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May 2020

May 14, 2020

UConn Professor Uses Social Distancing to Create Math Enthusiasts
May 14, 2020

WHUS Airs New Programming as Staff Records Shows at Home
May 14, 2020

The Journey to International Environmental Policy Starts with a Single Step
May 13, 2020

UConn in Bloom
May 13, 2020

UConn Choirs Go Virtual with ‘Old Connecticut’ Alma Mater
May 13, 2020

UConn Law Alumni Say Pandemic Brings New Challenges to Legal Aid Work
May 12, 2020

Alumni, Students Assist in UConn’s Transition to Remote Learning
May 12, 2020

Alternative to the Handshake Developed by UConn Doctors
May 12, 2020

New Online Graduate Certificate on Educating Bilingual Learners
May 12, 2020

ScHOLA2RS House an Academic, Social Success as First Cohort of its Students Graduate
May 12, 2020

UConn Researchers Producing Husky Hand Sanitizer For Local Groups
May 12, 2020

Political Scientist Honored with Andrew Carnegie Fellowship
May 11, 2020

UConn Health Commencement Goes Virtual in a COVID-19 World
May 11, 2020

School of Pharmacy Holds First Virtual Commencement
May 11, 2020

Thomas Menighan, APhA VP, CEO is Pharmacy’s First Virtual Commencement Speaker
May 11, 2020

Aspiring School Administrators Present Capstone Projects Via Zoom
May 11, 2020

Thank You, UConn Health
May 11, 2020

Huskies Forever: UConn Celebrates First ‘Virtual’ Commencement
May 11, 2020

Preventing Spilled Milk — UConn Responds to the Dairy Dilemma
May 11, 2020

UConn CLAS Alumni Help in the Fight Against COVID-19
May 11, 2020

Improving the Outlook for Ovarian Cancer Patients
May 10, 2020

2020 UConn Law Graduates Say Thank You
May 8, 2020

Honoring the Class of 2020—Virtually
May 8, 2020

School of Medicine Celebrates 30 New Honor Medical Society Inductees
May 8, 2020

Love, Your Family
May 8, 2020

START Proof of Concept Awards Announced
May 8, 2020

#UConnGlobalAtHome Brings International Community Closer Together
May 7, 2020

Alpay Named UConn Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor
May 7, 2020

Meet alumnus Nick Kavadas
May 7, 2020

Scientist, educator, Fulbright Scholar Hedley Freake will deliver Commencement address

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