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The University of Connecticut (UConn) is one of America’s top 20 public universities, according to U.S. News & World Report. It is home to more than 31,000 students, 1,300 faculty, 230,000 proud alumni, and a handsome husky named Jonathan. The University has fourteen schools and colleges: Agriculture and Natural Resources, Business, Dental Medicine, Education, Engineering, Fine Arts, Law, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Social Work. Students can choose from eight undergraduate bachelor's degrees with 102 possible majors, as well as seventeen graduate/doctoral degrees and five professional degree programs (MD, JD, etc.). UConn's main campus in Storrs is admitting the highest-achieving freshmen in University history. Student diversity continues to increase, as does the number of honors students, valedictorians and salutatorians who consistently make UConn their top choice. It's a great time to be a Husky!
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David Souder, Ph.D.
Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research
Dr. Souder specializes in strategic management.
Baby Boomer Effect on Business Ownership Cable Industry
Pramod Srivastava, M.D.
Director of the UConn Health Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center
Immunology expert, specializing in the development of vaccinations for difficult-to-treat ovarian cancer
Vaccination for Ovarian Cancer Novel Cancer Immunotherapy
David Steffens, M.D., M.H.S.
Professor and Chair, Psychiatry
Dr. Steffens' research focuses on late-life mood and cognitive disorders.
Dementia Late-Life Depression
George Sugai, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor
George Sugai, Ph.D., has expertise in positive behavior support in schools
Behavioral Sciences Function-based Behavior Support School and Classroom Behavior Management Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Applied Behavior Analysis Positive Behavior Supports School Climate and Culture Multi-tiered Support Systems
Jianjun Sun, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Neurobiology
Jianjun Sun, Ph.D. is an expert in reproduction biology and contraceptives.
Ovarian Cancer Contraception Reproductive Biology Reproductive Physiology
Cheryl Tatano Beck, D.N.Sc.
Distinguished Professor
Cheryl Tatano Beck is a distinguished professor in School of Nursing whose research focuses on postpartum depression and traumatic birth
Birth Trauma Ptsd Postpartum Depression Traumatic Childbirth Qualitative Research
Mark C. Urban, Ph.D.
Professor, Arden Chair of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Dr. Urban is an expert on climate change impacts on biodiversity and evolutionary ecology of vernal pools, lakes, and streams
Predictive Modeling Eco-Evolution Climate Change Extinction Risk Biodiversity
Jay Vadiveloo, Ph.D.
Professor in Residence, Director of the Janet and Mark L. Goldenson Center for Actuarial Research
Jay Vadiveloo, Ph.D. is an expert in applied actuarial research projects such as calculating healthy years left in life.
Small Businesses Actuarial Research Statistics Mathematics Life Insurance Risk Management
Charles Venator-Santiago, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dr. Venator-Santiago is an expert in US territorial law and policy with a focus on the history of citizenship
Nation-State building in the Americas Political Theory Latino Politics Puerto Rico/US Law Territorial Legal History Public Law Puerto Rican and Latino Studies
Paulo Verardi, Ph.D.
Department Head and Associate Professor of Virology and Vaccinology
Expert on vaccine development & virology (Smallpox, Rinderpest, Zika, coronaviruses, Rift Valley, Powassan, SFTSV, Heartland, & more)
COVID-19 Mosquito-borne Diseases Tick-borne Diseases Zika Smallpox Emerging Infectious Diseases Vaccines Virology
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