UConn Storrs

Hand with umbrella and rain

With Global Challenges in Mind, Keeping a Decades-long Success Story at the Forefront

The world's success in addressing the crisis of acid rain could serve as a template for tackling similar challenges.

UConn School of Pharmacy Joins State of Connecticut in COVID Immunization and Contact Tracing

The UConn School of Pharmacy is assisting the state's COVID-19 vaccine strategy in a variety of ways.

a map of the world

Commemorating International Human Rights Day

UConn joins the world in marking International Human Rights Day.

Close-up of Protective N95 Mask on Blue Scrubs with Stethoscope

Health Care Innovation Students Tackle Workplace Inefficiencies Brought to Light by COVID-19

UConn's Healthcare Innovation Online Graduate Certificate program is helping professionals tackle inefficiencies in their fields uncovered by the pandemic.

Gateway UConn sign surrounded by snow

UConn’s Unique COVID Testing Strategies Garnering Praise, Serving as Model for Others

Over the fall semester, UConn has administered or tracked more than 42,000 COVID-19 individual and surveillance tests among its student body, helping it successfully complete the semester’s in-person portion.

Coach Hurley in a mask surrounding by players in a gameday huddle

Hurley: We’re on a Mission to Play in March

Despite the challenges presented by COVID-19, men's basketball coach Dan Hurley says his team is focused on success.

Man with planet earth in hands

A Call to Action for Science

Three UConn researchers are among a group of scientists calling on policymakers and the public to put data and scientific evidence at the heart of fraught questions like the COVID-19 pandemic.

A young boy in a car plays with a tablet computer.

Multi-University Program Enables At-Home Hearing Assessments for Children

An innovative program administered by UConn has helped researchers at other public universities enhance their research through commercialization.

Professor Greg Sartor outside the UConn School of Pharmacy

Meet the Researcher: Greg Sartor, School of Pharmacy

Greg Sartor, an assistant professor of pharmacology and toxicology in the School of Pharmacy, has dedicated his career to understanding how molecular-scale events in the brain drive substance use disorder.

Avinoam Patt, Doris and Simon Konover Chair of Judaic Studies and director of the Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life, leads a class on Modern Jewish Thought on October 17, 2019.

Brave Space: Avinoam Patt

Avinoam Patt, Doris and Simon Konover Chair of Judaic Studies and Director, Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life, discusses the urgent relevance of lessons from the Holocaust for the contemporary world.