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UConn Stamford Students Win Medals at FISU American Games

Melvy Alvarez and David Yehenara both earned medals in taekwondo and look to the future for continued success

Students and faculty plant flowers against a concrete wall in a prison yard.

UConn Students Bring Landscape Design to Connecticut Correctional Facilities 

Through a partnership with UConn’s Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy, landscape architecture students are gaining hands-on experience while exploring how thoughtful design can help create healthier correctional environments

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Community Excitement, Full Occupancy Mark Opening of Hartford Student Housing

'UConn is Hartford, and Hartford is UConn'

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New UConn Survey Finds 53% of Connecticut Parents Say Childcare is Too Expensive

Statewide survey conducted by UConn and the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood provides an updated benchmark for tracking childcare access and affordability

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U.S. National Science Foundation Announces Transformational Award to Connecticut’s Quantum Tech Sector  

'NSF Engines investments in critical technologies and future industries will transform America’s innovation infrastructure for decades to come'

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UConn Students Help Reimagine New Haven’s Farmington Canal Heritage Trail

Students from UConn’s landscape architecture program collaborated with the Community Placemaking Engagement Network (CPEN) to develop designs for reinvigorating a 56-mile stretch of the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail

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Deep Roots

Worthley is working in partnership with the nonprofit Connecticut Humanities and its America 250 Connecticut program to distribute the the 100-or-so baby white oak tree seedlings, many the direct descendants of the original Charter Oak, to community partners around the state later this year

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Designating the State Rock: A Dazzling Educational Experience

Here's the stone-cold truth: a team effort by UConn and Mansfield educators has built a rock-solid foundation for holistic learning across the state

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Benton Museum Examines America at 250 with Wide-Ranging Exhibitions

The show prompts visitors to think about America as a place, an identity, and an idea

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Veterans and UConn Work for Access to Advanced Stroke Rehab

'As our country approaches its 250th birthday, it is fitting to give quality care to the vets who struggled and sacrificed'