University News
MLK Day of Service: UConn Health Students Improving Health Outcomes for Connecticut Citizens
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2024 UConn medical and dental students gathered to present posters about their project efforts around the state to improve health outcomes for Connecticut residents.
January 18, 2024 | Lauren Woods
UConn Health Begins Blood and Marrow Transplants
Dr. Kapil S. Meleveedu was recently recruited and has launched the new Blood and Marrow Transplant Program establishing a state-of-the-art Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at UConn John Dempsey Hospital.
January 17, 2024 | Lauren Woods
UConn John Dempsey Hospital Named to Newsweek’s New America’s Best-In-State Hospitals List
UConn’s award-winning teaching hospital is the only hospital in the Greater Hartford area to make Newsweek’s new best-in-state hospital ranking.
January 17, 2024 | Lauren Woods
AIAA Honors Professor Sung with Prestigious 2024 Energy Systems Award
Professor Jackie Sung developed a rapid compression machine to investigate the kinetics of combustion reactions at low temperatures.
January 11, 2024 | Olivia Drake
Professor Cato T. Laurencin of UConn receives the 2024 John P. McGovern Compleat Physician Award
The award recognizes physicians who have enriched the field of medicine with excellence and humaneness.
January 10, 2024 | Emily Touch
Work-Based Learning Programs Are the Future of Facilities Operations
The job market in the trades is extremely competitive right now and the work-based learning programs give UConn a jump on candidates
January 10, 2024 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
Seven UConn Students Earn Prestigious Gilman Scholarships
The program encourages travel to diverse locations, along with intensive language study and internship experiences
January 5, 2024 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Delivers Keynote Speech at University of Virginia Diversity Conference
Laurencin’s keynote address challenged the conference's audience to consider adopting his concept called the IDEAL Path (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Anti-Racism and Learning).
December 26, 2023 | Cato T. Laurencin Institute
Innovation Experts Make Their Pitch for Quantum Technology, Unleashing Excitement, Urgency
'What gets me fired up is a future where the entire world benefits from novel developments'
December 18, 2023 | Claire Hall
UConn Adopts Ambitious 10-Year Strategic Plan
Building on the pillars of promoting holistic student success, expanding the University’s research impact, and helping Connecticut thrive
December 18, 2023 | Stephanie Reitz