Schools & Colleges

UConn School of Pharmacy a Key Partner in Fight Against Opioid Epidemic Deaths in Connecticut

University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy faculty and students are battling the opioid epidemic in Connecticut and across the United States.

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Moving As One: Discovering How Synchronous Movements Strengthen Social Bonds

'Synchrony is all around us, subtly shaping our connections and experiences'

Former UConn choral director, the late Peter Bagley, directing a choir concert.

Memorial Concert Honoring the Late Peter Bagley to Draw 120 Alumni for Saturday Performance

Alumni are coming in from all over the country, some who have established careers in music and others who pursued a range of other vocations – all influenced by the man who headed UConn’s choral program for 28 years

Inventor of the Happy Dinosaurs plush toys speaks with a potential investor.

Alum Roars into Children’s Toy Market with Colorful Plush Dinosaurs, Plans for Complementary Books

'As a solo entrepreneur, there are so many jobs to do.  When you’re starting off, you kick down as many doors as you can'

Blackcurrants in containers

Study Suggests Blackcurrant Supplementing Mitigates Postmenopausal Bone Loss

The study found that the supplements either prevented the loss of, and in some cases even increased whole-body bone mineral density

Angela Eikenberry

Meet New Director of the School of Public Policy, Angela Eikenberry

The nonprofit administration researcher shares her love for Hartford, her admiration for her program's diversity, and her realization that School of Public Policy alumni are “everywhere."

School of Pharmacy to Honor Two Alumni at Annual Alumni Awards Reception

Alumni Ryan Iacomacci and James E. Sok will be honored at the UConn School of Pharmacy's annual Alumni Awards Reception.

Social work assistant professor Nate Okpych speaks with a student

Spencer Award to Fund Professor’s Continued Study of Foster Care Youth in Higher Education

'My research lies [in] trying to understand the factors that prevent them from graduating high school and getting into college and what we can do to help make that path smoother'

Luz Burgos-López

Neag School Doctoral Student Receives Social Justice Scholarship and Inaugural Award

Luz Burgos-López, who is also an assistant dean of students at UConn, is a 2024-2025 recipient of the David Putter Scholarship Fund and its first-ever Brock-Ransby Award

Meijin Hsiao '26 (NURS) poses for a photo with an infant-sized nursing manikin in one of the nursing simulation labs in the Widmer Wing of Storrs Hall

By Helping Babies, UConn Nursing Student Aims to Help Everyone Else

Her summer research project studied pharmaceutical methods of neonatal resuscitation and ways to streamline what many nurses describe as a complicated process