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News ArchivesClimate Projections: Extended SummerClimatologist Anji Seth, a CLAS faculty member in geography, discusses the latest reports on climate change. Seth was a panelist for the UConn conference: “Climate Change: Science, Policy, and Strategies for Life in a Changing World.”MORE INFO Biologists gain major collection of moss booksA senior scientist at the Smithsonian has donated his personal collection of books about mosses to the Biological Research Collections in CLAS.MORE INFO Grad students explore a new field: job huntingHow do you get your first job, post-PhD or master’s, and how do you get promoted? A new course teaches chemistry grad students some out-of-the-lab skills.MORE INFO Legacy supports teacher prepThe College’s role in preparing teachers gains support with a new bequest from the late State Senator Dorothy C. Goodwin.MORE INFO Nicking the recession?The “R” word may mean “razor burn” in Connecticut, while the U.S. economy had a “close shave” with recession in the fourth quarter of 2007, according to reports in the spring issue of The Connecticut Economy, published by the Department of Economics in CLAS.MORE INFO Psychologists analyze antidepressantsA study co-authored by psychology researchers in CLAS has found that several commonly prescribed antidepressants provide little benefit for most people with depression.MORE INFO Celebrating a discoveryIt has been 50 years since the discovery of interferon, a protein that activates a cell’s anti-viral response. Philip I. Marcus, faculty member in CLAS, has been closely associated with interferon research for much of that time.MORE INFO Gift endows professorshipAlan R. Bennett, CLAS ’69, has donated $750,000 to establish an endowed honors professorship in political science – the first for both the Department of Political Science and the Honors Program.MORE INFO Distinguished faculty namedTwo CLAS faculty members, Dipak Dey, professor and head of the Statistics Department, and Richard Bass, professor of mathematics, are among three new Board of Trustees Distinguished Professors.MORE INFO Linguistics seen as top international programWhen the Japanese were looking for partners in an international consortium on linguistics, the department in CLAS was one of five programs chosen from the best in the world.MORE INFO Place your betsThe new issue of The Connecticut Economy magazine, published by the Economics Department in CLAS, examines the impact of casinos on Connecticut and wonders whether it is “nail-biting time” as casino openings are proposed in neighboring states.MORE INFO Marine scientists win oceans and health grantMarine scientists in CLAS are leading a $500,000 program, one of only four in the country, to train graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in an emerging area, oceans and human health.MORE INFO Amphibians amplifiedKentwood Wells, professor and head of ecology and evolutionary biology, has published what some are calling the definitive book on amphibians.MORE INFO Geologist joins earthquake study off JapanA geologist in CLAS, Timothy Byrne, has joined a scientific expedition off the coast of Japan to learn more about what causes earthquakes. Before he was flown to the research vessel, he was trained in how to survive a helicopter crash at sea. Hear more in these podcasts.MORE INFO Mouse gene sequencing acceptedA biologist in CLAS is part of a scientific team that won approval for the genome sequencing of four mouse species, a project that will open new areas of research.MORE INFO Writing Project trains CT teachersTeachers come to the Connecticut Writing Project’s Summer Institute to learn how to teach writing and to develop their own creative writing skills.MORE INFO McBrearty elected AAAS fellowSally McBrearty, professor of anthropology who is known for her research on the origins of modern human behavior and for finding the first chimpanzee fossil, will be named an AAAS fellow.MORE INFO Konovers endow faculty chairDoris and Simon Konover, founding supporters of the Center for Judaic Studies and Contempoary Jewish Life in CLAS, will endow the Center’s first faculty chair.MORE INFO Public Policy students examine New OrleansWhy has reconstruction lagged in the Lower 9th Ward after Hurricane Katrina? Public Policy students who went there are searching for answers.MORE INFO New Academic Services director namedKatrina Higgins oversees the CLAS center that helps more than 12,000 UConn students meet their degree requirements.MORE INFO Focus on ChemistryGreen chemistry, research at the nano, or very small material scale, and outreach to K-12 students are growing endeavors in the Department of Chemistry.MORE INFO Data Center pinpoints CT income dropThe U.S. Census Bureau’s second annual release of statewide personal income estimates shows personal income dropping in Connecticut. The CT State Data Center in CLAS, using Internal Revenue Service data, says the census survey’s margin of error is too high.MORE INFO Podcasting makes Miller a “Technology Innovator”David Miller, professor of psychology, won one of 13 Technology Innovator awards from Campus Technology magazine for his course podcasts.MORE INFO Sailing in the wake of slaveryTwo CLAS students landed in Cornwall, England after sailing across the Atlantic on the Amistad on the first leg of a voyage that is following the triangular