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Four incoming Class of 2029 UConn medical students celebrating their exciting preview to UConn Health thanks to their summer research experience including Bria Slater (center-front row), and (back row) Sophia Fernandes, Christopher Morales, and Dany Skaf with some of their dedicated UConn Health faculty mentors OB/GYN Dr. Dyanne Tappin (left front) and Nueroscientist Alice Burghard (front right). (John Atashian Photo/ UConn Health - July 17, 2025).

Incoming UConn Medical Students Get Hands-On Summer Research Experience

For the first time the Health Career Opportunities Program of UConn Health offered matriculating UConn medical students summer research opportunities.

White pharmaceutical pills spilling from prescription bottle over American map. (Stuart Richie/iStock/Getty Images)

Study Highlights Higher Rates, Risk Factors for Non-Fatal Overdoses

A new opioid overdose study has identified several key risk factors associated with non-fatal overdoses drawing from a sample of people who use opioids in New Haven

Explorer AUV (autonomous underwater vehicle) at Australian Maritime College

UConn AUKUS Scholars Explore Undersea Vehicle Technology, International Collaborations in Australia

Five College of Engineering students studied systems thinking and interdisciplinary teamwork essential in modern undersea vehicle development

Cows grazing in their pastures

Finding New Strategies for Treating a Catastrophic Disease

Foot and Mouth Disease was eradicated in the US in 1929, and researchers are working to make sure it stays that way

California's Salton Sea lake, with dead trees and a blue sky.

Geothermal Brine May Hold a Key to Stored Energy Challenges

Making domestic lithium recovery economically and environmentally viable is a critical goal for meeting the nation’s increasing appetite for energy storage and sustainability

CT State Rep. Murray Riley meeting with students and members of the new Galen V. Henderson, MD Stimulate Equity, Education, and Diversity (SEED) Program. (NEDS Photo Credit)

UConn Medical Students Learning to Strike Out Organ Donation Inequities

New England Donor Services Launches New Medical Student Summer Immersion Program to Advance the Future of Organ Donation and Transplant Equity.

Dr. Robert Fuller in blue scrubs in the emergency department

End of an Emergency Medicine Era

Dr. Robert Fuller leaves a legacy at UConn Health and beyond

Group portrait of five outdoors in front of "Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital" sign

UConn Health’s Core Lab Director Shares Expertise in Asia

Dr. Anu Maharjan presents at global lab quality workshop in Nepal

Conference attendees listen to presenters during Teaching and Learning with Technology conference.

AI in K-12 Education: Partners in Progress, Not Replacements

As artificial intelligence continues to transform industries worldwide, educators and researchers with the Neag School of Education are exploring how it may reshape teaching and learning

A man dressed in linen tunic with a bright colored necklace holds a white dove.

MFA Acting Alum Makes Name for Himself as Cast Member on ‘The Chosen: Last Supper’

'Everything moved into place. It felt like prayers being answered'