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Ted Rathjen, senior shellfish warden for Groton, steers the boat as Kaitlyn Campbell, post doctoral student in the Brandt Lab at UConn, and Anika Agrawal, doctoral student in the lab, prepare to collect oysters and mussels to test for PFAS in shellfish tissue in an earlier project led by Christopher Perkins, who was chosen for one of the CECs project research awards.

Connecticut Sea Grant Project to Focus on Possible Contaminants in Coastal Waterways

The UConn researcher-led effort is part of a multistate effort to analyze pollutants in urban coastal areas along the East Coast

Female scientist collecting samples in a marsh

Ph.D. Student Helps Protect Long Island Sound’s Marshes

With the Long Island Sound at particular risk, UConn researchers are using a method called thin layer placement to gradually increase marsh elevation

Drone photo of the Student Union Mall , Wilbur Cross, and sunset.

11 UConn Students Named Gilman Scholars

Gilman Scholars are required to complete a service project upon their return from studying abroad in their campus or home community, with the goal of sharing the value of participation in study abroad and promoting the scholarship to prospective students.

Speakers on stage for WISH Fest 23 at UConn Waterbury

UConn Waterbury Plays Host to First-Ever W.I.S.H. Fest

The event was created through a partnership of UConn Waterbury and the City of Waterbury to introduce students to the campus and encourage emotional and physical health

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

Student walking outside on the UConn Law campus

New Scholarship Helps Give Underrepresented Students a Sense of Belonging at UConn Law

The Constance Belton Green Diversity Fund provides transformational scholarships and sponsors important social justice programming

Recent graduates from UConn's the BOLD Leadership Network posing for a photo

UConn’s Bold Program Turns Women Students into Leaders

'The confidence that these young women gain in two short years is remarkable'

SOM Class of 2023 Paige Holden

Match Day Exhilaration Returns to UConn Medical School

It's a match! 110 soon-to-be UConn-produced doctors ripped open their white envelopes to reveal their future medical residency destinies

What a Team: Division of Athletics, Sport Management Program Provide Real-Life Experience to Students

This newly expanded partnership between the Neag School of Education and Division of Athletics helps students score valuable career-building experience

Emily Yale '21, who turned her Innovation Quest proposal into a thriving business, works on lawn equipment on a sunny day, with trees in the background.

‘My Advice to Future Entrepreneurs is: TRY!’

UConn’s highly successful iQ entrepreneurship competition prepares for 12th season