Awards & Scholarships

James Waller, Yvette Young, Ruchira Gupta, Aida Salazar, Michele Palmer, and Elise Delacruz at The Dodd Center for Human Rights

Award-Winning Authors Share Stories of Human Rights, Impact on Children in Visits to Hartford and Storrs

'I knew the power of great literature in influencing me'

Nivedha Natchiappan

Meet a Health Care Hero and UConn Medical Student

The Hartford Business Journal honors fourth-year UConn medical student Nivedha Natchiappan of Avon for creating a new social determinants of health screening for newly diagnosed gynecologic cancer patients.

Award presentation with three people

UConn Health’s Gillian Kuszewski Named ‘Pharmacist of the Year’

Presented by the Connecticut Society of Health-System Pharmacists

Dr. Cato T. Laurencin with Lifetime Research awardee Dr. Selwyn M. Vickers and Dr. Randall C. Morgan, W. Montague Cobb Institute President/CEO.

Cato T. Laurencin Lifetime Research Award Given to Dr. Selwyn M. Vickers, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center President and CEO

The Cato T. Laurencin M.D., Ph.D. Lifetime Research Award is one of the highest honors bestowed by the W. Montague Cobb/ National Medical Association Health Institute and the National Medical Association.

UConn entryway sign during the fall season

UConn Named Fulbright HSI Leader for First Time

Fulbright Hispanic Serving-Institutions demonstrate noteworthy support for Fulbright exchange participants

A group of seven individuals in labcoats

Xiuling Lu Wins ‘Women of Innovation’ Award for Research Innovation and Leadership

Lu, CPPR associate director and professor of pharmaceutics, was one of 10 winners statewide

Honorees posing for a photo at the event

Connecticut Technology Council Honors 11 From UConn

Formed in 1994, the organization is the voice of all technology companies in Connecticut

Lily Zhong, medical student at UConn.

Award-Winning UConn Medical Students

UConn School of Medicine students win research poster presentations at the annual meeting of the Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Physicians (ACP).

Andre Rochester, in group portrait, accepts Governor's Arts Award

Prestigious Honor for UConn Health’s Art Curator

Andre Rochester accepts Connecticut Governor’s Arts Award

The UConn Panhellenic Council at the Northeast Greek Leadership Association in February 2024.

UConn’s Panhellenic Council Recognized with National Excellence Award

'Panhellenic brings out the best in people'