A robot delivers a karate chop or makes drumming motions and a child imitates the robot, taking delight in a novel playmate. But if a child with autism imitates the robot, much more than that may occur. Two researchers with the Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention (CHIP) at the University of Connecticut are studying […]

The UConn Neag School of Education’s reputation is well known nationally for its outstanding teacher education training program that continues to foster student success and produce educators that will teach the students of tomorrow. The UConn Alumni Association is proud to showcase some of our top notch Neag School of Education graduates from Connecticut whose […]

Del Siegle has been promoted to Department Head of the Department of Educational Psychology in the Neag School of Education at UConn. Dr. Siegle has been a member of the Dept. of Educational Psychology for the past 12 years and is taking over the role from Dr. Swaminathan, who is returning to a teaching and […]

Neag alum, Dr. James E. Lyons Sr., was named Dillard University’s interim president in July, further developing his well-accomplished career in higher education. The three-time university president, who was honored in 2000 with the Neag School of Education Distinguished Alumnus Award, attributes much of his success to the University of Connecticut. Dr. Lyons attended UConn as […]

Six Neag School of Education alumni have combined their shared passions for education and music outside the classroom on the instructional staff of New London’s 7th Regiment Drum & Bugle Corps. This year, the drum corps placed 7th overall at the Drum Corps International Championships at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, IN and were Open […]

Dorothy Pierson Hubeny, (Ph.D. ‘84) passed away in August after losing a courageous battle to cancer, but her legacy with the Neag School of Education lives on. Dorothy, more commonly known as “Dot” by her friends and loved ones, was the quiet heart and soul of the Neag Alumni Society from its inception. She was […]

This past May, Neag School of Education faculty member, Alan Marcus, paid tribute to the school’s mission of embracing worldwide diversity by leading a global leader study abroad program as part of a course titled: “Teaching World War II: Multiple Perspectives on the War in Europe.” The two-week program was designed to immerse students into […]

Understand the challenge of this time for both you and your son or daughter.  For you, this is a time of both loss and freedom. While your teen is getting ready to leave your home, you are also reducing your responsibilities.  As your child is dealing with this departure, he or she is also beginning […]

A child reads information in a school textbook. A child then reads on the Internet. Is reading the same? No, says Dr. Donald Leu, a prominent reading researcher, director of UConn’s internationally renowned New Literacies Research Lab in the Neag School of Education and the John and Maria Neag Endowed Chair in Literacy and Technology.  […]

Despite the rise in Latino population in the United States, academic achievement in schools is scarcely recognized among Latino youth. Dr. Jason G. Irizarry, an assistant professor of multicultural education in the Neag School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, analyzed this issue of underachievement in his recently published book, The Latinization of U.S. […]