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Contingent Management is an effective bridge therapy for patients during their early addiction recovery journey. (AdobeStock image.

Increasing Contingency Management Incentives Will Help More Patients Recover from Addiction

JAMA Psychiatry study recommends nationwide Contingency Management care guardrails with data-driven, evidence-based reward amounts to ensure effective and better care outcomes

High school students in the Early Introduction to the Nursing Profession (EINP) program taking pulses on a full-size cardiopulmonary simulator mannequin on June 26, 2025. (Aime Liggett/UConn Photo)

UConn School of Nursing Hosts Third Annual Early Introduction to the Nursing Profession Program

‘Fostering a strong, diverse, and prepared future workforce.’ - MaryAnn Perez-Brescia, Ph.D., RN

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CT DEEP Releases New Wildlife Action Plan with Support from UConn’s CAHNR

With the goal of identifying species in need and actions to take, the Statewide Wildlife Action Plan incorporates scientific expertise and comments from the public

Three high school students - two female, one male - stand next to Dean Jason G. Irizarry in front of a light blue vertical banner that reads "UConn Neag School of Education." Each of the three students holds a small wood and metal award plaque.

Neag School of Education Hosts “Why Teach, Why Now” Contest for Early College Experience Students

High school students submitted short essays or videos explaining why they want to become urban educators

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‘The Ability to Give and Receive Love’: Researchers Look at Effects of Acceptance, Rejection

'There’s no single experience in human life that's more important than the experience of being cared about by the people who are most important to you'

Students and a health coordinator at a table outside

UConn Students Combat Opioid Crisis in CT through Adopt a Health District Program

Through the program, UConn students help Connecticut communities tackle the opioid crisis, from Narcan training to safe medication disposal techniques

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UConn Entrepreneur Aims to Revolutionize Men’s Health Care

Reza Amin’s Bastion Health creates virtual, confidential, progressive approach to medical screening to help save lives

Spring Nature Editor of Distinction Award

UConn’s Sir Cato T. Laurencin Recognized as Springer Nature Editor of Distinction

Sir Cato T. Laurencin, MD, Ph.D., K.C.S.L, has received a 2025 Springer Nature Editor of Distinction Award. The award is given to exceptional editors who have demonstrated commitment to upholding scientific accuracy and advancing discovery.

Six students posing with a small race boat at an indoor event, some in suits and one in casual clothes.

Overcoming Engineering Challenges Was No Problem for This Student Team

A joint mechanical and electrical and computer engineering Senior Design team tackled various problems in the midst of an electric boat competition

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Beautiful Moments: SFA Alum Brings Smiles to Bridal Couples with Live Event Painting

When Erin Leigh Boughamer '94 (SFA) left UConn three decades ago with a degree in graphic design from the School of Fine Arts, event painting hadn’t yet become part of bridal vocabulary. To ask her back then if she foresaw herself with a wardrobe of dressy pantsuits, each with at least a little dollop of acrylic paint on them, she’d have said no way