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• $250,000 from NEA Foundation to help support the CommPACT School reform model, based at the Neag School. • Gifted and Talented prof Joe Renzulli is awarded the prestigious McGraw Prize in Education. • Kinesiology's Jaci VanHeest, assoc. prof. of exercise science, receives the Hope Humanitarian Award from her alma mater. • Neag alum, H. Bud Meyers, professor of education at UVM, is named director of its public policy research center. • Scholarships available for college grads interested in becoming math or science teachers. Deadline is December 1st. • We lose a pioneer and advocate for people with developmental disabilities. Emeritus professor of Special Education A.J. • Wendy Glenn, associate professor in English education, is now the president-elect of the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN). • Rigors of TCPCG (teacher prep for college grads) prove worthwhile to 1st Waterbury cohort. • Novel Ed.D. in Educational Leadership designed to prepare strong leaders for Conn. schools. • Former associate dean and retired faculty member Fran Archambault is elected to UConn's Board of Trustees. • #1 Doctoral Kinesiology Program • Neag School's Ranking Jumps to #21 • School Psych Professor Thomas Kehle selected for Research Excellence Award. • Prestigious National Reading Conference award goes to Neag professor! • Worthingham Fellow bestowed upon Physical Therapy's interim dept. head. • TNE-UConn Director receives two honors! • Measurement, Evaluation and Assessment Center offers grad student training. • Dr. Swaminathan honored by the American Psychological Association. • Ed Leadership faculty help design master's program for enhancing physicians' teaching skills. • Film is an important classroom tool, says education professor. • Dean Schwab tapped to head group of leading research institution deans. • "Exceptional" Dissertation Award for Special Ed faculty member. • Unusual collaboration results in new Connecticut Urban Education Initiative. • Special Education faculty member to receive two honors from Conn. Chapter of the AAUP. • Educational policy professor is one of two in the nation selected for fellowship in measurement. • "New Literacies" guru is elected to world's largest reading organization. • RECESS RENOVATION: Neag Teacher Ed Juniors renovate Hartford's Batchelder School playground and raise funds to buy new recess equipment. • The Hartford Courant, 7/24/07 - State lawmakers pass bill supporting the Neag School's role in Urban Initiative designed to aid struggling schools. • Baltimore Sun, 7/25/07 - Professor George Sugai, Neag Chair in Special Education, is quoted in an article about a national program he helped develop, Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports. • Hydration Hints from field's top expert Kinesiology Prof. Doug Casa as high school football training gets underway in heat, humidity. • Former UConn Basketball Star Emeka Okafor selects the Neag School's HUSKY SPORT outreach program for his first domestic charitable gift. • Former UConn Basketball Star Emeka Okafor selects the Neag School's HUSKY SPORT program for his first domestic charitable gift! • Neag professors Sally Reis and Joe Renzulli are interviewed on WFSB TV about Renzulli Learning, their educational software program. • Graduate of Neag School Social Studies teacher education program wins the National Educator prize from the Milken Family Foundation • Stanford study cites Administrator Prep Program (UCAPP) as exemplary. • Lifetime of travel inspires gift to Neag School. • Center for Research in Mathematics Education is established. • Center tackles behavioral issues in schools. • CBER - Center for Behavioral Education and Research tackles behavior issues in schools. • Doctor of Physical Therapy program now offered through the Neag School. • Student cheating is the focus of research conducted by Educational Psychologist Jason Stephens. • Husky Sport is selected for the Provost's Award for Excellence in Outreach and Public Engagement. • Neag Professor Don Leu and his New Literacies research team is featured in the • The Neag Center for Education Policy & Analysis and its director, Casey Cobb, are featured in the • Professor Eliana Rojas awarded $1.5 M grant to help math teachers of English Language Learners become more proficient at providing effective instruction. • Professor George Sugai and the Center for Behavioral Education & Research are featured in the Advance. • New study by Kinesiology Professor Jeff Volek finds further evidence that a low-fat diet lowers dangerous factors linked to Metabolic Syndrome. • Curriculum & Instruction Department offers course to improve TAs' teaching skills. • Neag School cosponsors Conference on College Readiness and Success held in June 2007. • Annual Mass Media Conference focuses on media stereotyping of girls and fostering violence in men. • Neag School Psychologists study methods for helping children with asthma. • Civic involvement and spirituality are essential to becoming a top shelf teacher says Neag Professor Xae Reyes. • Doctoral student in Educational Administration program is recipient of 2007 Women of