes around the country from heat stroke and other serious illness and injury.
September 4, 2012 | Colin Poitras & Bret Eckhardt
Learning to Teach Adult Students
The Neag School’s adult learning program helps professionals better educate other adults.
August 10, 2012 | Cindy Wolfe Boynton
Tokyo to Torrington: Asian Studies in Connecticut’s Northwest Corner
A historian at the Torrington campus is leading a public discussion of Japanese culture this summer as part of her focus on the Far East.
July 26, 2012 | Cindy Weiss, CLAS Today