Academic Affairs

Jade Strawberry smiles and shifts a football in her hands. She wears a shirt that reads "Females in Flag". She is posed in front of a wall of green turf with baseball, baseball bat, soccer ball, football, and other sports gear.

UConn Magazine: ‘Get Stuff Done.’

When Jade Strawberry got the news that she’d been promoted to chief of staff of the youth-sports advocacy organization RCX Sports as a 26-year old with less than three years in the industry, she felt both immense pride and a brief flash of panic

Students posing in a barn alongside the farm's owner and family.

A Taste of the Future: UConn Animal Science Students Tour Local Dairy Farms

'Food doesn't come from the grocery store. It comes from these farms'

A university professor holding a coffee cup speaks to his class.

Class Aims to Make Financial Literacy Accessible to Everyone

Paying bills, obtaining credit, applying for jobs and more are all part of the 'life-ready' class

Jordan Ochs (FYE Program Director), and Bradley Wright (Professor of Sociology) stand tall against a gradient backdrop of orange and pink

UConn Magazine: Do What Matters Most

What were you meant to do with your one precious life? This research-driven Life Purpose Lab workshop helps us to unearth our true passions

Natalie Tocco looking through a microscope

Studying ‘Creatures Great and Small’ as a Veterinary Pathologist

As a veterinary pathologist, Natalie Tocco has had the opportunity to study creatures great and small herself – from black bears, to beluga whales, to elephants, and invertebrates

Flagbearers parade during the closing ceremony of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at the Verona Arena.

Olympic Internship Yielded Career Insight, New Friendships, Opportunities to Boast about UConn

'When the professors saw my passion, they were excited for me to be able to do this'

Portrait of Timothy Bunning

Timothy Bunning is the 10th UConn Alum Inducted into the National Academy of Engineering

The ten UConn Engineering alumni made tremendous impacts on society

Blue and purple flowers sit in the flowerbed in front of the UConn gateway sign

UConn Develops Assessments to Capitalize on Unique Strengths of Each Regional Campus

'The presence of UConn campuses throughout the state is a strength that responds to student and community needs'

Exterior views of the Pharmacy/Biology Building on May 14, 2024. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

UConn Renames School of Pharmacy to Reflect Full Scope of its Educational and Research Impact

The School enters its second century as the UConn School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

UConn students sit in a political science class

Recent UConn Grads Seeing Immediate ROI with Hiring Success, Strong Starting Salaries

Survey shows that 91% of UConn’s newest alumni had positive post-graduation outcomes