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News ArchivesNobel Laureate in economics speaksRobert E. Lucas, Jr., winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Economics, will speak at Konover Auditorium at 11 a.m. Friday as the guest of the Association of Graduate Economics Students (AGES).MORE INFO Scientists advance research on tropicsTwo CLAS faculty members are organizers of an NSF international conference underway in Mexico this week on tropical forest regeneration.MORE INFO Nobelist and New Yorker writer to speakPhysics Nobel Prize winner Dudley R. Herschbach and Harvard historian and New Yorker writer Jill LePore will speak at CLAS functions on Thurs., Oct. 29.MORE INFO Native American Studies gains groundTwo new native faculty members in CLAS are expanding the offerings at Storrs and Avery Point in Native American Studies.MORE INFO CLAS experts: The skull is not Hitler’sCLAS faculty members Nicholas Bellantoni and Linda Strausbaugh obtained DNA evidence to confirm that a skull long thought to be Hitler’s actually is from a woman.MORE INFO Two chemists win CAREER awardsTwo assistant professors of chemistry have won National Science Foundation CAREER awards, which are designed to recognize and promote the work of promising young teacher-scholars.MORE INFO Anthropologist seeks submerged cluesArchaeological digs are usually associated with dry land, or, in some cases, creek or riverbeds. But David Robinson, a PhD student in anthropology and a professional maritime archaeologist, is taking digs (and student diggers) to new depths.MORE INFO CLAS alum and faculty win awardsTheresa Hopkins-Staten, ’81 CLAS and ’84 JD, will receive the 2009 Alumni Association Service Award. Professors Linda Strausbaugh and Sharon Harris will be honored with faculty excellence awards for teaching and research.MORE INFO Chem PhD wins national fellowshipA PhD candidate in chemistry, Jason Schmink, has won a highly competitive fellowship from the American Chemical Society’s Division of Organic Chemistry.MORE INFO Why do we make music?The recent discovery of the oldest known flute, a 40,000-year-old instrument, raises questions about the evolutionary significance of music, writes anthropologist Daniel Adler in a new Nature essay.MORE INFO US lags in social welfare benefitsWith the recession drawing attention to benefits payments, a study by faculty in CLAS found that the US ranks last in social welfare spending by developed countries.MORE INFO One doctorate awarded, one to goJennifer Paulovicks McCullagh earned her PhD in May, but the audiologist has one more doctorate to go – the AuD.MORE INFO Economist joins Brookings as fellowMwangi S. Kimenyi, associate professor of economics and an expert on the African economy and development, has joined the Brookings Institution as a senior fellow.MORE INFO EEB student named Switzer FellowA doctoral student in ecology and evolutionary biology, Kathryn Theiss, is one of 20 environmental scholars chosen as 2009 Switzer Environmental Fellows.MORE INFO Fighting AIDS denialismSeth Kalichman has dedicated years of NIH-funded research to HIV prevention. He has dedicated his new book to fighting a deadly movement, AIDS denialism.MORE INFO Grad students win CESE grantsNine CLAS graduate students won 2009 Multidisciplinary Environmental Research Awards to support their research projects this summer.MORE INFO Study shows few understand Alzheimer’s risksA survey by clinical psychologists in CLAS shows that Americans know little about risk factors for Alzheimer’s Disease or how to protect themselves from the loss of cognitive skills.MORE INFO $1M gift endows Actuarial CenterThe Janet and Mark L. Goldenson Research Center in the Actuarial Science Program in CLAS will work on real-world problems facing the financial services industry.MORE INFO Birge awarded Medal of ScienceRobert R. Birge, The Harold S. Schwenk, Sr., Distinguished Chair in Chemistry at the University of Connecticut, has won the 2009 Connecticut Medal of Science, the state’s highest award for scientists.MORE INFO CLAS faculty honoredFaculty members Mary Burke, Donald Les, James Rusling and Stephen Ross have won the first CLAS Awards for Excellence in Research.MORE INFO CLAS seniors have big plansOur graduating seniors have an impressive record of achievement at UConn. Their plans will take them all over the world.MORE INFO Who should replace Justice Souter?David Yalof, associate professor of political science, talks with Jim Lehrer of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer about President Obama's potential pick.MORE INFO Political science major is new trusteeCLAS sophomore Corey Schmitt is the newly elected undergraduate