Schools & Colleges

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In Memoriam …

Former Dean of School of Pharmacy, Michael Gerald, passes away after a long illness.

Jeffrey Noonan, left, and Kavisha Thakkar have been selected as two of UConn’s Leadership Legacy scholars, an honor bestowed on the University’s most exceptional students, who have demonstrated leadership, personal accomplishment and academic excellence. (Nathan Oldham/UConn photo)

2017 ‘Leadership Legacy’ Students

Two business undergraduate students have been honored as among the University's most promising. Kavisha Thakkar is planning a career as a physician, but is also pursuing a dual degree in accounting, so that she can better understand the healthcare-payment system and assist her future patients. Jeffrey Noonan, a finance major, has secured a summer internship with Bain & Co., one of the world's top management strategy consulting firms.

UConn School of Business Hall of Fame

2017 Business Hall of Fame

Four outstanding alumni will be inducted into the UConn School of Business’ Hall of Fame in March. The ceremony, which draws hundreds of alumni and prominent business executives, is the School’s premiere alumni recognition and networking event.

Message To the Future: Items Needed for the Engineering Time Capsule

We're putting a time capsule in a garden outside the new Engineering & Science Building and we're looking for a few specific items.

Students stopped for a meet and greet with UConn Business School Dean John Elliott on Tuesday morning. (Nathan Oldham/UConn photo)

Donuts with the Dean

School of Business Dean John A. Elliott hosted a “Donuts with the Dean” meet-and-greet session on Jan. 31 in the second-floor atrium at the School of Business. Dozens of students stopped by during the two-hour, informal session to say hello and to discuss their majors, career plans and summer-internship prospects. A similar event is being […]

Staff gathered in the lobby of UConn John Dempsey Hospital's new tower to show how they Go Red for Women's heart disease awareness and prevention (Photo: UConn Health/Janine Gelineau).

UConn Nation Goes Red for Women’s Heart Health

On National Wear Red Day UConn Nation across UConn and UConn Health's campuses went from blue to red to raise awareness of women's heart disease and to help strike out the number one killer of Americans.

Assistant professor of communication John Christensen wearing a virtual reality headset. (UConn Photo)

Video Games as Research

UConn researcher John Christensen is using digital media to improve health behaviors.

Professor Alexandra Lahav Defends Litigation in New Book

The popular perception of a nation awash in frivolous lawsuits and outrageous damage awards is not just inaccurate, it is undermining one of the pillars of American democracy, writes UConn Law Professor Alexandra Lahav in a new book, In Praise of Litigation. This is because courts and legislatures have reacted by limiting people’s ability to […]

Dr. Se-Jin Lee

Acclaimed Geneticist to Join UConn Health & The Jackson Laboratory

UConn Health and The Jackson Laboratory have recruited internationally renowned geneticist Dr. Se-Jin Lee, who specializes in discovering causes and cures for muscle degenerative diseases. He joins this summer from Johns Hopkins.

Retroactive Autorretrato, 2013, by Negar Ahkami, gesso, acrylic, and glitter on canvas stretched on panel. (Courtesy of Leila Heller Gallery)

New Exhibition Treads ‘Sacred Ground’

'UConn Reads: Sacred Ground' at the Benton Museum is based on this year's UConn Reads selection, which outlines a vision of America where people of all faiths can make a country where diverse traditions thrive side by side.