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UConn Welcoming About 6,700 New and Transfer Students
Despite the challenges of the pandemic, UConn is welcoming roughly 6,700 new students - both first-year students and transfer students - as the Fall 2020 semester begins.
August 28, 2020 | Stephanie Reitz
UConn Law Alumna Gives to Asylum Clinic That Forged Her Career Path
Lauren Kostes '15 JD, now an attorney specializing in immigration law in Arizona, reflects on how a UConn School of Law clinic helped her choose her path in life.
August 28, 2020 | Grace Merritt, UConn Foundation
UConn Extension’s Velazquez Answers Nutrition Questions on Radio Amor
UConn Extension educator Zoraida Velazquez has become a popular Bridgeport-area radio personality thanks to her weekly call-in show on food and nutrition.
August 28, 2020 | Stacey Stearns, UConn Extension
Study: COVID-19 Messaging Less Effective When Tied to Trump
A study by UConn's InCHIP finds that messaging related to the COVID-19 pandemic is less effective when linked to President Donald Trump.
August 27, 2020 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Construction Kicks Off on UConn’s Transformational New Science Quad
Construction has begun on the Northwest Science Quad, a transformative new project at UConn that ties together several of the University's core missions.
August 27, 2020 | Stephanie Reitz
Interning in a Pandemic: One UConn Student’s Experience
The COVID-19 pandemic might have complicated one UConn student's dream internship, but it didn't derail it.
August 27, 2020 | Elaina Hancock
UConn Faculty Receive Federal Funding to Develop Self-Administered Microneedle COVID-19 Vaccine Technology
UConn researchers have developed a single-use microneedle technology they hope will help keep patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
August 26, 2020 | Courtney Chandler
UConn’s KSI Launches innovATe Program to Aid High School Athletes
UConn's Korey Stringer Institute is launching a new program to bring the medical care provided by athletic trainers to more secondary school athletes.
August 26, 2020 | Kim Markesich, for the College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources
UConn Avery Point Offers Open Air Art and Film Exhibition
The COVID-19 pandemic prompted UConn Avery Point to design an outdoor art exhibit, combining sculpture, film, video, and other media.
August 26, 2020 | Kenneth Best
UConn Researchers Lead National Collaborative Effort to Improve Gifted Education Programs
UConn researchers will lead a national effort to improve gifted education, funded by a $5 million federal grant.
August 25, 2020 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research