University Life

Four people pose for a photo with one person holding the spirit award trophy and the other holding a paper with their recognition

Employees Honored At Annual UConn Spirit Awards Ceremony

Every year, the ceremony recognizes the efforts of employees, especially staff, in building community and promoting civility at the University

Family standing around the Husky statue all dressed in UConn gear

A Family of Huskies Adds Another Graduate This Spring

When Mary Kate Neumuth ’25 (CLAS) graduates from UConn a year early in May, she will continue a three-generation tradition of Husky alumni in her family

MCB Professor Kristen Ramsey and Ken Jennings, host of Jeopardy!

This Is Jeopardy! … With a UConn Professor

A UConn molecular and cell biology assistant professor appeared on the game show on April 1

A team photo of the UConn Field Hockey team taken on a field

A Winning Collaboration: How an Internship Program is Connecting Top Data Science Students to UConn Sports Teams

 In the two years since it launched, the Sports Statistics Experiential Learning Program has grown to pair students with 12 UConn athletic programs

A young woman stands in front of a glass door, behind which is a seed library.

Sowing the Seeds of a New Community Resource

'A place on campus where you’re able to get the seeds you need, the pots you need, and the other resources you need to grow your own food'

Two women speaking in office setting

Social Workers Are a Vital Part of Care Teams

UConn Health recognizes contributions of its 35 social workers

Graduating UConn medical student and future primary care doctor Lily Zhong celebrating Match Day 2025 with her parents.

111 UConn Medical Students Meet Their Residency Match

Largest Match Day ever for Connecticut’s No. 1 producer of new doctors, UConn School of Medicine

A man holding a banjo.

An Evening of Contemporary Bluegrass with Noam Pikelny & Friends at Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts

Pikelny has emerged as the preeminent banjoist of his generation

Researchers work in a village in Peru.

NSF Project Evaluates Students’ Attitudes Toward Human Rights in Engineering 

Faculty from engineering, human rights, and education are integrating human rights into the engineering curricula to foster a more socially aware generation of engineers

Students outside the UConn Sugar Shack

Golden Goodness: Turning Sap into Syrup in the UConn Forest

Move over Vermont. UConn students make delicious Connecticut maple syrup from trees right on campus