Student Success

A fluid horizontal layout image that illustrates the article below. The illustration features Peter Laporta evacuating guests from Disney's Animal Kingdom, then peter Laporta playing trombone for UCONN marching band, Laporta managing at Burger King, and Laporta holding a wand in the debut of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, as a dragon flies overhead.

UConn Magazine: Of Mice and Men

It’s September 11, 2001, a little after 9 a.m. and the park has just opened to the public when park duty manager Peter LaPorta is called to an emergency conference in the main office. There’s been a terrorist attack

Members of the graduating School of Medicine Class of 2026 presenting

Graduating Medical Students Present their Research Findings

Over 100 fourth-year medical students presented their Capstones at the annual Clinician Scholar Symposium of UConn School of Medicine.

Big East Researchers

UConn the Top Dog in Big East Research Contest

Undergraduates racked up awards at Research Symposium held at Madison Square Garden during the Big East Tournament

A woman smiling wearing a baseball cap

Neag Graduate Looking to Make Her Mark in New Women’s Baseball League

Former Husky softball star will be part of a modern-day 'League of Their Own'

The future Dr. Parth Patel SOM Class of 2026 in Academic lobby sitting.

Medical Minds Matter Nonprofit Founded at UConn Growing Nationally

Medical Minds Matter is destigmatizing the discussion of mental health in medicine especially early-on for the next generation of the health care workforce

Jagger Javenes ’15, 18

Applying a Landscape Architect’s ‘Design Eye’ at Every Scale

I knew I was looking for landscape architecture [and] knowing that UConn was going to provide me with a great education – plus its reputation as the Basketball Capital of the World, I was all in'

Two people sitting at a table having a discussion

‘It Stands for Excellence’ – A Conversation with UConn’s Azzi Fudd and Interim Provost Pamir Alpay

A star on the court and in the classroom

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