Entrepreneurship

Logo for the 2025 HackUConn "Universities of Tomorrow"

Tomorrow Today: Reimagining the College Experience at HackUConn 2025

'If you have an idea, if you want to create change within your local community, then this is the innovation competition for you'

An illustration depicting people being assisted in climbing a bar graph by one person with a ladder, illustrating the concept of mentorship.

New NetWerx Initiative Brings Alumni Mentorship into the Classroom

Making those first steps onto a career path less intimidating and more rewarding

Gaofei Zhang, a Ph.D. candidate in Allied Health, has created her own company featuring ultra-warm and stylish winter boots. Zhang credits UConn's Innovation Quest program for helping her become an entrepreneur.

Innovation Quest Turns Students into Entrepreneurs 

New CEO Gaofei Zhang hopes her boot company will make cold, wet feet a thing of the past 

Hayley Segar pitches to the judges on "Shark Tank"

Alum Hayley Segar Wows ‘Shark Tank’ Judges, Lands a Deal with Two of Them

'To be successful on "Shark Tank" is so incredibly validating'

A portrait photo of entrepreneur and alum Haley Segar.

Swimsuit Entrepreneur, UConn Alum Hayley Segar to Appear on ‘Shark Tank’

Segar makes her pitch on Friday, Jan. 24

Students lasers

2024: A Year of Research That Mattered

UConn’s research achievements extend from health and wellness breakthroughs to advancements in quantum technology and much more

TIP Partners

TIP Companies Partner to Advance Digestive Health

Neighboring UConn TIP start-ups, Arome Science and Feel Good Lab, sign a distribution agreement leveraging their respective strengths, and know-how

Entryway sign lit up green for St. Patricks Day and for Sustainability.

Commitment to Energy Sustainability Links Huskies From Different Generations Through International Contest

'For students who are at the very beginning of their careers to put together such a sophisticated design with such pragmatic energy realism is very impressive'

Gravitational effects on quantum information.

UConn, Google, NORDITA Experts Team Up on Qubits

Quantum scientists are publishing a significant paper on the interaction of qubits with a classical gravitational field

Laron Burrows in laboratory

Technology Entrepreneurship: Bringing New Tech to Market is a Gas

UConn Ph.D. student wins prestigious Activate Fellowship for his research involving cleaner and more cost-efficient ammonia production