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NEM mentors and mentees gathered for an NEM Happy Hour.

Enriching Mentorship to Ensure Success in Grad School

The UConn Graduate School is helping establish enduring mentor and mentee relationships

Waterbury Walkbury.  Students walking around Waterbury, CT. visiting local businesses and City Hall

UConn Waterbury’s ‘Walkbury’ Initiative: Connecting Campus with Community, Culture, and History

'Walkbury is an excellent example of how a university and a city can work together to build community'

UConn Health Opens New Home for New England Sickle Cell Institute and Connecticut Bleeding Disorders Center

Sickle cell and blood disorder patients now have a new, combined state-of-the-art 12,840 sq. ft. care space at UConn John Dempsey Hospital

Presentation, blur and workshop with business people in meeting for financial, speaker and company valuation. Investment report, asset management and budget portfolio with employees in office.

UConn, Wells Fargo Partnership Bringing Neurodiversity Workshop for Employers to Boston

No-cost, one-day program to be hosted by Loomis Sayles, focusing on end-to-end neurodiversity initiative design

Jill Wergrzyn

Biology Associate Professor Awarded Nation’s Highest Honor for Early-Career Researchers

Jill Wegrzyn, Associate Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, earned recognition from former President Joe Biden

Drone of Young building and Horsebarn Hill

UConn’s Unique Landscape Architecture Program Reaccredited

The CAHNR program has been re-accredited for four more years by the Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board (LAAB)

The oak leaf seal of the University of Connecticut.

Message on Recent Executive Orders and Federal Actions

President Maric and Provost D’Alleva update the university community

Backyard poultry

Does Bird Flu Affect My Food?

UConn Extension educators provide information on how to prevent risk from bird flu exposure and how to prepare food properly to ensure food safety

Arash Esmaili Zaghi, professor of civil engineering at UConn.

Engineering Professor Earns Nation’s Highest Honor for Early-Career Scientists

President Biden named Arash E. Zaghi, an engineering professor with a passion for supporting neurodiverse learners, as a PECASE recipient

Gaofei Zhang, a Ph.D. candidate in Allied Health, has created her own company featuring ultra-warm and stylish winter boots. Zhang credits UConn's Innovation Quest program for helping her become an entrepreneur.

Innovation Quest Turns Students into Entrepreneurs 

New CEO Gaofei Zhang hopes her boot company will make cold, wet feet a thing of the past