The Graduate School

UConn Health 51st Commencement Adds 260 to Health Care Workforce

More than 260 new physicians, dentists, scientists, and public health professionals graduated at UConn Health's 51st Commencement on May 9 and are ready to enter the state and nation's health care workforce.

Kelli Mosca on boat

Kelli Mosca ’22 MS, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

"I am using the fieldwork skills that I learned during my master’s degree, but also, some of the data analysis and management skills that I used during my thesis."

Urvi Kaul, Tony Edgington, Raul Flamenco, Swapna Subramanian - UConn's NSF Scholars - on the steps of Wilbur Cross

Five Students Earn National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships

The oldest graduate fellowship of its kind, the NSF-GRFP recognizes and supports outstanding students in NSF-supported disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees.

Prince Allotey

Prince Allotey ’22 Ph.D., College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

"One of my favorite things about statistics is using statistical methods to help solve real-life problems. I believe this degree will provide me with guidance and knowledge in developing new and using existing statistical methodologies to handle different types of health data in my country, Ghana."

Commencement around the Corner for Soon-to-be Masters of Public Health

UConn Graduate School’s Program in Applied Public Health Sciences at UConn Health celebrated both its graduating MPH students and faculty with a special research poster session and awards ceremony on April 29.

Husband and wife wearing scrubs and masks.

Husband and Wife Nurses to Walk the School of Nursing Commencement Stage Together

Jill Alsgaard '20 MS and Trung Le '13 (NUR) met while working at UConn Health and are both graduating from the School's master's program

Dr. William Nelson portrait

Renowned Cancer Expert to Address UConn Health Graduates

Dr. William G. Nelson of Johns Hopkins, a national leader in the treatment and research of prostate cancer, is the 2022 commencement speaker and honorary degree recipient.

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Podcast: Supplying CT’s Health Care Workforce

Dr. Bruce T. Liang, dean of the UConn School of Medicine, and Dr. Steven Lepowsky, dean of the UConn School of Dental Medicine, explain the role of the medical, dental, and graduate schools in preparing and producing generations of professionals to maintain Connecticut's health care workforce.

Behind the Degree: Nursing Ph.D. Student Aims to Expose Health Care Inequities Within the Correctional System

Anne Reeder began to question the quality of the correctional health care system after working in a mid-sized jail in Colorado

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UConn Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Master’s Program Celebrates 10 Years of Online Learning and a Top 10 National Ranking

The program was on the brink of closing, but is now one of the five largest neonatal programs in the country