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Kathy and Geno Auriemma talking to cameras regarding the benefits of the scholarship

Turning Passion into Action in Support of UConn Women’s Basketball

'The impact of the Romaniellos’ generosity extends beyond the scholarship recipient—the entire team benefits'

August 17, 2023 | Jennifer Eburg, UConn Foundation

Athletics
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Saving the Sound with History

Eelgrass is a critical habitat for fish, it filters water, and it stabilizes Connecticut's shoreline

August 14, 2023 | Thomas Rettig

Community Impact
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Big Changes for Big Business as EU Human Rights Law Nears Enactment

If it works as intended, the EU law could be transformative in protecting human rights, including worker health and safety and workers’ free speech, around the world

August 8, 2023 | Rachel Chambers, Assistant Professor of Business Law at the UConn School of Business and David Birchall, Senior Lecturer in Law at London South Bank University

A young person with pink hair, wearing a pink blazer, smiles as she gestures to a poster behind her. Another student smiles at her.

Summer School

Seventy students spent 10 weeks immersed in the world of research and entrepreneurship. At Summer Research Day 2023, they got to show off

August 7, 2023 | Mac Murray

Research & Discovery UConn Health
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Connecticut and UConn are Leaders in Clean Energy and Sustainability

Our leaders, innovators, and scholars have worked tirelessly to drive progress in sustainability, moving us toward independence from fossil fuels and steeling our power grid against severe weather and other risk factors.

August 2, 2023 | Matt Engelhardt, Office of the Vice President for Research, and University Communications

Community Impact Entrepreneurship Research & Discovery
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UConn to Award 2023 Dodd Prize to Ukraine’s Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center

In addition to the awarding of the Dodd Prize, a panel about Babyn Yar will be featured at the inaugural Human Rights Summit to be held on October 25, 26, and 27, at UConn’s Dodd Center for Human Rights

August 1, 2023 | Jaclyn Severance

Hailey Baranowski ’24 (CAHNR/CLAS) and David Wagner, an entomologist and professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UConn out in the field studying bumble bees.

Bumble, Blue, and Everything Between: UConn Student Spending Summer Studying Bees at Mansfield Hollow

'Working on a farm made me really realize how important bees were – if there was no food, and nothing for the bees to eat, nothing flowering, nothing of ours would grow'

August 1, 2023 | Jaclyn Severance

Research & Discovery
Onyeka Obiocha, left, executive director of CTNext, chats with Cody Simms of MCJ Collective during the Future Climate Venture Studio showcase in the Innovation Partnership Building on April 20, 2023.

Building an Innovation Ecosystem Where Everyone Can Thrive

'We have leaders who believe in Connecticut, we have the resources, and we have the talent'

July 31, 2023 | Stephanie Reitz

Alumni Entrepreneurship UConn Voices
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UConn, Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology Sign Collaboration Memorandum

The formal collaboration agreement will link the two institutions for joint projects and funding opportunities

July 27, 2023 | Mac Murray

Research & Discovery
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UConn and Bridgeport Partner for Greener Schools

'A great opportunity to strengthen our green energy and climate change research' while supporting Connecticut communities

July 25, 2023 | Claire Tremont

Community Impact