Working alongside fellow UConn faculty and administrators, Neag School assistant professor Blanca Rincón will serve as co-principal investigator and researcher on a new five-year, $3.5 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant dedicated to expanding diversity in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.

Congratulations to our Neag School alumni, faculty, staff, and students on their continued accomplishments inside and outside the classroom.

Middletown Press (Neag School’s Alan Marcus was interviewed for this story on the importance of teaching ethics)

Inside IES Research (Neag School’s Michael Coyne was mentioned as a contributor for this special issue)

Following an evening of networking among more than 130 educational leadership alumni, students, and colleagues, two notable Neag School alumni — school principal Alicia Bowman and superintendent Joseph Macary — took to the stage to share their program experiences and insights on leadership during Neag School’s Second Annual Educational Leadership Alumni Forum, held Nov. 1 at UConn’s von der Mehden Hall in Storrs.

Three Neag School students — Alexandra “Ali” Jabick ’16 (ED), ’17 MA, Cheyann Kelly ’16 (ED), ’17 MA, and Yizhi Wang ’16 (ED), ’17 MA — each in their fifth year of the Integrated Bachelor’s/Master’s program with a concentration in elementary education, are currently spending the semester in Cape Town, South Africa, where they are working at Christel House School, which is run entirely on donations and where all students are on full scholarship.

The Daily Campus (Neag School’s Gladis Kersaint and Tamika La Salle participated on the panel)

The Bulletin (Neag School alumnus, Louise Berry, was recognized for her long tenure with Brooklyn Public Schools)

CT Post (Neag School’s Morgaen Donaldson was interviewed about education policy regarding the incoming administration)

Providence Journal (Neag School’s Preston Green is interviewed on the recent ballot measure in Mass.)