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Letter From President Katsouleas to UConn Faculty and Staff Regarding the Budget
President Thomas Katsouleas writes with an update on the difficult budget situation facing the University.
July 7, 2020 | President Thomas Katsouleas
UConn Reducing Fees for Undergrads Learning Exclusively Online in Fall
Full-time UConn undergraduates based at the Storrs campus will save more than $700 in discounted mandatory student fees if they choose to take all of their fall courses fully online and do not live in University housing.
July 7, 2020 | Stephanie Reitz
$750,000 Mellon Foundation Grant to Expand NE Humanities Consortium Faculty of Color Working Group
UConn's Humanities Institute has won a $750,000 grant to expand a working group for faculty members of color in the 12-member New England Humanities Consortium.
July 7, 2020 | Combined Reports
UConn Magazine: Our Defining Moments
These Huskies — students, staff, professors, doctors, nurses, and graduates new and old —are finding innovative ways to help us all navigate a global pandemic.
July 7, 2020 | Combined Reports
Goodbye, Handshake. Hello, LMG
With handshakes on hold because of the pandemic, UConn researchers offer a germ-free way to greet each other in person.
July 7, 2020 | University Communications
‘Evolution Makes the World Less Ragged’
Although evolution and ecological systems have long been distinct areas of study, UConn researchers say there's compelling evidence to suggest the two are closely connected.
July 6, 2020 | Elaina Hancock
Op-Ed: This Simple Model Shows the Importance of Wearing Masks and Social Distancing
An actuarial tool developed by UConn researchers helps people understand the effect that various social distancing and personal protective measures can have on the spread of COVID-19.
July 6, 2020 | Jeyaraj Vadiveloo, Director of the Janet and Mark L. Goldenson Center for Actuarial Research, University of Connecticut
UConn-made COVID-19 Mask Solution Coming to Market
Licensing deal with Connecticut Biotech of South Windsor enables commercial production of custom-fit mask frames developed by UConn’s Connecticut Convergence Institute for Translation in Regenerative Engineering.
July 2, 2020 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
UConn Magazine: Local Hero
Louis Goffinet ’17 (CLAS) offered in a Facebook post to shop for elderly neighbors. Two months later he was still shopping, and overseeing a $30,000 Neighbors Grocery Fund.
July 2, 2020 | Lisa Stiepock
Buzzing to Rebuild Broken Bone: It’s Electric!
A group of biomedical engineers from UConn have developed a scaffold of non-toxic polymer that generates a controllable electrical field to encourage bone growth.
July 2, 2020 | Kim Krieger