Schools & Colleges
UConn Stamford Student Finds His American Dream through Chess
Lessons learned on the chessboard turn into real-life success story for Jithu Sajeevan
July 24, 2023 | Jaclyn Severance
$5M Google.org Grant Uses AI to Track Permafrost Thaw
As part of an international team, UConn remote sensing expert Chandi Witharana helps expand Permafrost Discovery Gateway
July 24, 2023 | Jessica McBride, PhD
Foundations of Engineering Class Participates in the “Marshmallow Challenge”
Students pair off to build a self-supporting tower in just 18 minutes, using only uncooked spaghetti, masking tape, and dental floss.
July 21, 2023 | Olivia Drake
Greenland Melted Recently, Shows High Risk of Sea Level Rise Today
Long-lost ice core reveals that much of Greenland was green 416,000 years ago
July 21, 2023 | Combined Reports
Connecticut High School Students Conducting Research at UConn Health
UConn Health’s programs are having an enormous impact on the youth of Connecticut, the future of science and the research and health care workforce. Learn how and meet some of this year's graduates of the High School Research Apprentice Program of the longstanding Health Career Opportunities Program.
July 20, 2023 | Lauren Woods
UConn Road Trip to EPA Launches DIY Air Filter High-Tech Biochamber Testing
A letter from a Middletown fifth-grader to a UConn researcher started it all: Now, EPA scientists will test the power of the low-cost DIY 'Corsi-Rosenthal' box air purifier against infectious aerosols, like the virus that causes COVID-19. The device being tested on July 26 was made and decorated by the 9-year-old and her classmates
July 20, 2023 | Lauren Woods
In Memoriam Anthony P. Simonelli
The School of Pharmacy Remembers Professor Emeritus, Dr. Anthony Peter Simonelli
July 20, 2023 | Taylor Graves
UConn Law Graduates Head to ‘Holy Grail’ of Tax
UConn Law Professor Richard Pomp's introductory course influenced both Eddie Batash and Periklis Fokaidis's interest in tax law.
July 20, 2023 | Diana Nearhos
UConn Magazine: Kicks
Why does everyone — count Lil Nas X, Matt Damon, Alicia Keys, and Penny Hardaway — want to shop for sneakers with Joe La Puma?
July 20, 2023 | Stephanie Reitz
UConn Researcher Gets a Bite of Upcoming Documentary
After years of researching grey seal pups off the coast of Cape Cod, Milton Levin's research and art shine in new film on human-animal interactions
July 19, 2023 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources