UConn Today
Neag School’s Annual Scholarship Celebration Highlights Students and DonorsOn Oct. 4, the UConn Neag School of Education held its annual Scholarship Celebration, which highlights students’ academic achievements and the generosity of donors who financially support their pursuit of higher education.
UConn InCHIP Hosts 2026 Annual MeetingInCHIP principal investigators, staff, and graduate students celebrated a year of achievement
UConn Magazine: Something BorrowedChecking in with Jacob Rochester ’16 (SFA) from his downtown Los Angeles studio
Helping Ghanian Cocoa Farmers Prove Properties are Deforestation-Free'I grew up with people who grow cocoa and depend on it,' says UConn researcher developing an app to help farmers
- Don’t Mess with Mansfield Brings UConn Students and Community Together for Cleanup DayThe community cleanup initiative has collected more than 4,000 pounds of litter while strengthening connections between UConn and the surrounding Mansfield community

- Movember MusingsUConn Health PCP Dr. Marques Johnson discusses men’s health

- Still Tired After a Full Night in Bed? What Sleep Apnea Can Teach Us About Better SleepAfter waking up with headaches and struggling to stay awake at work, Liz Pereira found answers at UConn Health. Her experience shows how easily sleep apnea symptoms can be missed and what can change with treatment.

- Stimulating Stroke Recovery for Connecticut VeteransWith support from UConn Health and the state’s Veterans Grant Program, Glenn Ellis is working toward greater independence with an innovative treatment called Vivistim

- Studying the Convergence of Toxic Dust, Lung Disease, and Environmental Injustice Around California’s Salton SeaNew findings show chronic inhalation of toxic dust triggers shift in gut microbiome

- 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’

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