Schools & Colleges

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Recent Graduate Named to Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange

The fellowship provides American and German young professionals the opportunity to spend one year in each other’s countries

UConn Among First to Offer Experiential Learning in Decentralized Artificial Intelligence

Stamford-based Yuma experts to mentor students as they strive to solve business challenges

Dr Laurencin Lifetime Achievement Award

Dr. Cato T. Laurencin of UConn Receives Bioactive Materials Lifetime Achievement Award

The Bioactive Materials Lifetime Achievement Award serves as a catalyst for advancing the field, fostering international collaboration, and inspiring innovation.

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UConn Law Students and Graduates Recognized with 2025 Awards

The annual awards recognize achievements in many areas of the law as well as contributions to the law school and the community.

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How Economics Nearly Drove New England’s White-Tailed Deer to Extinction

“Once you start commodifying animals and commodifying nature, problems happen”

Attendees at the May 14, 2025 event.

CT AHEC Offers Clinical Nurse Preceptor Training Conference in Hartford

The free event provided 30 Connecticut nurses with a one-day conference on clinical nurse precepting skills on May 14.  

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Split Supreme Court Blocks Oklahoma’s Catholic Charter School

The Supreme Court’s order has blocked this particular charter school, but similar issues could emerge in future cases

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Taking on Period Poverty

UConn public health, medical, dental students address menstrual inequity in Hartford

UConn senior Noah Sneed with Dr. Cato T. Laurencin.

2025 Dr. Cato T. Laurencin ScHOLA²RS House Award Recipients

Professor Sir Dr. Cato T. Laurencin awarded three outstanding students the ScHOLA2RS House/ Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D. Award at the graduate convention banquet.

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2025 Dickson Prize in Medicine Goes to Professor Sir Cato T. Laurencin of UConn

Sir Cato T. Laurencin, Albert and Wilda Van Dusen Distinguished Endowed Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Connecticut, is the recipient of the 2025 Dickson Prize in Medicine, the University of Pittsburgh’s highest honor.