University News

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UConn Joins Initiative to Help Ensure Transparency in College Costs

'Our approach is specifically designed to empower students and families with time to ask questions, to call us, to research, and to get answers to their inquiries'

Attendees of the donation of athletic letter sweater that belonged to former UConn student-athlete John E. Winzler '42 to the Husky Heritage Sports Museum pose for a photo in the museum in the Alumni Center

UConn Sports Museum Receives Varsity Sweater From Military Hero

The letter sweater of John Winzler ’42 (CLAS) is now on display at the J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum

U.S. Treasurer and Chief of the Mohegan Tribe Lynn Malerba speaks in the Student Union Theatre

U.S. Treasurer Encourages UConn Audience To Embrace Change

Lynn Malerba ’08 MPA, Chief of the Mohegan Tribe, praised UConn for work in hearing the voices of Indigenous people

UConn Research, Provost’s Office Launch Student-Centric Sustainability Initiative

Offices announce PRISMATIC: The President’s Research Investment in Sustainability Measures, Actions, Technologies, Initiatives, and Communities

Students planting a tree

Action-oriented Symposium Connects Researchers to Encourage Collaboration for a Sustainable Environmental Future

'We have heard these wonderful talks, now what are we going to do? The time for action is now'

Memories of the Past, to Support the Future: UConn Presents 2023 Dodd Prize with Sweeping Conversation about Global Democracy

'This year’s recipient of the Dodd Prize embodies the understanding that human rights are a cause that cannot be limited to individual countries'

The University of Connecticut sign decorated with fall foliage

Connecticut’s UConn 2000 Bonds Receive Money-Saving Ratings Boost

A prominent rating agency has upgraded its assessment of state bonds used in the transformational UConn 2000 initiative, helping to reduce long-term borrowing costs while reflecting UConn’s strong reputation and Connecticut’s commitment to higher education

Aerial image of the University of Connecticut during Fall 2023.

Trustees Declare Unequivocal Support For UConn Sustainability Efforts

The board’s declaration adds to the many ways in which UConn is working toward its goal of climate neutrality on campus by 2030

Aerial image of the University of Connecticut during Fall

UConn Places Highly In Various National Rankings

UConn is considered one of the top public research institutions in the country and the rankings it has consistently received in the last year only reinforce that point

Chapal Bhavsar '26 poses for a photo next to Swan Lake

Finance Major Was Part of Fulbright U.K. Summer Institute

Chapal Bhavsar was selected to be part of an interdisciplinary program emphasizing climate change, sustainability, and civic responsibility for the future of the planet