School of Medicine

Two of the Women's Health Interest Group students

Harm Reduction and Food Insecurity: Urban Health/AHEC Scholars Make the Connection

Interprofessional health students in the Women’s Health Interest Group (IG) take action to organize and distribute healthy food bag donations to community women in need.

Professor Sir Cato T. Laurencin, winner of the 2026 Jensen Tissue Engineering Award

Sir Cato T. Laurencin of UConn to Receive the 2026 Jensen Tissue Engineering Award

Laurencin will be honored by TERMIS (Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine International Society, Inc.) Global this fall.

A hand holding a diploma that says "University of Connecticut"

UConn’s Class of 2026: By the Numbers

A look at the newest group of Husky alums by the numbers

Dharamainder Choudhary, Ph.D. accepting award

UConn Medical and Dental Students Award Their Faculty

Faculty were honored at the annual Second Year Awards Ceremony by the Class of 2028.

Gerald Chan

Gerald Chan to Deliver UConn Health’s 55th Commencement Address

On May 11 Scientist and Venture Capitalist Gerald Chan will be the Commencement Speaker for the Graduating Class of 2026 UConn medical, dental, and graduate students.

Dr. Feldstein Ewing smiling in her office with brain scans on computer.

UConn’s Sarah Feldstein Ewing, Ph.D. Wins 2026 Gold Medal Award for Impact in Psychology

She is awarded by the American Psychological Foundation for her innovative and transformational work in the field of psychology.

Madeleine Tessier-Kay, MPH is the UConn School of Medicine's student speaker for the Class of 2026 Commencement. (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health photo)

Commencement Student Speaker Spotlight: Madeleine Tessier-Kay

After graduation from UConn medical school on May 11, 2026 Madeleine Tessier-Kay, MPH, is training at Johns Hopkins to be a future dermatologist.

two-portrait collage, Brugge and Alessi

‘Healthy Rounds’: The Silent Success of Public Health

Douglas Brugge, chair of the UConn School of Medicine’s Department of Public Health Sciences, joins Dr. Anthony Alessi’s podcast

Post-doc Dr. Pengyu Zong with poster

UConn Post-Doctoral Researchers Win Prestigious NIH Pathway to Independence Awards

Congratulations to Dr. Jessica Flori and Dr. Pengyu Zong of UConn School of Medicine.

Petra Clark-Dufner, Director, CT AHEC (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health photo).

Governor Lamont Proclaims April 15 as Petra Clark-Dufner Day in Recognition of Statewide Leadership

The proclamation honors her more than three decades of service in strengthening Connecticut’s health professions pipeline and expanding access to health care services in under resourced communities.