Schools & Colleges

Kimberly Bryant, founder and executive director of Black Girls Code, gives the address at the School of Engineering Commencement ceremony at Gampel Pavilion on May 5, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Computer Scientist Kimberly Bryant Urges Engineers to Become Agents of Change

Commencement speaker Kimberly Bryant, founder and executive director of Black Girls Code, addressed graduates of the School of Engineering as 'architects of the future.'

Richard A. Robinson '79 (CLAS) has been appointed as the next chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court. Here he is pictured as a speaker on a panel at UConn Law in 2016. (Spencer Sloan for UConn)

UConn Alum Named State’s First African-American Chief Justice

'Make sure that your reach exceeds your grasp,' Richard A. Robinson '79 (CLAS), once advised students.

Vince Pistritto '18 (CLAS, SFA), one of six current UConn undergraduates who have won NSF Graduate Research Fellowships, at the Chemistry Building. Pistritto plans to pursue a Ph.D. in chemical catalysis. (Ellen Yang '18 (CLAS)/UConn Photo)

A Dozen UConn Students, Alums Win NSF Graduate Fellowships

UConn students in fields as varied as chemical engineering, physics, and political science, have earned support from the National Science Foundation for their graduate work.

Senior Design Demonstration Day: Providing Innovative Solutions to Technical Challenges

Two hundred and twenty-eight groups, consisting of nearly 800 seniors stood proudly by projects ranging from as small as a cyborg insect, to as large as an all-electric car, inside of Gampel Pavilion. The capstone projects, which were the culmination of a year’s-worth of work, are known as Senior Design, and are presented annually at Senior Design Demonstration Day.

Board of Directors Honors Dr. Douglas Peterson

Dr. Douglas Peterson, member of the UConn School of Dental Medicine faculty since 1989, will accept the UConn Health Board of Directors Faculty Recognition Award during Monday’s commencement exercises. Peterson is a professor of oral medicine and co-chair of the Head and Neck Cancer/Oral Oncology Program in UConn Health’s Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center. His primary […]

Playwright Michael Bradford, UConn

A Playwright’s Process: an Interview with Michael Bradford

Michael Bradford, Department Head of Dramatic Arts, Artistic Director of Connecticut Repertory Theatre, and professor at the University of Connecticut, is an award-winning playwright.

National Honors for UConn Health

Read about the latest national awards and honors received by UConn Health's faculty and students.

Katie Bradley '18 (BME) tests her device in the Arthur B. Bronwell Building (Eli Freund/UConn Photo)

Senior Design: Using Vibrational Therapy to Change the Outlook for Cerebral Palsy Patients (Part 2)

Entering the final stretch of their Senior Design journey, the biomedical engineering team of Brianna Perry, Morgan DaSilva, Brittany Morgan, and Katie Bradley are realizing the crushing realities of real-world results versus perfect-world expectations.

Kelly Pfeiffer ’18 (CLAS) examines aquaponic lettuce growing in a greenhouse at the Spring Valley Student Farm on April 27, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Growing with Aquaponics at UConn

A new student-led aquaponics system at the Spring Valley Farm is proving fertile ground for research and interdisciplinary projects in addition to fresh produce.

Vijay A. K. Rathinam, an assistant professor in UConn Health’s Department of Immunology recently received funding from the NIH to study an ill-understood response to bacterial infection. (Open Source Image)

Searching for Sepsis Interventions

By studying the regulation of innate immune responses during bacterial infection and sepsis, this project has the potential to identify new biomarkers and targets to intervene before the condition can severely harm the host.