Category: Neag in the Media


Read stories by or about Neag School faculty, alumni, students, and other members of the community that appear in external news outlets.


40 Under 40: Class of 2017

January 25, 2017

She’s only 38, but alum Alison Burdick has already been the principal of Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School in New London, Conn., for some seven years. Meet the best and brightest of Generation Next — people under the age of 40 who are excelling in their fields, leading and influencing others, and making a difference, named to Connecticut Magazine’s 2017 Class of “40 Under 40.”







Where Are the Women?

January 16, 2017

“It’s easy to call overt sexism ‘sexism,’” says Laura Burton, a professor at the Neag School who studies gender issues in sports. “It’s so much more difficult when it becomes more subtle and more implicit. It’s harder to name it, and it’s harder to see it and put our finger on it.”


History Teacher Inspires Others

January 13, 2017

Not every day do you meet a young teacher that comes back to his hometown to teach and inspire youth while running his own company, but that is the case with Justis Lopez.
Lopez is a social studies teacher at Manchester High School and the owner of Just Experience, LLC.