University Life

Three executives from Insurity on stage, presenting at a leadership conference.

Meeting the Team: Insurity Offers Unfettered Access to C-Suite

Leadership series allowed students to ask probing questions, gain behind-the-scenes knowledge

Pride Celebrated at UConn Health

To kick-off Pride Month members of the UConn Health community ceremonially raised the flag on the morning of June 3 with the help of the UConn Fire Department.

Aerial image of the University of Connecticut during Fall 2023.

Ten Students Earn Awards From Gilman Foundation

Each Gilman Scholar is required to complete a service project upon their return from studying abroad in their campus or home community

Student conducting chemistry experiment in lab

High School Students Get Hands on Experience at UConn Chemistry Early College Experience Day

Students from eight high schools participated in the day-long event, performing a photoswitching chemistry experiment

Students and UConn Extension faculty work at planting a rain garden next to the Dairy Bar.

Tending Your Garden: New Rain Garden Installation Offers Lessons in Local Impact

'This is really what it's about – the students learning an actual real-world thing that they can put their hands on, something that they can remember, and they can bring their families here and show them'

People paddle in a canoe down a flooded street.

UConn Hosts Just Transitions Symposium

A multidisciplinary approach to addressing the climate crisis - and finding solutions

Professors Jeffrey Dudas and Stephen Dyson record a podcast episode about Taylor Swift.

Listen Up: UConn Popcast Digs Deep on Culture and Society

Two professors of political science at UConn analyze popular culture through the lens of the humanities

A collage of Isaiah Harvey, Jakobi Samuels, and Samuel Agyei. Both Isaiah and Jakobi are holding awards from ScHOLARS House

ScHOLA2RS House Presents Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D. Awards to Three Extraordinary Undergraduate Students

UConn’s ScHOLA2RS House is a Learning Community program dedicated to support the scholastic efforts of male students who identify as African American/Black.

Workers use a crane to deliver the Spirit Rock to a new home at the South Campus Commons.

Spirit Rock Settles Into New Home in Central Quad of Storrs Campus

The iconic rock has had many homes on campus since the 1940s

The UConn Formula SAE team examines their vehicle during the competition at Michigan International Speedway.  

Driven to Succeed: UConn Formula SAE Makes History with 4th Place Win

The annual competition, organized by SAE International, challenges students to conceive, design, fabricate, develop, and compete with high performance "formula" vehicles