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Training Connecticut’s Next Generation of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Disease Researchers

The future healthcare workforce to help advance critical research in nephrology, urology, and hematology is being built right here in Connecticut.

Students and faculty plant flowers against a concrete wall in a prison yard.

UConn Students Bring Landscape Design to Connecticut Correctional Facilities 

Through a partnership with UConn’s Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy, landscape architecture students are gaining hands-on experience while exploring how thoughtful design can help create healthier correctional environments

(Photo courtesy of Westminster School).

UConn School of Medicine Grows its Career Mentorship of Hartford Youth

More and more UConn faculty have been mentoring middle school students weekly this summer at Horizons at Westminster School.

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UConn’s Largest Medical School Class Yet Dons 117 New White Coats

August 14 marked the annual White Coat Ceremony milestone for the incoming Class of 2030 at UConn School of Medicine.

A view of the Innovation Partnership Building on Aug. 6, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

A New Path for Rising Tech Talent

New Tech Park Talent Incubator presents UConn first-year students with early chance to establish career path

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New UConn Survey Finds 53% of Connecticut Parents Say Childcare is Too Expensive

Statewide survey conducted by UConn and the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood provides an updated benchmark for tracking childcare access and affordability

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Veterans’ Bootcamp Graduates 21 Entrepreneurs – Including One Who Appreciated a Great Hot Sauce Before He was Born

 ‘It could make a dirty shoe taste good!’

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U.S. National Science Foundation Announces Transformational Award to Connecticut’s Quantum Tech Sector  

'NSF Engines investments in critical technologies and future industries will transform America’s innovation infrastructure for decades to come'

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UConn Unifies Shipbuilding Efforts Under One Banner

The UConn Shipbuilding Initiative offers students and researchers opportunities in key national security industry

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Shucking Success: The Next Generation of Connecticut Shellfish Farmers

UConn Extension and Connecticut Sea Grant prepare aspiring entrepreneurs to navigate the challenges of shellfish aquaculture and sustain Connecticut’s historic working waterfront