student representative on the UConn Board of Trustees.MORE INFO CLAS faculty named Distinguished ProfessorsTwo faculty members in CLAS, Diane C. Lillo-Martin and Gregory J. Anderson, are among the three new Board of Trustees Distinguished Professors.MORE INFO Geology inspires yearbook photoThis year’s UConn Nutmeg yearbook will open with an image of Horsebarn Hill that Sarah Morton, CLAS ’11, captured during an outdoor geology class.MORE INFO Can kids recover from autism?Deborah Fein, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Psychology, in an interview with the NBC Today Show, talks about research documenting the phenomenon of young children recovering from autism.MORE INFO Writing for the prizeFive student poets and writers have won awards in this year’s Wallace Stevens Poetry and Collins Literary Prize competitions.MORE INFO Economist spots more “sold” signsA noted economist, speaking here at the invitation of the Association of Graduate Economics Students, sees signs that the housing market may be improving.MORE INFO Two faculty assume endowed chairsCLAS invested two new endowed faculty chairs on April 3 at 2 p.m. at Konover Auditorium in the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.MORE INFO Research needed on cancer impactUnderstanding the unique needs of older adults with cancer deserves immediate exploration, says Keith M. Bellizzi, assistant professor of human development and family studies.MORE INFO Bringing home the goldThree science students in CLAS won prestigious Goldwater Scholarships, and a fourth won honorable mention.MORE INFO Putting sleeves on nanotubesUConn chemists have found a way to smooth the surface of a nanotube, the smallest tube on earth, and to put a sleeve on it.MORE INFO Biologists further evolutionary workA paper with two CLAS authors in the March 16-20 online Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) offers new findings about horizontal gene transfer, an area at the forefront of evolutionary biology.MORE INFO Neurobiologist’s research citedAfter years of struggling to get her ideas and papers accepted, Akiko Nishiyama, associate professor of physiology and neurobiology, is gaining recognition for research on cells in the brain.MORE INFO CLAS alums are top businesswomenThree CLAS alumni, Rosemarie A. Burton, Kimberly Manning and Caren Kittredge, are among the eight 2009 Remarkable Women in Business featured in the Hartford Business Journal.MORE INFO Chemists increase nanotube efficiencyChemists in CLAS, led by Prof. Fotios Papadimitrakopoulos, report a breakthrough in increasing the luminescence efficiency of nanotubes, a development that could aid in tumor detection.MORE INFO Mathematician wins national prizeMaria Gordina, associate professor of mathematics, will spend a semester in residence at Cornell University as the winner of the Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize awarded by Cornell and the Association for Women in Mathematics.MORE INFO Political science major tries politicsAt 21, Justin Rosen, CLAS ’09, is the youngest alderman in Milford, Conn. Unfortunately, says the political science major, none of his professors is a constituent.MORE INFO Faculty win NEH fellowshipsTwo CLAS faculty, Richard Wilson, the Gladstein Professor of Human Rights and director of the Human Rights Institute, and Michael Lynch, professor of philosophy, will write books during their NEH fellowships.MORE INFO Election 2008: Voice your opinionHow should we read the polls? What role do gender, age, and race play in the 2008 election? Hear CLAS faculty, journalists, and the audience respond at a Presidential Election Symposium on Oct. 20.MORE INFO Chemical safety laudedThe Chemistry Department and UConn’s chemical health and safety manager won two prestigious health and safety awards at the American Chemical Society’s recent national meeting.MORE INFO Reversing brain disorderA paper by a neurobiologist in CLAS, Joseph LoTurco, was the cover article in the January issue of Nature Medicine.MORE INFO Red Sox book a first for new alumJohn Frascella, CLAS ’08, has written a book about Red Sox General Manager Theo Epstein that has already reached the top ten of baseball books sold on Amazon.com. And that’s just pre-order sales.MORE INFO A new model for conservationA UConn biologist who studies second-growth forests says that moving beyond preservation of primary forests is becoming more important.MORE INFO Biologist Named AAAS FellowDebra A. Kendall, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology and associate dean of CLAS, has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).MORE INFO Financial services lead now a lossConnecticut’s high concentration