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Dr. Cato T. Laurencin (right) with the 2023 UConn senior student award winners.

Three UConn Students Receive the Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D. Award

“These students are truly remarkable scholars,” applauds Dr. Cato T. Laurencin about UConn's top academically achieving Black male senior year students Mason Holland, Shihab Khalfalla, and Khalil Simon.

Close up of a UConn-decorated mortarboard

2023 Commencement Speakers and Honorary Degree Recipients

Speakers from a broad range of fields and backgrounds will share their wisdom with UConn's Class of 2023

The official University of Connecticut seal, in painted gold on an oak panel.

UConn Ends Pandemic-Era COVID Vaccination Requirement

The University continues to urge students to remain up to date with the vaccine

Romir Raj, this year's recipient of the Barry Goldwater scholarship

UConn Junior Romir Raj Named Goldwater Scholar

The Goldwater is the nation’s premier scholarship for undergraduates studying math, natural sciences, and engineering

Storrs Hall is seen from the opposite side of Swan Lake.

Victoria Vaughan Dickson Named as Next Dean of the UConn School of Nursing

Dickson, an international expert in qualitative research techniques, mixed methods research, will start at UConn on Aug. 1

Katherine Jimenez (CLAS '24), a recipient of the Beinecke Scholarship, poses for a photo on campus

Katherine Jimenez Named UConn’s First Beinecke Scholar

The journalism and English major has already begun work on a novel based on her mother's experiences during the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua

Donovan Clingan walking in the NCAA MBB Trophy during the Welcome Back Rally held in Gampel

‘We Did That, Didn’t We?’

UConn men's basketball team gets heroes' welcome from Connecticut fans

UConn Men's Basketball team hoisting the NCAA trophy

UConn Men Win Championship

A dominant NCAA tournament performance ends with the men's basketball team bringing championship gold back to Storrs

UConn MBB bench celebrating during final four run

Huskies Looking to Make History, Add to Program’s Legacy

'It’s really exciting to be a fan and get to see that and represent UConn'

Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Awarded by the American Chemical Society Receiving the 2023 Priestley Medal

The Priestley Medal is the highest honor of the American Chemical Society.