Awards & Scholarships

Woman works in lab

Innovative Algae Technologies Help UConn Teams Advance in National Competition

The interdisciplinary teams will develop sustainable, algae-based products for use as a poultry feed supplement and food preservative

Tae’Niajha Pullen

CLAS Junior Named 2024-2025 Newman Civic Fellow

Tae’Niajha Pullen ’25 (CLAS), an Africana studies major, will participate in the yearlong program that recognizes leadership potential and commitment to creating positive change in communities

Dr. Danielle Luciano

Connecticut’s ‘Top Doctors’ are at UConn Health

50 UConn Health Experts Make 2024 ‘Top Doctors’ List of Connecticut Magazine

Lily Zhong and her poster "Cardiovascular interventions may provide differential benefits by patients' frailty"

Lily Zhong’s American Geriatrics Society Award ‘Unprecedented’

2nd straight year a UConn medical student wins Edward Henderson Student Award

Debra Abromaitis smiling speaking to someone seated with back to camera in office setting

‘How We Can Get Ready for the Next Patient’

Nightingale Award recognizes UConn Health’s Debra Abromaitis for her legacy of service

Norah Berrah, professor of physics.

Physics Professor Nora Berrah Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Berrah is the seventh member of the UConn community to be elected to the selective national organization that works to advise the nation on issues relating to science and technology

Cynthia Webster and Charlotte Chen, recipients of prestigious NSF awards.

UConn Students Earn NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

The program supports outstanding students in NSF-supported disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees

Jeffrey McCutcheon is the General Electric Professor in Advanced Manufacturing in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. 

McCutcheon Uses Membrane Technologies to Engineer a Cleaner Future

This month, the North American Membrane Society (NAMS) is honoring College of Engineering Professor Jeffrey McCucheon for his outstanding contributions to the field of membrane science

From left: Josué Martínez-Martínez, John Toribio, and Kyle Mahoney.

Innovation Quest’s Three Winning Teams All Passionate About Human Health

Entrepreneurship competition draws 22% more participants this year

Neo Lin holds a sample in a laboratory.

UConn Junior Named Goldwater Scholar

The Goldwater Scholarship was established with the purpose of identifying students of outstanding ability and promise, and encouraging them to pursue advanced study and research careers