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University seals were installed over the entrances to the north and south reading rooms at the Wilbur Cross Building. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

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.

Large letter entrance UConn sign on route 195. July 24, 2019. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

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.

The logo of the UConn Humanities Institute

$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.

Animated UConn students wearing masks.

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.

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.

Fire salamander by a mountain stream

‘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.

A Mexican restaurant adapts to the Covid-19 lockdown. The owner hands an order to a customer outside the restaurant; they are both wearing gloves and masks.

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.

nurse with custom-fitted frame over her mask

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.

UConn alumn putting bags of groceries into car trunk.

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.

Cropped shot of a female doctor showing result of radiography on digital tablet to patient and giving diagnosis. Doctor talking to patient about medical treatment after surgery.

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.