- Growing Food, Community, and Opportunity at a Veteran-Owned FarmVeteran Steven Thompson combined a desire to help his community with resources from UConn Extension to launch a growing local farm
- Liberation SummerA new book by UConn history Professor Micki McElya's explores a moment in American history that redefined the women's movement and the politics of beauty
- Callisto Quartet, Ivakhiv, Chen Perform Unique Chamber Composition at JorgensenThe performance will feature Solomiya Ivakhiv, professor of violin and viola and coordinator of strings in the School of Fine Arts
- Experts Explore How AI Could Affect Vulnerable Communities, Social Service ProvidersHundreds gathered for “Social Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: A Symposium Exploring Research, Practice, and Policy,” hosted by the UConn School of Social Work
- From Storrs to Stonybrook: Alum Explores The Baby-Sitters Club’s LegacyDaniela Doncel ’19 hosts CT Public's Generation: Baby-Sitters Club, celebrating its 40-year legacy
- NIH Extends UConn Pepper Center GrantThe Center, which specializes in Precision Gerontology, plans interdisciplinary expansion to Storrs
- CAHNR Scholars Celebration Honors Student Achievement and the Power of Donor Support“A scholarship is an investment in a student today, but its impact can carry forward throughout a career and into the communities that student will one day serve”
- UConn’s Professor Sir Cato T. Laurencin Receives Leadership and Advocacy Award from InterCommunity Health CareLaurencin was honored for his commitment to bettering public health through his medical advancements, advocacy, and mentorship.
- Mulch Ado About Plastics: Shuresh Ghimire Works to Make Mulch More Sustainable“If we increase crop yield, it may help humans in the short term. But if we’re degrading the environment, that would ultimately, in the long term, harm humanity. Everything we do should be in the One Health framework.”
- UConn Expanding Spring Commencement Schedule to Ease Traffic and Parking, Give Guests More Time to Celebrate'Moving forward, candidates and guests can linger comfortably on campus, perhaps stopping to take photographs at their favorite spots, and not feel so rushed to leave'
- UConn Researcher Takes a Look at Relationship Between Women and Guns‘When we don’t ask questions about how this is different for women, we then don’t look for policy solutions that will help address the part of this epidemic that women bear’
- UConn Researchers Uncover Water’s Critical Role in Human Tissue ElasticityNew research from Anna Tarakanova and Metehan Çam offers insight into a decades-long scientific debate about what makes the human body’s tissues stretch and spring back.
- NIH Grant Supports Development of Innovative 3D Organoid Platform for Drug DiscoveryXueju “Sophie” Wang is developing a “micro-lab” to support organoid growth and functional evaluation
- Northeast Power Electronics Symposium To Be Held at UConn for the Third YearThe third annual NEPES symposium will be held at UConn this November, bringing together industry leaders, researchers, and students to explore emerging technologies and strengthen collaborations.
- Multistate Team Enhancing Reproductive Performance in Sheep and CattleUConn’s section of the project focuses on the impact of maternal diet – specifically over- or restricted feeding – during gestation on offspring health and growth
- Connecting with Local SeniorsDental, medical students make monthly visits to senior community
- UConn’s Lambda Kappa Sigma Chapter Named Chapter of the Year by National OrganizationUConn’s professional pharmacy fraternity, Lambda Kappa Sigma, has had a successful 2026, earning national recognition as Chapter of the Year for the second consecutive year and raising more than $2,200 for philanthropic causes.
- UConn Magazine: The Seven Wonders of Walden PondPlease join us in Concord, Massachusetts, for an eye-opening trip around the kettle lake that Henry David Thoreau made famous more than 170 years ago
- Ask UConn Extension: What to Know About PFAS and MicroplasticsUConn Extension offers an overview of what residents should know about contaminants that have become widespread in our environment
- UConn Gathering Connects the Science of Reading with Classrooms WorldwideA student exchange with Hebrew University builds on Haskins’ history of discovery and its work with educators close to home and around the world
