UConn Voices

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A First for UConn: Two Students Named Truman Scholars for 2021

The Truman Scholarship carries the legacy of the 33rd President by supporting and inspiring the next generation of public service leaders.

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Two UConn Students Named Goldwater Scholars

The Goldwater Scholarship was established to identify students of outstanding ability and promise, and encourage them to pursue advanced study and research careers

Meet the Researcher: Jayesh Kamath, School of Medicine

Jayesh Kamath is bringing psychiatry into the mobile tech era by using mHealth technologies to support patients with depression

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Students Earn National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships

Fourteen UConn students and alumni have earned National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships

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Gerald Lewis Jr. Selected as UConn’s Next Chief of Police

Lewis brings decades of experience in public safety and higher education to UConn

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UConn Magazine: Making the World More Poetic

Where some poets turn ever inward, Marilyn (Waniek) Nelson turns outward, and there is compassion in every line she writes.

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UConn Magazine: Pioneering the New Field of Regenerative Engineering — And Championing Social Justice

A master of multiple fields, Dr. Cato T. Laurencin, holds UConn’s highest academic title: University Professor.

Students Host Week of Inclusion

Students in the UConn School of Dental Medicine Special Care Dentistry Interest Group hosted a Week of Inclusion to show support, learn, and discuss the importance of inclusion and connection for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in dentistry.

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Brave Space: Dorian R. Debussy and Christine Sylvester

Alum talks making the University and the country a more supportive place for the LGBTQ-plus community

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UConn Magazine: Raising Her Voice to Amplify Other Voices

Saving a festival youth program in her hometown of Paraty, Brazil, made Pauline Batista ’16 MA a hero there.