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Mike Dietz stands near a stream

Michael Dietz Named Head of UConn’s Department of Extension

A UConn alumnus, he has served the University in a variety of Extension leadership roles, developing and leading statewide programs focused on water resources, environmental quality, and community-based education

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Program to Support College Access, Completion Shows Strong Success, Gets Grant Extension

The programming is centered on the campuses in Avery Point, Hartford, Stamford, and Waterbury, which together enroll more than 5,200 undergraduates

The band THE SEVEN WONDERS: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac posing together.

A Fleetwood Mac Tribute, 50 Years After Recording of UConn Performance

THE SEVEN WONDERS: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac comes to Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, February 14, at 8 p.m. 

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UConn Business Student is Intern at 2026 Winter Olympics

'That’s the best thing about sports, it unites people'

Steven Zinn, professor of animal science, in an advising session with C.J. Mozeika '20 (CAHNR) at his office in the George C. White Building on Oct. 16, 2019. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

First Year Programs Names Excellence in Teaching Award for Steven Zinn

Over the years, Zinn has taught 59 FYE sections with over 1,100 students and 34 peer mentors

A man in a black sweatshirt and purple shirt stands in front of a pair of canvas oil paintings.

More Than Disease: Art Major with Goal of Becoming MD Humanizes Patients on Canvas

‘People make this crazy distinction between art and science, but they’re really just two sides of the same coin to me’

Sunlight glints off a snow-covered fountain

New Gift Opens Doors for Waterbury Students: UConn Launches Nursing and STEM Initiatives

$5 million nursing pathway and $5.45 million STEM investment to strengthen Connecticut’s workforce

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Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy Comes to Life at UConn

'You can't rise unless you help others rise with you'

Emeka Okafor stands on a ladder and cuts down a basketball net.

Five Outstanding Alumni to Be Inducted into UConn Business Hall of Fame

Basketball legend Emeka Okafor will be part of another acclaimed 'starting five' at the April 24 ceremony

Cindy Tian of the Department of Animal Science in the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources works in her lab in the Agricultural Biotechnology Laboratory

New Line of Bovine Embryonic Stem Cells Shows Promise for Lab-Grown Meat, Biomedical Applications

Among the first labs in the world to develop bovine embryonic stem cells before, the UConn team’s work has distinct advantages