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Light bulbs in a row

OVPR Announces SPARK Technology Commercialization Fund Recipients for 2022-23

Five researchers were awarded internal funding through the competitive program.

Manisha Sinha, Draper Chair of American History, lectures at the Gentry Building. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Historian Earns Pennington Award; Talks Juneteenth as Holiday Approaches

Manisha Sinha talks about the roots of Juneteenth, which became a national holiday in 2021, but which began in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War

UConn’s Gilman Scholars Samantha Valle ’24 (CLAS), Marissa White ’25 (CAHNR), Geraldine Uribe ’23 (CLAS), Guerlina Philogne ’24 (CLAS) (BUS), Rose Pacik-Nelson ’23 (CLAS), and Grace Coburn ’23 (CLAS) posing in the lobby at UConn Hartford.

UConn Produces An All-Time High 17 Gilman Scholars

Each Gilman Scholar is required to complete a service project upon their return from studying abroad in their campus or home community

An overhead view of a school cafeteria table, where students are eating lunch.

Changes are Coming to School Meals Nationwide

The federal government is scheduled to end changes adopted in the early months of the pandemic that expanded access to school meals for children

Michelle Hernandez holding the mounted spicebush specimen

Herbarium Milestone: Preserving our Past, Present, and Future

'This is a record of the natural history of the state'

Aerial shot of UConn from Rte. 195, looking west.

Climate Change, AI, and Criminal Justice: Transatlantic Partnership Dives Deep on Human Rights

A partnership between Connecticut and Baden-Württemberg bears fruit in scholarship and engagement

An Online Program Supports Mental Wellbeing for Parents and Children Affected by Divorce

Na Zhang has received an NIH/NIMH K01 grant to design an online mindfulness training module and test its feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy combined with an established behavioral parenting training intervention for divorced or separated parents experiencing psychological distress

Extreme terrain of remote red soil outback in Australia around Broken hill and railway track - aerial landscape.

Palms at the Poles: Fossil Plants Reveal Lush Southern Hemisphere Forests in Ancient Hothouse Climate

Ancient plants provide clues about life on earth in a warmer, wetter climate

Crosses bearing the names of the victims of a mass shooting in front of Robb Elementary School on May 26, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas. The rural Texas community is in mourning following a shooting at Robb Elementary School which killed 21 people including 19 children.

Standing Against Despair

UConn researchers offer tools and perspectives to reduce gun violence in the US

Alumni Faculty Excellence Awards Recognize Achievements in Teaching and Research

For more than 50 years, the Alumni Faculty Excellence Awards have served as an opportunity to recognize the outstanding contributions and achievements of the University’s faculty members.