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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.

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

Drone photo looking over the Student Union towards Wilbur Cross

Allied Health Sciences Professor Tapped as Permanent Director of InCHIP

Tricia Leahey, Professor of Allied Health Sciences, will take the helm of UConn’s Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy

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Labor Day Report: Less Occupational Disease; COVID-19 Still Dominates

UConn Health is out with its annual Labor Day 'Occupational Disease in Connecticut' report

Michael Farina '26 (SFA), front row and second from left, received accolades in the prestigious jazz publication, DownBeat magazine, this summer. Farina is UConn's first student in the new Bachelor of Music in Jazz program.

UConn Jazz Student Lauded for Outstanding Performance by Prestigious DownBeat Magazine

Michael Farina is one of six college undergraduates worldwide to make the list and the only tenor saxophonist

Joanie Papillon '24 (SFA), poses with the current progress of her puppetry project

Puppetry Student Says Multidisciplinary Talents are Key to Her Success

'This is the height of my student career here, but it’s also something that will help me bounce into the professional world after my graduation'

Michael Gilman shows an oyster dredge to students in the “Foundations of Shellfish Farming” class at UConn Avery Point

New Federal Funds Will Support Projects to Enhance Aquaculture Education, Kelp Farming

Federal grant funding will provide for assessment of workforce needs and purchase of mobile lab

headshot of Professor of Chemical Engineering Xiao-Dong Zhou

Zhou to Lead Clean Energy Engineering Efforts at UConn

Xiao-Dong Zhou, incoming director of the Center for Clean Energy Engineering (C2E2) will serve as a special advisor on sustainable energies to President Radenka Maric and Vice President for Research Pamir Alpay

Man stands outside holding camera

Managing Roadside Forests One Video at a Time

UConn PhD student Durga Joshi is commercializing technology to better manage trees and the damage they can cause during extreme storms

A fall morning aerial view of the Wilbur Cross Building on Oct. 18, 2021.

UConn Foundation Announces Fourth Consecutive Record-Breaking Year for Fundraising

The largest single gift in UConn’s history is included in the historic $158 million total