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HCOP Celebrates New Graduates at 2021 Closing Ceremony

More than 200 high school and college students are now graduates of UConn Health's summer Health Career Opportunity Programs.

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Conquering Coast to Coast ’21

They took slightly different paths, but the UConn Health students who decided to spend the summer bicycling cross-country, carrying on a 16-year school tradition, are back.

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Not Just Another Day in the Park

UConn dental and medical students continue a series of free community health care clinics, offering health screenings and education both within and beyond Connecticut.

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Summer Undergraduate Researcher Etem Beskovic ’22 (CAHNR)

Etem Beskovic ‘22 (CAHNR) is spending his summer researching how to improve a promising treatment for osteogenesis imperfecta

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UConn Dental Student Group Recognized for Community Service

UConn’s Student National Dental Association Chapter receives second-place award in national Chapter of the Year competition

Local and National Awards for UConn Health Faculty and Staff

This summer UConn Health dental and orthopedic faculty and staff have been applauded on the local and national stage for their accomplishments.

Pain from the temporomandibular joint (TMJ, joint of the lower jaw) might be eased by destroying old cells, according to new research.

Killing Off Old Cells Might Mean Relief from Persistent Jaw Pain

'Senescent cells' resist the body's normal process of removing damaged cells

UConn Engineer Develops Lab-on-Paper SARS-CoV-2 Diagnostic by CRISPR

Changchun Liu’s low-cost, easy-to-use device provides accurate results within an hour

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‘Urban Service Talks’ (About Interprofessional Learning)

The future physicians, dentists, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, and physician assistants who take part in the Connecticut Area Health Education Center's (CT AHEC) Urban Service Track/AHEC Scholars Program are walking the walk and now, talking the talk.

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5 Decades of Good Deeds

The UConn Health Auxiliary leaves a legacy of financial and volunteer contributions in support of the institution’s missions going back to 1969.