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E.O. Smith High School students use a virtual reality exhibit to learn about the Holocaust.

Neag School Members Bring Holocaust, Identity Education to Local High School

'Breaking Bias and Creating Community' is an experience that features interactive Holocaust survivor testimony, a virtual reality tour of a concentration camp, and a photo exhibit that focuses on identity

John P. McGovern Award

Porcine Hydrogels Hold Potential Key for Regenerative Engineering

Dr. Cato T. Laurencin leads team researching a gap in regenerative engineering that could be solved with material collected from pig skeletal muscle

Tahlia Watson standing near a barn

UConn 4-H Sparks Career Exploration for Tahlia Watson of Bloomfield

For Tahlia Watson, UConn 4-H provided a spark that ignited a love for working with animals, leadership, and community engagement

Andrei Abarientos ‘26 (CAHNR), a pathobiology and veterinary science major, is interning this summer at Rocky Mountain Laboratories, a National Institutes of Health laboratory in Montana

Understanding what Makes Ticks Tick Through Their Spit

Andrei Abarientos ‘26 (CAHNR) is interning this summer at Rocky Mountain Laboratories, a National Institutes of Health laboratory, to learn about a unique aspect of this harmful insect

Tyler Gavitt in the lab

CAHNR Alum Tyler Gavitt Uses Science to Design Vaccines and Foster Open Public Health Discussion

From transformational research experiences, to basketball championships and chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream, three-time UConn alum Tyler Gavitt shares his UConn journey and where it's taken him

New Grant Focuses on Improving Meat Quality

CAHNR researchers will investigate if Vitamin E as a dietary supplement can improve the meat from cattle with hypertension

Elizabeth “Lizzie” Suschana

$1 Million and Counting in Free Community Care by UConn Students

Since 2007 the Urban Service Track/AHEC Scholars at UConn have been providing critical health care access to underserved Connecticut citizens directly inside their communities as they train together to be the next generation of well-rounded primary care and health care professionals

Varun Chamarty ’26 (ENG) poses for a photo in a lab in the Academic Building of the UConn Health campus

Of Mice and Machine Learning

Varun Chamarty ’26 (ENG) hopes that machine learning will help researchers make discoveries that they might otherwise not be able to see, using new tools to build on a growing body of neuroscientific research

John Inguagiato, associate professor of turfgrass pathology in the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, speaks with attendees of the 2024 Turfgrass Field Day. (Jason Sheldon/UConn Photo)

Helping Businesses Grow: Turfgrass Field Day Connects Research and Industry

The flagship event helps foster collaboration and connection between UConn research and members of the business community

two men hoisting bicycles over their heads on a beach

Back From Biking Coast-to-Coast

Dental students continue 19-year UConn Health tradition of cycling cross-country for a cause