Academic Affairs

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Faculty, staff, and students are recognized for their Excellence in Community Engagement

The Provost’s Awards for Excellence in Community Engaged Scholarship (PAECES) recognize scholarly activities that integrate community engagement with research, creative work, and teaching

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A Message from Provost D’Alleva Regarding the Anti-Black Racism Course Requirement

On May 1, the University Senate voted to take the important step of creating a social justice requirement within UConn’s curriculum

Views of campus with foggy weather. (Tom Rettig/UConn Photo)

Ten Named To Fulbright US Student Program For 2023-24

The program provides grants for individually designed study and research projects or for English teaching assistantships around the world

Exterior views of the School of Social Work (SSW) in Hartford.

Laura Curran Named as Next Dean of UConn School of Social Work

'Dr. Curran demonstrates a clear understanding of the mission of our School of Social Work, with a commitment to social, racial, and economic justice and the improvement of human well-being'

Drone views of the UConn entryway sign lit green for Earth Day. March 16, 2022.

Celebrating UConn’s Class of 2023

A class full of passion, ambition, and hope

Nicholas Gonzales and Maggie Ward, both 2023 winners of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, pose for a photo in Wilbur Cross Building

Four Graduate Students, Six Alumni Earn NSF Fellowships

The oldest graduate fellowship of its kind, the NSF-GRFP recognizes and supports outstanding students in NSF-supported disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees

Inaugural InCHIP Dissertation Assistantship Award Supports Public Health Research

The assistantship aims to fill a gap by providing support to graduate students in the social sciences as they complete dissertations related to health

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UConn celebrates promotion and tenure of 96 faculty

Evaluations for promotion, tenure, and reappointment apply the highest standards of professional achievement in scholarship, teaching, and service for each faculty member evaluated.

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Victoria Vaughan Dickson Named as Next Dean of the UConn School of Nursing

Dickson, an international expert in qualitative research techniques, mixed methods research, will start at UConn on Aug. 1

Katherine Jimenez (CLAS '24), a recipient of the Beinecke Scholarship, poses for a photo on campus

Katherine Jimenez Named UConn’s First Beinecke Scholar

The journalism and English major has already begun work on a novel based on her mother's experiences during the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua