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Melissa Jacques, a 2010 graduate in engineering, found a job working with jet engines at Pratt & Whitney soon after graduating. (Peter Morenus/UConn File Photo)

UConn Graduates Landing Jobs Quickly After Graduation

New figures underscore the effectiveness of UConn's career services, which help prepare students for jobs throughout their time on campus.

An English class taught at Avery Point by associate professor Pamela Bedore analyzes the enduring popularity of the fictional detective. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Coveted Class: Sherlock Holmes and Comparative Media

Students in Professor Pam Bedore's English class at Avery Point explore the enduring popularity of the fictional detective.

Students during a lecture in the Chemistry Building on March 13, 2013. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

UConn Students Earn Degrees More Quickly Than National Average

New data indicates that UConn students graduate in 4.2 years, almost a full year ahead of the average bachelor’s degree candidate at 3,600 post-secondary institutions in the U.S.

Student Education Abroad photo. (UConn Photo)

UConn Marks 6th Year Among Top 25 Public Universities

UConn has been ranked between No. 19 and No. 21 by U.S. News & World Report each year since 2011.

Professor Penny Vlahos, and graduate assistant Joe Warren recipients of a grant from the University’s new National Science Foundation Innovation Corps Site, Accelerate UConn on Aug. 18, 2016. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

New Device Improves Measurement of Water Pollution

UConn scientists are commercializing a technology they developed to more easily measure contaminants in water.

Welcome to UConn Nation. Students in the heart of campus. (Angelina Reyes/UConn Photo)

Welcome to UConn Nation

Belonging to UConn Nation means being part of a community that begins on campus and extends worldwide.

George Washington from the National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans, Vol. I, 1862. (iStock Image)

UConn Reads: Religion and the Promise of the United States

The subject of religion is as relevant today as it was in the time of the nation's first president.

A sign outside the Storrs Congregational Church welcomes students back to campus on Aug. 26, 2016. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Students Returning to UConn’s Campuses This Week

Caution and consideration are urged, as the population jumps significantly at Storrs and other UConn campuses.

From left, Cyrene Nicholas of Branford, Naaol Shupare of Brooklyn Park, Minn., and Akriti Mishra of West Hartford, members of the Class of 2020. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Class of 2020 Sets New Record for Diversity, Number of Vals, Sals

'UConn had everything I was looking for,' says Naaol Shupare, who is among 5,100 freshmen starting classes on Aug. 29.

The final steel beam is set in place on the new Engineering & Science Building. (Christopher Larosa)

UConn Marks Construction Milestone for New Engineering Complex

The structural phase of the new Engineering & Science Building was completed July 21, as the final beam was hoisted into place.