SLHS welcomed admitted students at UConn bound this weekend. UConn\ NSSLHA students Jamie Martin (class of ‘26) and Hansika Subramanian (class of ‘28) answered questions alongside Associate Clinical Professor Kacie Wittke. It was exciting to meet all the incoming students who are interested in pursuing a Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences major!
Month: March 2025
Community Engagement Committee- Literacy Outreach Project
SLHS Community Engagement (CE) Committee Literacy Project: As part of the CE Committee, 2nd year MA-SLP students Emma Kelleher and Arden Ricciardone alongside Nicole Gallagher, Clinical Professor and SLP, have partnered with the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence. In the partnership, Emma, Arden, and Nicole have conducted monthly, pre-literacy groups in a Safe Home. These […]
Alumni Spotlight: Emma Sked, MA, CF-SLP
Meet Emma Sked, MA, CF-SLP! Emma is an alumna of the UConn SLHS Undergraduate program, as well as the Master’s program in Speech-Language Pathology (Go Huskies!). Emma originally started undergrad planning to major in special education, but quickly realized it wasn’t for her. She did some research on similar careers and stumbled upon a NICU […]
Congratulations to Dr. Akshay Maggu!
Congratulations to Dr. Akshay Maggu! Dr. Maggu has been awarded the Investigator Research Grant by the American Academy of Audiology Foundation to develop remote screening solutions for auditory processing disorders.
Language and Brain Lab Spotlight
First up in our SLHS Lab Spotlight Series is the Language and Brain Lab! The Language and Brain Lab (PI Dr. Emily Myers) is focused on how we perceive the speech signal in order to map it to meaning. That is, how do we take what we hear other people say and understand what it […]
CLAE Course Learns about Grad School Application Process
📢 This Week in CLAE (Collaborative Learning and Academic Engagement) Class! 🎓✨ This week, our students explored the process of obtaining and submitting observation hours, gaining valuable insights into the graduate school application process and clinical experiences. Here are some of their takeaways: ⭐ “I learned about how to submit guided observation hours, which is […]
2025 Grand Rounds
Wednesday, March 12th, the third year audiology students presented their Grand Rounds! For grand rounds, the 3rd year Audiology students do a case presentation on a case they were personally involved in. They present to all audiology students and clinical faculty. It serves as an opportunity for the third years to demonstrate the culmination of […]
Exploring Research During CLAE Class
Exploring Research at SLHS (UConn) During CLAE Class! (Collaborative Learning and Academic Engagement) Research opportunities at SLHS-UConn are opening doors for students, inspiring curiosity, and shaping future careers! Here is what students had to say after learning about different labs and research paths available in SLHS: “I learned a lot about research opportunities that I […]
HLAA News!
Eastern CT Chapter of the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) News: Congratulations to the CT Chapter of HLAA for receiving the HLAA Phoenix Award, which recognizes resurgent chapters! Also, congratulations to Dr. Cienkowski for being re-elected as Vice President of the Eastern CT Chapter of HLAA for 2025-2026!