A new Chinese program track in the Department of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages exposes students to the language, history, and politics of one of the world's most far-reaching cultures.

Tapeworms may be disgusting to some, but to Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Janine Caira and hundreds of past and present parasitology students, they’re terrific tutors.

Get ready to be jealous: Watch Professor Emeritus of Marine Sciences Peter Auster and colleagues collect data on reef fish in the Cocos Islands.

What can "Game of Thrones," "Star Trek," and "Battlestar Galactica" tell us about real-world international politics? Everything, says Associate Professor of Political Science Stephen Dyson in his new book.

Research Associate in Anthropology Austin (Chad) Hill built a drone to capture photographs of a graveyard in Jordan’s Dead Sea plain that had not yet been mapped.

Children diagnosed with autism who receive early intervention and intensive treatment have a chance of being “cured,” says Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Psychology Deborah Fein.

Professor of Philosophy Mitchell Green will teach a new philosophy course at the Storrs and Waterbury campuses.

Professor Emeritus of Physics Ronald Mallett talks about his life of research on time travel with CNN's Erin Burnett.

 

The 2015 CLAS Faculty Excellence in Research Awards were awarded to Jc Beall of Philosophy, Richard Langlois of Economics, Akiko Nishiyama of Physiology and Neurobiology, and Ralf Schiffler of Mathematics.

 

The winners of the inaugural CLAS Staff Excellence Awards were Jessica Muirhead of History and Anne St. Onge of Biology Central Services.

 

Associate Professor of History and Director of the Africana Studies Institute Jelani Cobb has won the 2015 Hillman Prize for Opinion and Analysis Journalism for his coverage and analysis of the Ferguson, MO protests.

 

Professor of Statistics Nalini Ravishanker has been elected president of the International Society for Business and Industrial Statistics for 2015-2017. ISBIS is dedicated to the promotion of business and industrial statistics worldwide, including financial and health services, among others.

 

Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences Kelly Lombardo received a three-year, $291,988 award from the National Science Foundation for her project, “Toward a Further Understanding and Improved Forecasting of Coastal Quasi-Linear Convective Systems.”

 

Professor of Physics Vernon Cormier has been awarded $300,000 from the National Science Foundation for his project, “Characterization of Small-scale Heterogeneity in the Deep Earth.”

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