route of the 19th century Atlantic slave trade.MORE INFO Biologists show Darwinism in actionBiologists in CLAS and collaborators at other universities have shown a rare example of Darwinism in action at both the DNA and species levels.MORE INFO CLAS alumni and faculty capture awardsThe 2007 Distinguished Alumni Award of the UConn Alumni Association will go to Alan R. Bennett, CLAS ’69. CLAS faculty captured all of the association’s faculty excellence awards.MORE INFO Applying theory to help othersStudents in Jeff Farrar’s small group communications course learn by doing, and they help others in the process.MORE INFO What’s the buzz? Millions of cicadas.A team of biologists from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences descended on northern Illinois two weeks ago to map the mass emergence of millions of 17-year cicadas.MORE INFO Pre-K learning benefits the economyInvesting in early childhood education would yield measurable economic dividends for Connecticut, according to findings in the summer issue of The Connecticut Economy, a quarterly magazine published by the Economics Department in CLAS.MORE INFO Mathematician wins research awardChangfeng Gui, professor of mathematics, was awarded the 2007 Provost’s Research Excellence Award.MORE INFO CLAS scientists join CT AcademyAnn Bucklin, professor and head of the Department of Marine Sciences in CLAS, and Hans Dam, professor of marine sciences, are newly elected members of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering.MORE INFO Graduates made their markCLAS ’07 graduates are heading to jobs, graduate school, or travel, leaving behind an impressive record of accomplishments in and out of the classroom.MORE INFO Weak CT population growth expectedThe Connecticut State Data Center in CLAS forecasts anemic population growth in the state through 2030, with implications for the workforce, education, and average income.MORE INFO CLAS All-StarsTwo CLAS '07 graduates, Tristan Jones and Courtney Sands, won the highest award for UConn student-athletes, the Donald Kinsman Award.MORE INFO CLAS students to lead USGTwo CLAS students, Ryan McHardy and Jana Lanza, are the new president and vice president of USG.MORE INFO Scientists show what's under the SoundMarine scientists in CLAS, working with the state Department of Environmental Protection, have developed a new Web site with more than 400 digital images of marine life under Long Island Sound.MORE INFO Musiek wins top audiology awardFrank Musiek, professor of audiology, has won the top award in his field for his contributions to auditory research.MORE INFO Two faculty selected for distinctionTwo CLAS professors, Michael Neumann in mathematics and John Salamone in psychology, are among the three new Board of Trustees Distinguished Professors.MORE INFO Retired professor gives $2M to psychologyEmeritus professor of psychology Maurice Farber is giving $2 million to his former department for scholarships and graduate fellowships.MORE INFO Student to Intern at The HagueGraduating CLAS senior Julie Friedlander, a political science major with a minor in human rights, won an internship at The Hague’s international Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.MORE INFO Human rights scholarship growsThe number of students with a minor in human rights in CLAS has nearly doubled in the past year, and the Human Rights Institute has broadened its reach.MORE INFO CHIP wins $7 million grantThe Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention’s latest NIMH award brings the center’s total to $44.7 million in research funding since 1999.MORE INFO Political scientist examines black feminismEvelyn Simien’s new book, Black Feminist Voices in Politics, is gaining notice among scholars and the popular press.MORE INFO Stem cells raise issues at Science CaféThe first Science Café organized by a CLAS faculty member in chemistry raised questions about stem cell research.MORE INFO Seeking minorities for careers in scienceTwo CLAS biology faculty members, Ruth Washington and Lee Aggison, have a mission to recruit minority students to UConn science PhD programs.MORE INFO Time traveling with Ron MallettPhysics professor Ron Mallett's research into whether time travel is possible is explored on This American Life, a weekly National Public Radio broadcast from WBEZ in Chicago.MORE INFO Alumni write first Connecticut plant bookTwo UConn biology alumni, Kenneth J. Metzler, ’73 BS, ’77 MS, and Juliana Barrett, PhD ’89, have published the first book classifying all of the vegetation of Connecticut.MORE INFO CLAS scientists get stem cell grantsPhysiology and neurobiology faculty members Joseph LoTurco and Akiko Nishiyama each received grants of more than $500,000 from the state’s first allocation of stem cell research funds. Molecular and cell biologist David Goldhamer is one of nine investigators on a successful $3.5 million research proposal. In all, five biologists associated with CLAS received funding.MORE INFO Animal behavior podcast ranks 78 on iTunesPsychology Prof. David B. Miller ranked 78 in the top 100 Higher Education Podcasts on Apple’s iTunes store.MORE INFO Psychology in top 10 for federal research fundsNational research rankings recently released by the National Science Foundation (NSF) place psychology at UConn 16th in the country in total research expenditures, a measure of research funding, and 10th nationally