Economic Development
UConn Deepening Hartford Roots with Plans for Student Housing
The move is one of many in which UConn is working to deepen its ties with the capital city
A Dual Mission: Growing Green, UConn Professor Earns Income Licensing Plants that Fight Climate Change
'I’m trying to create plants that can replace a lot of the plants that we seem to be losing due to climate change, drought, heat, and insects and disease'
Pratt & Whitney Engineering Building Unveiled
Pratt & Whitney has strong ties to the UConn College of Engineering and UConn School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Manufacturing Engineering
Meeting the High-Speed Challenge
The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded UConn an additional $10.5 million for projects related to welding and advanced materials for high-temperature applications
How Hemp Could Save Horticulture
and some of North America’s largest carbon-capturing ecosystems
Wells Fargo Partnership Helping UConn Center Define ‘Dimensions of Excellence’ in Neuro-inclusive Employment
'We have tapped into a large talent pool that offers skills and capabilities and brings a tremendous amount of value to the table'
Sunday Sales Did Not Harm nor Help Liquor, Grocery Stores in CT
A new study finds fear over Sunday liquor sales from Connecticut package stores was unfounded
UConn Awarded $4.5M DOE Grant to Benefit Grid Reliability for Transmission and Distribution Systems
The project team will create open-source data visualization tools to display information about renewable energy sources and distributed energy resources
New Analysis from UConn: Where in the U.S. Do Small Businesses Live the Longest?
Businesses, like people, have life expectancies, and a new metric helps measure them
Werth Institute Pilot Helping Students Turn Climate Passion into Sustainability Action
'In the classroom, you're talking about it with people, you're talking about the social impacts, you're learning about the physical impacts, the emotional – all of it'