Schools & Colleges
UConn Health Minute: Managing Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis is a potentially disabling disease of the brain and spinal cord. There is no cure, but the right treatments can help manage the disease. Dr. Jaime Imitola explains how UConn Health’s Multiple Sclerosis Center offers comprehensive and compassionate care that can help guide you through the process from diagnosis to long-term therapy.
Q&A: Keeping an Eye on the Gatekeepers of Retirement Funds
UConn School of Business professor Jose Vicente Martinez wants to understand how people save for retirement - and how it can be done better.
Meet undergraduate student Kara Heilemann
Kara Heilemann came to UConn interested in becoming an infectious disease physician. As a dual major in pathobiology and nutritional sciences, she was able to study pathogens and learn the connections between nutrients and disease. Her interests took her beyond the College and into the Department of Chemistry as a 2019 University Scholar researching antimicrobial […]
New AAS degree in arboriculture and urban forestry to launch in fall 2020
A new major in urban forestry and arboriculture, to be offered for the first time in fall 2020 by the Ratcliffe Hicks School of Agriculture, will train skilled employees for an industry with an aging workforce. “This major was developed in response to a need in the industry,” says Jason Vokoun, professor and head of […]
Taking More From Cancer Than It Takes From Me
Paige Dunion was inspired by the story of Marisa Dolce, the first patient at UConn Health to use the Dignicap® to preserve her hair while she was going through chemotherapy. Little did she think that a month later she would be diagnosed with breast cancer and faced with the prospect of losing her hair. After […]
Meet the Researcher: Valeria Sarmiento ’20, Molecular & Cell Biology
Valeria Sarmiento forged her own path at UConn to unite her twin passions for science and helping others.
COVID-19 and Business: UConn Experts Offer Perspective
Experts from the UConn School of Business weigh in on COVID-19's potential effects on the economy.
Moot Court Competition Brings Out the Best
Arguing a case before three distinguished jurists was the “the scariest thing I’ve ever done in my academic career,” said Abby Booth ’22, after she and Sarah Wylie ’22 won the 2020 Alva P. Loiselle Moot Court Competition at the UConn School of Law. The final session of the annual competition, which gives first-year law […]
High School Science Standouts
More than 160 students from 37 high schools throughout Connecticut came to UConn Health for the Connecticut Regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, organized by the Connecticut Area Health Education Center.
Gingermania! UConn Now Home to Major Collection of Ginger Relatives
Gingermania is running at wild at UConn, thanks to an enormous donation of plant species by a Smithsonian scientist.