University Life

Science Isn’t Always Black and White; UConn Sci-Art Gallery Seeks to Add Color

Combining artistic technique with scientific insight to create holistic scholarship

Portrait of Nidhi Jayakumar Nair in Oak Hall

Nidhi Nair ’23 Named UConn’s First Schwarzman Scholar

Chosen from over 3,000 applicants, the economics major will join 150 fellow scholars in Beijing

Catherine Masud, Laurel Pehmoeller, Heejoo Kim, Sam Olschan, James Coltrain, Heather Elliott-Famularo, Kerry Smith, Michael Toomey, and Tanju Özdemir pose for a photo during the 2022 Digital Media and Design Faculty Exhibition opening reception at the William Benton Museum of Art

Let’s Get Digital: Benton Exhibition Showcases Digital Media & Design Faculty’s Artistry

From documentary film to motion design boards, exhibition shows off diversity of faculty expertise

Second-year students Audrey Larson and Angel Velasquez, and third-year student Charlotte Chen competed as a team in the annual UConn Student Health and Wellness Innovate Wellness Challenge,

UConn Students Design AI Bot to be Integrated Within SHaW

Students at the University of Connecticut collaborate to drive innovations that enhance student wellbeing

Coworking space, office and sharing desk in corporate workplace. Diversity, efficiency and modern working environment for inclusive company. Start up and motion blur of fast and busy employees.

UConn Center Sets Sights on Improving Employment Outcomes for Neurodivergent Graduates

Helping companies create a culture of inclusivity - and success - for neurodivergent workers

Jenna Esposito, a student worker for the archives in Homer Babbidge Library, goes through the zines on display in the Liberated Zine Zone on Level B of the library on Nov. 17, 2022

Get Away from Screens; Make and Read Zines at Homer Babbidge Library

Unique resource offers students the opportunity to create, communicate, and become part of the library's collection

Finish line of Hartford Marathon

Allied Health Students Help Save Man Experiencing Heart Attack at Hartford Marathon

When a runner collapsed at the finish line of the Hartford Marathon, students from UConn's allied health program jumped to action and helped save his life

UConn students and faculty members at the United Nations climate conference in Egypt.

UConn@COP 27: Looking for Solutions to the Climate Crisis

Students who attended the United Nations conference reflect on what they'll take away from it

From left, campus director Dr. Jennifer Orlikoff, Husky Harvest student workers Djanne Martinez and Eden Davies, professor Laura Bunyan, and operations worker Rosa Rizzo pose for photo in the “Husky Harvest” food pantry at UConn Stamford

Husky Harvest Aims to Help Regional Campuses with Food Insecurity

Students, faculty, community groups, merchants, and others join together to address growing need

Students from the Stonington High School marching band rehearse with members of the UConn marching band during one of UCMB’s high school band clinics

UCMB Leaders Help High School Marching Bands ‘Look Great, Sound Great’

Make Your Own Band Day brings lessons of performance and camaraderie to high schools across Connecticut