Color Award. • Prof. Sally Reis is interviewed by the Baltimore Sun about what happens when needs of gifted students aren't met. • Five Neag School nominees selected for the University's 2nd Annual Diversity Awards. • Neag alum Dr. Robert Villanova is Connecticut's 2008 Superintendent of the Year. • Neag School ranks among best graduate schools in the U.S.! • AAUP - UConn Chapter presents Associate Dean Thomas DeFranco with its 2008 Excellence Award for Teaching Innovation. • Interested in photographs from the Neag Sunday Commencement Ceremony? Click here. • May Commencement Photo Information for Neag School graduates. • Physical Therapy at Nayden Rehab Clinic plays vital role in UConn Prof's recovery. • Neag School's George Sugai is part of new federal technical assistance center to expand evidence-based practice in K-12 schools. • Kinesiology's William Kraemer is interviewed by the NY Times for an article on the many benefits of exercising with weights -- especially for women. • Dept. of Ed Leadership professor Richard Lemons develops leadership program for school administrators in Fairfield Country. • Kinesiology doc student, Rebecca Lopez, is quoted in the LA Times for a story about the new air-conditioned shoulder pads for football players. • The CommPACT Schools initiative, based at the Neag School, announces its first eight public schools and a major gift from a national organization. • Exercise scientist and hydration expert Douglas Casa is interviewed about the death of a Kentucky h.s. football player. • Ed Psych professor Jason Stephens research on academic cheating is featured on the front page of the Hartford Courant newspaper. • Neag prof Don Leu and his New Literacies research is featured in the New York Times. • Audio feed available of Dean Richard Schwab on the CommPACT Schools announcement and NEA Foundation gift. • CommPACT Schools announcement featured in the Connecticut Post newspaper. • Why do men have a tougher time transitioning to college? Prof. Jim O'Neil is interviewed for the Hartford Courant feature story. • Neag School receives award for infusing multicultural values into its programs. • Kinesiology alum Lani Fortier is selected as one of UConn's 40 under 40 • Graduate student Jill Adelson is the first to be awarded the Esther Katz Rosen Fellowship by the American Psychological Foundation supporting graduate student research on gifted children. • The National Association of Gifted Children has selected a 5th grade math unit designed by Kathy Gavin and Project M3 team for its Curriculum of the Year Award. • HESA students involved in UCOMPASS, a program reaching out to UConn students in trouble. • Jonathan Plucker, alum of our master's special education program, is selected as one of UConn's 40 under 40 • Prof. George Sugai and the CBER efforts in Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports are highlighted in an article in Education World • Kinesiology's Douglas Casa, a national expert on exertional heat illnesses and hydration, • Podcast available of NPR interview with Neag Chair in Literacy & Technology, Dr. Don Leu. • Gifted professor Sally Reis receives a $600,000 grant to continue her research on using the Schoolwide Enrichment Model for reading. • For an unprecedented 19th year, the U.S. Dept. of Education is funding the National Research Center for the Gifted and Talented, based at the Neag School. • Drs. Sally Reis and Catherine Little receive 5-year, $2.25 M federal grant to address the needs of middle school readers using the SEM-Reading Model. • District Administration magazine selects Renzulli Learning as one of Top 100 tech programs in education! • IB/M students organize a successful alternative college fair for Bulkeley H.S. students. • Dr. Marijke Kehrhahn, director of Teacher Education and of TNE, is awarded the UConn Alumni Assoc. Award for Excellence in Teaching (graduate level). • Dr. Mike Young, assoc. prof. of educational technology, is interviewed about the potential video games have for expanding and improving classroom learning. • Former UConn basketball star Emeka Okafor and the Neag School's Husky Sport program are featured on the front page of the Hartford Courant • Dr. Jason Stephens, ass't prof of educational psychology, and his research aimed at reducing cheating are featured in a New York Times editorial. • Neag alum is named Connecticut's top superintendent of the year! • Congratulations to three undergrads of our Dept. of Kinesiology who won the New England ACSM College Bowl: Britanny Minkus, Heather Wong and Nick Costanzo! • Kinesiology faculty present a successful forum on Energy Drinks to a standing-room-only audience. • Prof. Don Leu and his New Literacies research team share their thoughts on the 21st century literacies in The Council Chronicle, the National Council of Teachers of English magazine. • Provost Peter Nicholls announces that Associate Dean Thomas DeFranco has been selected to replace Dean Richard Schwab when he steps down next summer. • Gifted Education in Crisis! Assoc. Prof. Del Siegle, coauthors an oped published in the Philadelphia Inquirer. • Named as a UConn Teaching fellow, Assoc. Professor Joseph Madaus and his