Academic Affairs

Urvi Kaul, Tony Edgington, Raul Flamenco, Swapna Subramanian - UConn's NSF Scholars - on the steps of Wilbur Cross

Five Students Earn National Science Foundation Graduate Research 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.

Head shot of Jennifer Orlikoff who has been named the new UConn Stamford campus director

UConn Stamford Campus Director Named

Jennifer Orlikoff has been named the new UConn Stamford campus director

The official University of Connecticut seal, in painted gold on an oak panel.

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

A student writing math problems on a white dry erase board.

OVPR Announces Scholarship Facilitation Awards for 2021-22 Academic Year

Sixty-seven faculty members received awards in the current academic year

Students at the 2021 commencement ceremony donning green first-generation cords

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

The official University of Connecticut seal, in painted gold on an oak panel.

Provost Carl Lejuez to Depart University

Provost Lejuez to depart UConn for Stony Brook University

The University Seal

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

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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

Katie Hooker, a Barry Goldwater scholarship recipient, in front of a flowering bush on campus

UConn Junior Awarded Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship

The scholarship is the nation’s premier award for undergraduates studying math, natural sciences, and engineering

Irene Soteriou, a Truman Scholar, at the Wilbur Cross North Reading Room

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