in federal research funding.MORE INFO Finding evidence of climate changeA biology professor played a key role in a new study documenting an abrupt climate change 5,200 years in the high Andes of Peru and a dramatic warming trend in the same area today.MORE INFO Ford grant funds study of latino sexualityThrough a two-year grant from the Ford Foundation of New York, UConn’s Institute of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies is conducting an assessment of research on Latino sexuality.MORE INFO R/V Lowell Weicker commissioned for Marine ScienceMarine scientists in CLAS expanded their tools for coastal exploration and education with the commissioning of a new research vessel, the R/V Lowell Weicker, named in honor of former U.S. Senator and Connecticut Governor Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.MORE INFO CLAS students take top USG postsCLAS students Andrew Marone and Colleen Vellturo are the new president and vice president of the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) after a landslide victory, and it’s not a mystery why.MORE INFO CLAS faculty honored as distinguished professorsTwo of the three Board of Trustees Distinguished Professors for 2006 are faculty members in CLAS: Joel Kupperman (philosophy) and Janine Caira (ecology and evolutionary biology).MORE INFO Ivory-billed woodpecker identification questionedA paper co-authored by a UConn biologist and published in the journal Science challenges the bird identification that led to one of the most dramatic science stories of the decade, the reported rediscovery last spring of the ivory-billed woodpecker, which was thought to be extinct in the United States.MORE INFO Kennewick Man revisitedJames C. Chatters, a forensic archaeologist whose life and career changed when the 9,400-year-old “Kennewick Man” was discovered, visited with anthropology students in CLAS recently and talked about how the discovery changed his view of the earliest human migration to North America.MORE INFO A taste of philosophyPhilosophy professors and their students gather weekly for a “brown bag lunch” seminar exploring topics ranging from the value of truth to the role of common sense.MORE INFO Psychology on the goDavid B. Miller, professor of psychology, is the first at UConn to broadcast a lesson for students to download to an iPod or MP3 player.MORE INFO CLAS grad heads American Cancer SocietyDr. Carolyn Runowicz, ’73 CLAS, director of the Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center at the UConn Health Center, is now president of the American Cancer Society.MORE INFO Physicists return for Katzenstein LectureSeveral physics alumni from the 1950s, including Nobel laureate David Lee, attended the Katzenstein Distinguished Lecture in physics recently to hear the 2004 Nobel laureate in physics describe how “the universe is a strange place.”MORE INFO Two faculty elected AAAS FellowsSandra Shumway, professor-in-resident in marine sciences, and Joseph Budnick, emeritus and research professor of physics, were elected American Association for the Advancement of Science fellows.MORE INFO Scientist wins national new faculty awardJose A. Gascon, a new assistant professor of chemistry in CLAS, is one of twelve nationally to receive New Faculty Awards from The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, New York.MORE INFO New faculty member assumes MELUS editorshipMELUS, the journal of the Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the U.S., will continue to be based at UConn, under the editorship of new faculty member Martha J. Cutter.MORE INFO Economists say job growth will be toughThe Connecticut Economy, a quarterly magazine published by the Department of Economics in CLAS, predicts that “job growth faces a stiff headwind.”MORE INFO Internship program wins national awardUConn has won the 2006 Public University of the Year Award for the Political Science Department’s commitment to Washington, D.C. internships.MORE INFO Political Science is new home for journalThe Journal of Human Rights, a major international scholarly publication, will be based at UConn now that Richard Hiskes, professor of political science, has been named editor.MORE INFO History professor wins civic awardMichael Dintenfass, professor of history, has won the Thomas Burpee Civic Award for his exceptional teaching style and unique way of involving students in history.MORE INFO Grad students broadcast a literary journalEnglish Ph.D. candidates Ken Cormier and Aaron Sanders are channeling the most talented of aspiring writers and musicians as co-editors of their new radio magazine, The Lumberyard.MORE INFO Kenny wins top award in social psychologyDavid A. Kenny, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Psychology, has won the most prestigious award on social psychology, the Donald T. Campbell Award.MORE INFO Anthropologist finds first chimp fossilAnthropology Professor Sally McBrearty and anthropologist Nina G. Jablonski of the California Academy of Sciences have just published in the international science journal Nature their discovery of the first fossil chimpanzee.MORE INFO Ross Miller Edits Roth’s Collected WorksThe first two volumes of a new eight-volume edition of Philip Roth's collected fiction, edited by Prof. Ross Miller, will be published by The Library of America in September.MORE INFO
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