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News for UConn's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Inside CLAS
January 2023
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UConn Adds Two New Undergraduate Degrees in Data Science

Beginning in Fall 2023, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will offer two new undergraduate degrees: a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Statistical Data Science and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Applied Data Analysis. 

Recent News
Supermassive Black Hole Consuming Another Black Hole.

A Glimpse of How Galaxies Evolve

Assistant Professor of Physics Chiara Mingarelli and Ph.D. student Andrew Casey-Clyde are taking some of the guesswork out of how supermassive black holes merge.
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When it Comes to Disaster Prevention Policies, Who Can We Trust?

Assistant Professor of Political Science Talbot Andrews explores how trust is eroded when voters know leaders can personally benefit from policies they support. 
2022-23 American Sign Language (ASL) Community Housing Coordinator Lauren Gobler, left, and 2023-24 ASL Community Housing Coordinator Vivian London, right, have a conversation in ASL in one of the lounges of Watson Hall—the current home of UConn’s ASL Community Housing.

New Housing Option Connects Students through American Sign Language

Mike Schlang, who teaches American Sign Language (ASL) courses and supervises ASL Community Housing, explains how students get fully immersed in a signing environment. 
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CLAS Connections

Listen: Five Minutes with Gina Barreca and Josh Couvares ’15 (CLAS)

In the first episode of our new audio feature, CLAS Connections, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of English Gina Barreca and her former student Josh Couvares ’15 (CLAS) open up about their mentorship connection and love of food and literature.

Media Coverage

Asian Americans in Connecticut Fight Discrimination, Move Beyond ‘Model Minority Myth’

CT Insider

Featuring Jason Oliver Chang, associate professor of history and director of the Asian and Asian American Studies Institute  

36 Bodies Were Found in Unmarked Colonial Graves. DNA is Revealing Their Stories.

The Washington Post

Featuring Raquel Fleskes, a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Anthropology 

Why Some College Writing Professors Are Ditching Traditional Grading

U.S. News & World Report

Featuring Ellen Carillo, professor of English

House Votes in Favor of Resolving Puerto Rico’s Territorial Status

NBC News

Featuring Charles Venator Santiago, an associate professor with a joint appointment in the Department of Political Science and El Instituto
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Announcements

Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Mathematics Dipak Dey received the International Indian Statistical Association Lifetime Achievement Award.

Marine sciences Ph.D. student Anagha Payyambally has been selected as part of the inaugural class of Quad Fellows. The program sponsors 100 exceptional American, Japanese, Australian, and Indian master's and doctoral students in STEM fields to study in the United States.

Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Sociology Nancy Naples was named the 2023 winner of the Edward C. Marth Award for Graduate Student Mentoring.

Upcoming Events
Diversity Event

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Living Legacy Convocation

January 19, 2023 
6:30-8:30 p.m. 
Storrs 

Night at the Museum Faculty Dialogue

February 21, 2023 
5:30-7 p.m. 
Storrs 
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