Schools & Colleges

Breaking Barriers – the First Patient in the World Receives Moderna mRNA Trial Infusion for Glycogen Storage Disease at UConn Health

Loveah Hernandez, a brave 20-year-old from Texas, is contributing to science as the first person in the world to receive the Moderna mRNA infusion as part of the Ba1ance Trial for GSD-Ia at UConn Health.

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Understanding Segregation and School Choice

Programs that worsen marginalization and stratification present a challenge for policymakers

Athena’s Warriors 4-H Team from Hartford, CT (Contributed photo)

UConn 4-H Brings High Tech to Connecticut Youth

A unique program gives Connecticut youth the chance to gain skills in STEM and see the world

Dental Students Help Beautify Hartford

UConn’s chapter of the American Student Dental Association once again spends its Spring Service Day helping preserve the city’s green space.

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Reflecting on the Impact of Conservation Training Partnerships

While UConn’s unique Conservation Training Partnerships program has concluded its five-year run, the environmental projects it inspired and relationships it established continue to support Connecticut communities

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UConn Researchers Team Up to Unravel Mysteries of Puzzling Bacterial Signals in Our Blood

A 'Goldilocks Phenomenon' that could be good or bad, depending on a range of factors

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Dangerous Counterfeit Drugs are Putting Millions at Risk, a New Study Says

Many counterfeit pharmaceutical drugs are sold online, and the bulk of them are being obtained without a prescription

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Opening Doors to More Diversity in Biomedical Sciences

The UConn Health Graduate School is working to widen the pipeline to attract more students from historically underrepresented groups to study — and stay in — the biomedical sciences.

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Neurosurgeon Chief Dr. Ketan Bulsara Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Dr. Ketan Bulsara, chief of neurosurgery at UConn Health, has received a lifetime achievement award from the Connecticut Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (CAPI).

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Taking Pride in UConn’s Rainbow Center as Leaders Look at Work Beyond Celebration

Building toward an ambitious agenda of events and engagement for the Fall 2022 semester