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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

CLAS is the largest college at UConn, with more than 600 faculty and an enrollment of 56 percent of UConn students. CLAS students receive most of the PhDs granted at UConn. The College offers nearly 50 fields of study in 23 academic departments and many interdisciplinary programs.

As the academic core of the University, CLAS seeks to provide a liberal arts and sciences education that ranks among the best in the nation. By creating and disseminating knowledge in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences, CLAS helps students acquire the skills and knowledge to become independent thinkers, lifelong learners, and responsible citizens.

CLAS Today

$1M gift endows Actuarial Center
The Janet and Mark L. Goldenson Research Center in the Actuarial Science Program in CLAS will work on real-world problems facing the financial services industry.
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Birge awarded Medal of Science
Robert R. Birge, The Harold S. Schwenk, Sr., Distinguished Chair in Chemistry at the University of Connecticut, has won the 2009 Connecticut Medal of Science, the state’s highest award for scientists.
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CLAS faculty honored
Faculty members Mary Burke, Donald Les, James Rusling and Stephen Ross have won the first CLAS Awards for Excellence in Research.
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Did You Know?

Undergraduate enrollment has more than doubled in molecular and cell biology in the past four years.