Schools & Colleges

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My CAHNR Summer: Candelaria Alday ’23 Brings Nutrition Education to Connecticut Communities

Candelaria Alday is providing education to help improve community nutrition in Fairfield County through her internship with UConn Extension

Juliana Mazza reporting the morning news at WHDH 7 in Boston.

UConn Magazine: Live From Boston

“It’s my job, as an individual and as a journalist, to find stories that matter.”

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Not Just Another Day in the Park

UConn dental and medical students continue a series of free community health care clinics, offering health screenings and education both within and beyond Connecticut.

UConn Health Minute: Rotator Cuff Repair

When it comes to shoulder problems, rotator cuff tears can be the most painful and difficult to treat. But as UConn Health orthopedic surgeon Robert Arciero explains, a novel procedure called reverse arthroplasty is offering patients another option in relieving their shoulder pain.

UConn Lab Helps Track and Manage New Songbird Sickness

The Connecticut Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory is working with CT DEEP to track and manage a new sickness affecting the state's songbirds

Jonas Philanthropies

Nursing Ph.D. Student Awarded Grant from Jonas Philanthropies

The grant program helps tackle the nation’s most pressing health care issues through support of high-potential doctoral nursing scholars

UConn Researcher Adapting Mindfulness Program for LGBTQIA+ Youth for Online Use

Gio Iacono is translating a program to support LGBTQIA+ youth into an accessible virtual platform

Xiuchun 'Cindy' Tian stands next to a roadsign bearing the name of her late husband, UConn researcher Jerry Yang, who is known for his pioneering work in animal cloning. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Cindy Tian Named Interim Department Head of Animal Science

International expert in embryology and biotechnology, Tian takes the helm at the end of August 2021

Carolyn Teschke smiles for a portrait in a UConn building.

UConn Virus Expert Carol Teschke Awarded Fulbright Scholarship to Study in the UK

Teschke will spend four months at the University of York studying the geometry and evolution of a type of virus that could help develop antivirals.

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Summer Undergraduate Researcher Etem Beskovic ’22 (CAHNR)

Etem Beskovic ‘22 (CAHNR) is spending his summer researching how to improve a promising treatment for osteogenesis imperfecta