dedication to preparing students for work in special education are featured in the Advance. • JP Morgan Chase donates $25,000 to Bridgeport's CommPACT Schools as part of a school reform effort led by the Neag School. • Richard Lemons, Dept. of Ed Leadership, is co-author of a recent national study examing the impact of the economic downturn on schools. • Prof. George Sugai, co-creator of the positive behavior model (PBIS) is pleased with its success in 30 Pennsylvania schools. • "Nothing magical" about the new fad -- the Flat Belly Diet -- says Jeff Volek, ass't professor of kinesiology, in a Chicago Tribune article. • Kathy Gavin, assoc. prof. of Gifted & Talented, and the afterschool math club she established in four Hartford schools is featured in the Hartford Courant. • Following the indictment of a football coach, Doug Casa, a leading expert in exercise and hydration, is interviewed about what a coach can do to protect his players from deadly heat stroke. • Larry Armstrong's study on the increased heat problems caused by football gear is highlighted in an ESPN blog. • Neag alum Karen List is named Superintendent of West Hartford Public Schools. • Merger of kinesiology and physical therapy departments is approved by UConn Board of Trustees. • Travelers $100,000 gift adds up to a successful after-school math enrichment program developed by Kathy Gavin, Ph.D. • CommPACT Schools, an urban school reform model based at the Neag School, receives $10,000 from Near & Far. • In an Education Week article on students with disabilities, Professor emeritus Stan Shaw is quoted. • Sunday Commencement Ceremony photo information, please click here. • NPR feature on school discipline success stories highlights the work of George Sugai, Neag Chair in Special Education. • Kinesiology alum Nicole Keith is the first African American elected to the National Board of Trustees for the American College of Sports Medicine. • Sue Saunders, assoc. professor in Educational Leadership, is coauthor of a guide for new professionals and their supervisors in Student Affairs Administration. • National heat illness expert Doug Casa, assoc. prof. of Kinesiology, announces new NATA pre-season training guidelines for h.s. sports. • NCATE cites Neag School as model for newly redesigned accreditation standards. Dean Schwab is interviewed by Education Week. • New Literacies expert Don Leu receives major federal grant to develop online reading comprehension assessment. • The Neag School's role in the CommPACT school reform initiative serves as model to newly announced accreditation standards for schools of education. • Neag alum Marcia Elliott is named Connecticut's top principal! • Men's Health magazine interviews Assoc. Prof Jeff Volek about healthy eating strategies for those who travel. • Just completing her first year of teaching, Neag teacher ed alum Tara Murphy, is named Teacher of the Year by Fairfax County (Va.) Public Schools. • Nationally renowned exertional heat illness expert Douglas Casa is interviewed by the Wall Street Journal about dangers of h.s. football practices in the summer. • TNE initiative to recruit teacher ed students of color receives $100,000 gift from Hearst Foundation. • William Kraemer, professor of exercise science, to receive UConn's Faculty Excellence in Research Award. • UConn Alumni Association to award Sandra Chafouleas, assoc. prof. of educational psychology, its Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award. • New Literacies expert Prof. Don Leu discusses online literacy comprehension at the New Literacies Teacher Leader Institute. • In a New York Times blog about heat stroke, Assoc. Prof Doug Casa is quoted. • Assoc. Prof Doug Casa's study of children at summer camp and dehydration issues is the subject of a New York Times health blog. • Grad student Stephen Kilgus, working with our Center for Behavior Education Research, receives an award from the American Psych Association. • Neag School ranks #1 best public school of education in the Northeast and on the East Coast. • Leadership transition - Dean Schwab honored while Dean DeFranco takes reins at Neag School. • Assoc. Prof Xae Reyes heads to Thailand as a Fulbright Senior Specialist. • Institute for Urban School Improvement receives • Physical Therapy is merged with the Dept. of Kinesiology as part of cost-saving move. • Executive Leadership Program bolstered by partnership with Conn. Assoc. of Public School Superintendents. • HuskySport event in Hartford's north end inspired young students to 'give back. • Neag Alumni Society honors eight alums for their significant contributions. • Prof. George Sugai and his Positive Behavior Support approach to improve learning and climate at schools across the country are featured on NBC 30 TV. • Exertional heat illness expert Doug Casa is interviewed by CNN about the new practice guidelines for h.s. football teams. • Doug Casa is key prosecution witness in controversial trial of Kentucky football coach charged with player's death. • Husky Sport sponsors clean up of Hartford's North End on Saturday, Oct. 3. 200 UConn and neighborhood volunteers participate. • Neag School's Chili Cook-off winners are announced.