November 29th, is Native American Heritage Day. This day was dedicated to encourage all Americans to learn about the culture, tradition, and history of Native Americans and their past, present, and future. The University of Connecticut’s Land Acknowledgment Statement, can be found here: https://diversity.uconn.edu/land-acknowledgement/.   To honor and spread awareness on this day, we would like […]

Meet Erin! Erin is a second-year speech-language pathology graduate student. This past Wednesday, November 13th, Erin presented at the Connecticut Science Center.  This event, “Accommodate. Access. Achieve” was held by Hear Here Hartford (HHH) and the American School for the Deaf. This event was geared towards D/deaf and hard of hearing students, college accessibility coordinators, […]

UConn’s Committee on Interprofessional Excellence in Healthcare (CIPEH) hosted its 10th annual Interprofessional Education Welcome Event for nearly 480 students on October 11, 2024. Students and faculty representatives from 3 campuses across 11 health profession programs: athletic training, audiology, clinical psychology, dental medicine, dietetics, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy, social work, and speech-language pathology participated […]

October was a busy month for awareness in the speech, language, and hearing sciences field! Check out this infographic to learn more about Dyslexia, AAC, Audiology, and Stuttering! For more information, go to : https://www.asha.org/events/observances/

October is AAC month! Sean Stenglein, a 26 year old, with cerebral palsy communicates through the use of Tobii Dynavox’s I-16+ speech generating device with the Communicator 5 language system via eye gaze. Today, he presented at SLHS’s graduate level AAC course to 19 second year MA SLP students. Sean is an amazing advocate for […]

Attention all UConn Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences alumni! We are looking to reconnect with our SLHS Alumni and want to learn more about what you hope to gain from our SLHS alumni program. Please fill out the survey by clicking the link below: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=fqjxFyUqqk65351DkDSwgB6bckcQMolInMw31lDxod5UMzY5NTIxMk8xWFJWTlFBVDBMRTA0NVFIVC4u&origin=QRCode&fbclid=IwY2xjawGHn9ZleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHUTq3FsDk_LUR3b47-MYwsvyvXmYRiqlLERPrRKxmuOdXEBUL2PDiP8TvA_aem_95wyUHrroxriihblrTwErg

Attention current SLHS Undergraduates: Interested in gaining mentorship experience? Enroll in our spring only course! Collaborative Learning & Academic Engagement : Our mentorship course connects first-year students with experienced mentors, faculty, and clinicians in the SLHS program. Mentees receive personalized guidance in academics, research, and community involvement, while mentors enhance leadership skills and build professional […]

Research Audiologist/Postdoctoral Fellow position at the University of Connecticut The Auditory Perception and Neuroscience Lab (PI: Akshay Maggu, Ph.D.) at the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at the University of Connecticut is seeking a research audiologist/postdoctoral fellow to join their team to work on projects investigating central auditory processing using behavioral, physiological, and […]

The Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences is recruiting diverse and passionate scholars to join our program in the fall of 2025! To learn more information about our admission requirements, individualized coursework, and experienced research faculty, check out the link to our website below:   https://speech-language-hearing.uconn.edu/graduate/phd/