Academic Affairs
UConn Professors Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
This year, 261 individuals were named to the academy with compelling achievements in academia, business, government, and public affairs
OVPR Announces Scholarship Facilitation Awards for 2021-22 Academic Year
Sixty-seven faculty members received awards in the current academic year
First-Generation Students Now Have Special Commencement Tradition
Green cords symbolize overcoming the distinctive challenges faced by students who are the first in their families to pursue higher education
Provost Carl Lejuez to Depart University
Provost Lejuez to depart UConn for Stony Brook University
Three Faculty Selected for Board of Trustees Distinguished Professorship
UConn has selected three of its most renowned scholars to honor with its most prestigious faculty title, the Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor
UConn’s Abrahamic Programs Build on Efforts Toward Peace, Regional Integration in Middle East and North Africa
The non-denominational initiative builds on the intellectual foundations of Abrahamic thought and the Middle East and North African region’s three monotheistic faiths – Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
UConn Junior Awarded Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
The scholarship is the nation’s premier award for undergraduates studying math, natural sciences, and engineering
UConn Junior Named A Truman Scholar
Junior Irene Soteriou ’23 (CLAS) has been named a Truman Scholar, marking the tenth time since 1986 that a UConn student has won the prestigious honor
School of Business Offers New Minor in Social Responsibility and Impact in Business
The new program is open to all undergraduate students, regardless of their major
Classroom Mask Update
Masking in UConn’s classrooms and other instructional settings, but no longer required, effective Monday, April 4