Spotlight
About
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!
Media
Publications:
Video:
Experts (143)
Gerald A. Berkowitz, Ph.D.
Professor of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
Expert on plant genetics, plant biotechnology, GMOs and public perception of GMOs.
Plant-Water Relations Ion Channels Landscape Architecture Photosynthesis Plant Physiology Plant Science Molecular Geneticist Pathogen Response Signaling
S. Megan Berthold, Ph.D., LCSW
Associate Professor and Director of Field Education
Prof. Berthold's clinical and research expertise is with refugee and asylum seeking survivors of torture and the Cambodian genocide.
Trauma and Recovery refugees and asylum seekers vicarious trauma and resilience human rights approach to social work co-ocurring health and mental health conditions post torture and genocide
Sudip Bhattacharjee, Ph.D.
Professor, University of Connecticut; Senior Research Fellow, US Census Bureau
Extensive research consulting experience with Fortune 100 and US govt on “Big Data” driven decision making in IT and operations.
Energy INformatics Operations Research Information Systems Economics Machine Learning Big Data Business Analytics Sustained Closed Loop Supply Chains Economics of Digital Goods and Intellectual Property Rights
Avinash Bidra
Clinical Professor & Director, Post-Graduate Prosthodontics
Dr. Avinash Bidra is an expert in advanced prosthodontics, subcrestal prosthodontics (implant surgery) and maxillofacial prosthodontics.
Public Health Implant Surgery Subcrestal Prosthodontics Dentistry Prosthodontics Dental Implants Oral Antiseptics
Robert Bird
Eversource Energy Chair in Business Ethics
Robert Bird is an expert in corporate compliance, employment law, legal strategy, business ethics, and corporate governance.
Corporate Governance Employment Law Business Law Corporate Compliance Business Ethics Legal Risk Management
Joel Blatt, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History
Dr. Joel Blatt is an associate professor of European History at the UConn-Stamford campus.
Conflicts and Cooperation with other Nations Mindset of Nation French Culture France
Daniel Bolnick, Ph.D.
Professor
Professor Bolnick is an expert on how evolution maintains genetic variation within species.
Speciation Host-parasite Interactions Ecology Evolutionary Biology Immunology Biostatistics
Deborah Bolnick, Ph.D.
Professor
Dr. Bolnick is an expert on genetic ancestry testing and how sociopolitical forces & history shape human genomic diversity.
Native American Genetic Histories Human Biodiversity Genetic Ancestry Testing Anthropology Ancient DNA Race Human Genomics
Mark A. Boyer, Ph.D.
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor and Executive Director
Mark A. Boyer studies environmental policy and global-local linkages. His research focuses on climate adaptation from global to local.
Simulation and Experimental Methods Climate Change Global-Local Linkages Globalization Environmental Policy Political Economy and Public Goods Theory
Kiel Brennan-Marquez
Professor and William T. Golden Scholar
Prof. Brennan-Marquez is an expert on human judgment and the role of courts in the age of big data and algorithmic decision-making.
The Fourth Amendment Policing Over-Criminalization Law and Technology Constitutional Law Law Evidence Big Data and Algorithmic Decision-Making Criminal Procedure
Industry Experience (2)
- Education/Learning
- Research