Awards & Scholarships
Doctoral Student Named to First Class of Quad Fellows
The Quad program is highly competitive with only 100 students selected for the initial class among 3,600 initial applicants
UConn’s Justin Cotney, Ph.D. to be Honored for Research Excellence by Society for Craniofacial Genetics & Developmental Biology
Cotney will be honored on October 10 at the Society’s 46th annual meeting for his research enhancing the understanding of craniofacial development and disease.
2023 Malka Penn Award Recognizes Beneath the Wide Silk Sky and The Tower of Life
Children’s literature selections honored for outstanding work addressing human rights issues and themes
Dr. Cato T. Laurencin to Receive the Kathryn C. Hach Award for Entrepreneurial Success from the American Chemical Society
Laurencin serves UConn as University Professor, the Albert and Wilda Van Dusen Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, and professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, materials science and engineering, and biomedical engineering.
UConn Junior Takes Part In Prestigious Summer Program
Mariam Vargas spent six weeks in Washington, D.C., learning from diplomats, foreign service officers, and other leading foreign affairs professionals.
Mark Terasaki, Ph.D. of UConn Elected a Fellow of The American Society for Cell Biology
In early December Terasaki will be recognized in Boston as a new ASCB fellow at Cell Bio 2023, the joint meeting of ASCB and the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).
UConn Graduate Earns Prestigious Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship
Brennan’s long-term goal is to develop a holistic primary health clinic that offers evidence-based care inclusive of a patient’s body, mind, circumstances, culture, spirituality and environment
Regenerative Engineering Pioneer Professor Cato T. Laurencin Named 2023 Inventor of the Year
The Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation (IPOEF) awards the prestigious Inventor of the Year award to Dr. Cato T. Laurencin for his groundbreaking innovation in regenerative engineering. Dr. Laurencin’s work has led to clinical systems for bone, cartilage, ligament, and tendon healing and regeneration.
Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Elected to the Council of the National Academy of Medicine
This July Dr. Laurencin begins his 3-year term for the Academy’s governing and oversight body.
Microscopy on Ice with UConn Health’s New Cryogenic Equipment
Cryogenic electron microscopy, which can produce 3D pictures of minute quantities of biological material, is a new forefront of research capabilities at UConn School of Medicine