Schools & Colleges

Lalla Recognized with Top Honor from International Cancer Society

“The leadership opportunities in MASCC have allowed me to work with healthcare professionals in several continents to promote supportive care in cancer for patients around the world. Across cultures, languages, and time-zones, we share the mission of improving the lives of patients with cancer," said Lalla.

Smiling female student in classroom

Jasmine Morris Harnesses the Therapeutic Power of Animals for Underserved Students

Through her work with the Horizons at The Ethel Walker School Program, Jasmine Morris is exposing future generations of students to the field of animal science

Black & white photo of sportswriter Leigh Montville sitting down in front of a typewriter

UConn Magazine: I Wouldn’t Have Listened to Me

The I-84 musings of famed sportswriter Leigh Montville ’65 (CLAS)

Smiling female student in front of horses

Learning Lessons about Livestock and Life

Through her experience as an intern at UConn's livestock units, Hailey Kampton puts her love for animals of all sizes into practice

Suraj Fanse with Dr. Ben J. Boyd, President of Controlled Release Society. (Also, professor in Drug Delivery Sciences at Monash University, Australia

Ph.D. student Suraj Fanse Earns Best Poster at ’22 CRS Meeting

Suraj  Fanse (expected Ph.D. '23) was awarded best research poster at the Controlled Release Society's (CRS) annual meeting in Montreal, Canada.

heart muscle

Creating an “Adult-like” Mature Human Cardiac Tissue

Model developed by UConn and UCSF researchers to be used for myriad of applications, most notably to evaluate safety and efficacy of drugs on the cardiovascular system

UConn Health/JAX Study Gives Better Understanding of Endometriosis and How it Grows

The study builds a robust foundation for a better understanding of endometriosis and how it grows

Dr. Cato Laurencin in group portrait at awards ceremony

UConn’s Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Honored at NAACP Spingarn Awards Dinner

Professor Cato T. Laurencin of the University of Connecticut was further recognized as the 106th Spingarn Medalist, the highest honor of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

Tip of fruit fly testis showing stem cells dividing and transforming into sperm.

Quieting a Gene, Fast

Silence of the genes

Cyclists hold up their bikes on the Atlantic shore

’22 Coast to Coast Comes Home

Dustin Moore, Julia Neri, and Brian Legato, the students making up the UConn Health’s 17th Coast to Coast for a Cause team, pedal for seven weeks and more than 3,000 miles to complete this year’s cross-country bicycle tour for charity.