Entrepreneurship

A woman shops for underwear in a department store.

UConn MBA Student Launching Lingerie Company That Shuns Toxic Chemicals, Appeals to Health-Conscious Consumers

'Everything I do is very intentional, even down to the tags'

Members of the HealthWerx team at Hartford HealthCare’s Pearl Street Office on June 2, 2023, in Hartford. From left: Genesis Rosario '24 (CAHNR), Brenda Lituma Solis '23 (CAHNR) '25 MS, Sophia Manos '24 (CLAS), Jewel Booker '25 (CLAS), and Zoey England '22 (CLAS).

UConn Students Innovate Community Health through Werth Institute, Hartford HealthCare Partnership

'Not only do I want to innovate medicine, I want to make sure that I can learn more about the community that I came from'

A woman eats a sandwich in a fast-food restaurant.

Tech Startup Swipestorm Addresses Quick-Service Restaurants’ Customer-Service Issues

Student's company is one of six UConn-affiliated startups selected to participate in the Wolff New Venture Competition

Close up of a mushroom with the title 'Mushroom Surfboards' overlaying it

Surf’s Up! Using Mushrooms to Make a More Sustainable Surfboard

Protecting the oceans one mushroom surfboard at a time

UConn Joins Elite Cohort of Economically Impactful Institutions

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) honors UConn’s success as economic engine and innovation driver for the state and region.

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From Public Health to Platform and Marketing for Startups – Sumia Shaikh’s Unconventional Path to Venture Capital

Shaikh is using her knowledge of public health to advance health innovation and equity in entrepreneurship

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Connecticut and UConn are Leaders in Clean Energy and Sustainability

Our leaders, innovators, and scholars have worked tirelessly to drive progress in sustainability, moving us toward independence from fossil fuels and steeling our power grid against severe weather and other risk factors.

Onyeka Obiocha, left, executive director of CTNext, chats with Cody Simms of MCJ Collective during the Future Climate Venture Studio showcase in the Innovation Partnership Building on April 20, 2023.

Building an Innovation Ecosystem Where Everyone Can Thrive

'We have leaders who believe in Connecticut, we have the resources, and we have the talent'

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New Preventative Treatment for Porcine Virus Could Save Billions for Farmers

Using AI, researchers hunted through millions of compounds to find a specific receptor, CD163, to stop cells from becoming infected

Jithu Sajeevan, left, a UConn Stamford student and co-owner of DIG USA, plays a round of chess with one of his students during a chess tournament at the Our Lady of Fatima School in Wilton

UConn Stamford Student Finds His American Dream through Chess

Lessons learned on the chessboard turn into real-life success story for Jithu Sajeevan