Economic Development

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‘Grant Trails’ Shows How Research Funding Benefits Connecticut

A heat map worth a thousand words

Pamir Alpay

State Investment in QuantumCT Supports Innovation Infrastructure

Gov. Ned Lamont announced that Connecticut will invest more than $50 million in New Haven to spur growth in cutting-edge sectors, including $10 million for QuantumCT, a statewide initiative led by UConn and Yale

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UConn Reaches Records for Tech Licensing, Startup Growth

Despite an unpredictable landscape, tech entrepreneurship is thriving.

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Real Estate Professor Cohen: Study Confirms that Properties Adjacent to Tornado Destruction Initially Plunge in Value

Lessons learned may apply to areas recovering from other natural disasters

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Building Connecticut’s Shellfish Workforce and Industry Resilience

With learning in the field and classroom, CT Sea Grant offers a program that combines science, policy, and lived experience to help launch Connecticut businesses

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Improving Urban Land Access for Agriculture in Connecticut

'Secure land access is one of the greatest challenges that urban producers grapple with in Connecticut'

Tech Park Industrial Partnerships Panel

How to Partner With Industry (by Really Trying)

Successful UConn researchers offer Insight on fruitful collaboration with private industry

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Rodney Butler, Ahead of CAHNR Commencement Speech, Reflects on Decades Spent Helping His Tribe

'Real success is pulling others in, lifting them up, working together, and having that shared success'

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A Final Milestone and a Glimpse of the Future for Engineering Students

The College of Engineering’s Senior Design Day brings out the best in student creativity, collaboration and problem solving

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Global Training and Development Institute Marks Significant Milestone

The 20th cohort of the Nexus Startup Hub graduated this spring