- Sir Cato T. Laurencin of UConn to Receive the 2025 Blaise Pascal Medal in Materials ScienceProfessor Sir Cato T. Laurencin, MD, PhD, has been named the winner of the 2025 Blaise Pascal Medal in Materials Science from the European Academy of Sciences (EURASC) for his exceptional contributions to the field.
- Macy’s Welcomes Four UConn Business Grad Students to Explore Sustainable Practices‘This is one of the experiences that makes the UConn program distinctive’
- Grown ConNECTed: Cultivating Community and Food Access Across Eastern Connecticut“Find a farm you love and support them. There are so many to choose from, and they’re all part of our community”
- UConn School of Nursing Leads the Way in Simulation Technology and Teaching PracticesEnhancing clinical competency and building confidence in nursing students with the use of emerging simulation technology.
- ‘Turning Back Time’: UConn Researchers Developing Treatment to Reverse Brain Damage from StrokeUConn neuroscientist and chemist receive NIH R01 grant to support their collaboration
- UConn Receives State GreenerGov Awards for On-Campus Sustainability EffortsThe projects being honored further the goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2030
- HBJ “40 Under Forty” Honors Four From School of BusinessThe award recognizes outstanding young professionals in Greater Hartford who have demonstrated leadership, entrepreneurial spirit, and community involvement. The award ceremony will be Sept. 11 at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville.
- UConn’s, State’s Sustainability Efforts Bolstered as Two New Electric Buses Join Storrs Fleet'UConn has operated buses of various kinds at Storrs for about 100 years, but this will be the first time they’re run without fossil fuels'
- Podcast: Skin Cancer Risk — Spray It Away?Dr. Jenna Kelsey, UConn Health dermatologist, discusses sunscreen concerns
- Back to FarmingtonDr. Heera Chang returns as the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residency program director after training at UConn 21 years ago.
- Meet UConn Pepper Center’s 2025 REC Pepper Scholars4 early-career faculty awarded under center’s Research Education Component to help advance aging research and the future of older adult care
- UConn Law Associate Dean Anne C. Dailey Named Board of Trustees Distinguished ProfessorDailey is one of three UConn professors to receive the prestigious honor this year.
- Second Human Rights Summit comes to UConn with Focus on Sports, Featuring Iconic Athletes from 1968 Summer OlympicsTommie Smith and John Carlos will visit UConn Storrs for the opening keynote conversation of a three-day summit examining the global and domestic issues at play in the intersection of human rights and sports
- UConn School of Nursing Students Spend a ‘Life-Changing’ Summer AbroadStudents participate in a 6-week Experiential Global Learning Program in Rwanda
- CAPS Research Scholar Develops ‘Mock Mouth’ for Dental ResearchThe 3D-printed device, created by biomedical engineering major Jon Balyeat ’27, can show how microbial growth responds to oral treatments and implants without clinical trials
- Recommendations for Improving Black Women HIV Care and Racial EquityUConn Health Disparities Institute share their insights about the national Black Women First Initiative and the path forward to improved care for Black women with HIV.
- Life with Lori June: Professor Turns Kitchen into Classroom to Show Us How She Does It'I guess my life is a lot about food. It’s my creative outlet. Food is the way that I love people. Life with Lori June is just a new extension of that'
- CAPS Summer Program Concludes With Poster ExhibitionDuring the CAPS Research Summer program, students dedicate efforts to their research projects and leverage skills to be applicants for research-focused graduate degrees
- Sweet Disguise: Body Hides RNA With SugarNow that scientists understand the role of RNA glycosylation in deflecting immune system attention, they can check on whether that strategy is somehow going awry
- UConn’s Dr. Marja Hurley is President-Elect of the American Society for Bone and Mineral ResearchHurley is the fourth faculty member from UConn to be selected to lead the ASBMR.
