Schools & Colleges
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.
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 […]
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ten Accomplished Alumni Inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Engineers’ Class of 2018
The Academy, which has inducted 165 total members since its inception in 2003, honors School of Engineering alumni whose careers are characterized by their sustained and exemplary contributions to the engineering profession through research, practice, education, policy or service. Members are individuals who bring enduring honor to their alma mater as practitioners and as citizens.