UConn Today
Anna Tarakanova Recognized by ASME For Early Career AchievementsHer central contribution is the development of rigorous multiscale frameworks that connect molecular structure, statistical mechanics, and macroscopic behavior across complex materials
Lessons from the Collinsville Pollinator Trail on Managing Invasive PlantsA group of dedicated volunteers worked together to manage invasive plants in their community
Paramedic Services in Storrs Increase with New ProgramParamedics are a part of the Emergency Medical System whose qualifications allow them to provide advanced life support measures
Sir Cato T. Laurencin of UConn Receives NAACP’s Dr. William Montague Cobb AwardThe national honor recognizes his contributions to health, research, education, and social justice.
- Dr. Peter Schulman Reflects on UConn Health and Cardiology’s RevolutionHe is retiring from UConn School of Medicine after 44 years of service.

- UConn Researchers Win Inaugural DOE Genesis Mission AwardNatural Resources and Environment associate professor Wei Ren leads a project seeking to reveal underground movement of water and chemicals

- Christmas in July: UConn Engineers Capture Gigapixel 3D Video of SnowflakesInstead of treating movement over time as a limitation, the system uses those changes to show more detail than a conventional camera could, opening up new possibilities for studying cells, and (even in the summer) snowflakes

- UConn Nursing Secures NIH Grant for Pediatric Allergy ResearchNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases award will support development of a parent-centered tool to improve the evaluation of reported penicillin allergies in pediatric primary care

- CEO Update – July 24, 2026From the Desk of Dr. Andy

- Connectedness and Responsibility: Outgoing Institute Director Weighs in on the Current Significance of Human Rights EducationLibal talks about some of the most pressing human rights issues we’re currently facing, the importance of human rights education, and what students as well as average community members can do to help enact change

- In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Alan BrushA researcher and lab director, he taught generations of UConn students

- New UConn Survey Finds 53% of Connecticut Parents Say Childcare is Too ExpensiveStatewide survey conducted by UConn and the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood provides an updated benchmark for tracking childcare access and affordability

- Neag School Graduate Students Publish Fourth Issue of Education Research JournalThe editor-reviewed, open-access, annual journal is founded and run by graduate students at the Neag School and has published six articles in its 2026 issue

- UConn Magazine: “Blue-and-White Blood”On Mother’s Day 2025, Solé Blanks ’25 (CLAS), ’26 MA, draped in blue regalia, stepped across the floor of Gampel Pavilion when her name was called, continuing a family legacy as the fourth generation to graduate from UConn

- Dental Faculty Honored for Exceptional Mentoring2026 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award winners announced

- Patient Action Leaders Advancing Novel, Transformative, Equitable (PA’LANTE) HealthcareUConn Health Disparities Institute and Hispanic Health Council amplifying Latina voices to improve healthcare in Connecticut.

- I Love CT, But It’s the Season of the TicksStick Season has nothing on Tick Season. UConn experts share insights about how this year is shaping up

- Veterans’ Bootcamp Graduates 21 Entrepreneurs – Including One Who Appreciated a Great Hot Sauce Before He was Born‘It could make a dirty shoe taste good!’

- ‘Healthy Rounds’: The Brain and Spine FrontierUConn Health’s Dr. Ketan Bulsara joins Dr. Anthony Alessi’s podcast

- Celebrating the Stories of the Everyday Revolutionaries of ConcordUConn author celebrates 50 years since the publication book that details the lives of the everyday people of the Revolution

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