UConn Voices

Female student seated outside

My CAHNR Experience: Salma Gudaf, Mindfulness for First Gen Students

One CAHNR student shares her experience tackling stress as a First Generation student

Aysha Mahmood '14.

UConn Magazine: Cool to be Kind

'I feel like I'm living my dream'

Pratt & Whitney Scholars will receive $10,000 per year in financial aid, in addition to several other benefits.

New Pratt & Whitney Scholars Program to Benefit UConn Engineering Students

Applications are now open; First cohort awardees will be announced in January 2022

Neag School of Education Professor and former Major League baseball player Doug Glanville.

UConn Magazine: The Long Game

From the major leagues to academia

UConn Faculty, Staff, Students and Alumni Honored by NAACP

UConn will be well represented when the Connecticut NAACP branches play host to a reception to honor the “100 Most Influential Blacks in the State of Connecticut.”

Student and instructor in the forest

Teens and Adults Working Together to Help Conservation Efforts in Connecticut Communities

A unique program is giving intergenerational teams the opportunity to have an impact on their communities through environmental action

Vern Granger, director of undergraduate admissions, speaks during the Convocation ceremony on the Student Union Mall on Aug. 23, 2019.

UConn Admissions Director Vern Granger Tapped to Lead National Professional Association

In each of the undergraduate admissions cycles during which Granger has been director, the University has attracted record numbers of students of color as part of the incoming classes

A magnolia tree blossoming outside the Ratcliffe Hicks School of Agriculture, where a new program for Native students will be launched.

New CAHNR Program Provides Scholarships, Support for Native Students

A new initiative provides Native students with financial, cultural, and academic support to make college more accessible

Brunna Louzada '22 (SFA), left, and Kate Gavilanes '22 (CLAS) paint a banner for the the homecoming parade at the Puerto Rican / Latin American Cultural Center on Oct. 1, 2021.

National Hispanic Heritage Month Puts Focus on Latinx Experience at UConn

The Latinx community at UConn is supported by a number of different entities, all of them working closer than ever to provide one solid support network

Muireann Nic Corcrain is a Fulbright Scholar from Ireland Teaching the Irish language at UConn.

An Bhfuil Gaeilge Agat?: Fulbright Scholar Helps Bring Irish Language and Culture to UConn

Muireann Nic Corcráin is spending the year at UConn teaching the Irish language - and spreading the culture of the Emerald Isle.