of jobs in financial services means the state will lead in jobs and earnings losses in the recession, says the winter 2009 issue of The Connecticut Economy, published by the Economics Department.MORE INFO CLAS student wins MarshallA senior economics major in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is one of 40 new Marshall Scholars named on Dec. 1 by the British government.MORE INFO Segerson named first Philip E. Austin ChairEconomics professor Kathleen Segerson, a specialist in environmental and natural resources economics, is the first Philip E. Austin Chair in Economics.MORE INFO Students go from theory to practice in GuatemalaTwo economics graduate students have launched a Web service for Guatemalan nonprofits that they hope to expand throughout Latin America.MORE INFO ROTC doubles participantsIn the four years that Lt. Col. Christine Harvey has headed the Department of Military Science in CLAS, student participation and scholarship funding have doubled.MORE INFO Researchers unearth Pequot battlefieldsThree CLAS faculty members – Kevin McBride and Nicholas Bellantoni in anthropology, and Walter Woodward in history – are conducting a comprehensive study of battle sites of the Pequot War.MORE INFO DPP hosts post-election forum“We’re going back to calling ourselves Whigs,” quipped Chris Healy, chair of the Connecticut Republican Party, at a post-election forum hosted by the Department of Public Policy.MORE INFO This old house yields historyFive students from the Avery Point campus are learning history from a very primary source – a 1670 colonial house in Stonington that has been in the same family for more than 350 years.MORE INFO Kenny inducted into AAASDavid Kenny, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Psychology was inducted in to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on Oct. 11 in Cambridge, Mass.MORE INFO Storrs campus gets ready to voteAs Election Day draws closer, students, faculty and Mansfield residents are getting ready to cast their ballots on Nov. 4, with high turnout expected at town polling places.MORE INFO CLAS faculty win Alumni awardsNancy Naples, professor of sociology, and Wolodymyr Madych, professor of mathematics, won the 2008 Alumni Association awards for faculty excellence in research. Two CLAS alumni also will be honored.MORE INFO Sonstroem finishes firstOnce again, English Prof. David Sonstroem finished first in his age group – 70 to 74-year-old males – in the Hartford Marathon. His time, 3:39:21, bested his nearest rival by nearly a half hour. Sonstroem, some colleagues say, is UConn’s top world-class athlete.MORE INFO Global warming threatens tropical speciesEcology and Evolutionary Biology Prof. Robert K. Colwell's new paper in Science points to trouble for tropical animals and plants, who have few options to escape the heat.MORE INFO Students honor family studies professorProf. Steven Wisensale encourages his students' intellectual curiosity. Now they have chosen him as the honors professor of the year.MORE INFO Historian highlights Litchfield historyNorthwest Connecticut is a treasure trove of historical gems, says faculty member Robert Forbes, who is helping residents find history in their backyards.MORE INFO Researchers evaluate disaster riskResearchers in the Department of Public Policy will evaluate how people perceive and prepare for natural disasters in a project funded by the Department of Homeland Security.MORE INFO Chemist wins NSF career awardRajeswari Kasi, who joined the chemistry faculty two years ago, has won a prestigious early career development award from the National Science Foundation.MORE INFO Faculty sweep Provost’s awardsCLAS faculty won all seven of the Provost’s Scholarships Development Awards for 2009.MORE INFO Economist lectures at World BankFaculty member Mwangi Samson Kimenyi offered his assessment of the institutional factors that seem to thwart economic development in Africa.MORE INFO Detecting toxicityA paper by chemistry professor James F. Rusling and colleagues at the UConn Health Center is the latest cover of the journal Analytical Chemistry, describing a new method for detecting toxicity caused by drugs or environmental pollutants.MORE INFO Chem grads lead national meetingChemistry graduate students will lead a national student symposium on green chemistry at the American Chemical Society meeting in August.MORE INFO Biologist heads global studyJanine Caira, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, has won a rare $3 million National Science Foundation grant to oversee a worldwide study of the biodiversity of tapeworms, her research specialty.MORE INFO
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