Professional Development

Summer Institutes

During the summer, UConn ECE hosts three-day Summer Institutes that offer a more intensive and intimate academic experience. Additional information and registration is on our Summer Institutes page.

Workshops & Learning Series

UConn ECE offers some of the best professional development workshops you will find. UConn ECE Faculty Coordinators organize annual one-day workshops for their UConn ECE Instructors which bring Instructors back into the labs and professional work spaces of their academic department. Internationally recognized guest speakers often attend these workshops, and Instructors walk away from the event with valuable information, materials, and other resources that refresh and reignite their academic passions. While workshop attendance is required every two years to maintain certification, most Instructors attend every year because they enjoy the professional interactions and professional content.

  • Workshops: Instructors are emailed an invitation each year. Dates are also available on our events calendar

Check out our latest PD Workshop

Spring 2026 UConn ECE Allied Health Workshop

Our ECE Allied Health Instructors met for their annual professional development conference on Monday, March 16th. Attendees were welcomed by the Department Head for UConn Allied Health Sciences, Justin Nash, Ph.D., before engaging in a discussion surrounding key challenges in their ECE courses, sharing teaching strategies and favorite classroom activities to foster a culture of […]

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Spring 2026 UConn ECE Animal Sciences Workshop

ECE Animal Science Instructors convened on the Storrs campus on Thursday, March 12th. Instructors heard a presentation entitled “Artificial Intelligence, not Augmented Intelligence”, from UConn Engineering professor Arash Zaghi, Ph.D., then engaged in discussions surrounding the role of AI in their own teaching environments, before ending the day with a trip to the UConn Dairy […]

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Spring 2026 UConn ECE Earth Sciences Workshop

Wednesday, March 11 was a busy day in ECE! We hosted three professional development conferences, including a virtual session for our Earth Sciences instructors. Hosted by ECE faculty coordinator Robert Thorson, Ph.D., the event gave instructors the opportunity to discuss geoscience communications, through engagement with three recent nationally published articles that illustrate how Earth Science […]

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