Cynthia Peterson, UConn’s first female faculty member in the physics department, estimates that she has taught more than 9,000 students over her four decades at the University.

Andrew Frank and Emily Seelen from ecology and evolutionary biology, and Emma Shelly from marine sciences, were selected from a pool of 14,000 applicants nationwide.

On April 9, Dean Jeremy Teitelbaum sat down for a public talk with renowned evolutionary biologist and author Richard Dawkins in front of a packed house at Jorgensen Auditorium.

Junior Molly Rockett, a political science major, has been awarded the highly competitive national scholarship that supports students who are dedicated to a career in public service.

Noise generated in sports stadiums – comparable to standing near a jet takeoff – can cause permanent hearing loss, according to Associate Professor Jennifer Tufts.

Associate Professor Jelani Cobb makes the case in a recent editorial that the U.S. has trended away from democracy toward an oligarchy, controlled by the super-wealthy.

 

 

Ken Campellone, assistant professor of molecular and cell biology, has been awarded a five-year, $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for his project, “Cytoskeletal Control of Membrane Remodeling.”