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March 22, 2026

Out of the Blue

A man wearing a labcoat, goggles, and gloves inserts samples into a machine

COVID Virus Declining in Northeast Animals

A group of Connecticut researchers now better understand the current coronaviral landscape of wild and domestic animals in the northeastern United States

February 16, 2026 | Combined Reports

Research & Discovery

Christine McGovern and Katherine Bequary.

Two Sisters, One Calling

Sisters, Christine McGovern and Katherine Bequary, enroll in the Elisabeth DeLuca School of Nursing Accelerated Second-Degree CEIN/BS Program.

February 13, 2026 | Coral Aponte - Elisabeth DeLuca School of Nursing

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All Roads Lead to AI at HackUConn 2026

This year’s hackathon will begin at 5:00 p.m. on February 27

February 13, 2026 | Jaclyn Severance

Entrepreneurship

UConn Formula SAE students pose with a student-built race car at a competition track.

UConn Engineering Alum Powers Performance at McLaren Racing

Abhiemanyu Sukumaran ’24 (ENG) landed his dream job as a Performance Analysis Engineer at McLaren Racing after serving as president of UConn Formula SAE for two years

February 12, 2026 | Sarah Redmond - College of Engineering

Alumni

Guidotti poses next to Nerds Gummy Clusters mascot.

UConn Magazine: Our Candy Crush

Taking the candy world by storm: the Nerds Gummy Cluster — and UConn’s Greg Guidotti

February 12, 2026 | Combined Reports - UConn Communications

Alumni

A drawing of an atom with waves overlaid

Colder than Ice: Developing an Improved Quantum Degenerate Cooling Method

Simone Colombo is developing a faster method for cooling gases with a host of quantum applications

February 12, 2026 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research

Research & Discovery

A man sitting reading a book surrounded by books

One World, One Language? UConn Professor on Personal Quest to Reclaim Endangered Languages

Even as thousands of languages are endangered, efforts to save them are underway

February 10, 2026 | Jaclyn Severance

A young woman poses for a portrait photo with two large buildings in the background.

UConn Business Student is Intern at 2026 Winter Olympics

'That’s the best thing about sports, it unites people'

February 10, 2026 | Claire Hall

A man in a black sweatshirt and purple shirt stands in front of a pair of canvas oil paintings.

More Than Disease: Art Major with Goal of Becoming MD Humanizes Patients on Canvas

‘People make this crazy distinction between art and science, but they’re really just two sides of the same coin to me’

February 9, 2026 | Kimberly Phillips

Sunlight glints off a snow-covered fountain

New Gift Opens Doors for Waterbury Students: UConn Launches Nursing and STEM Initiatives

$5 million nursing pathway and $5.45 million STEM investment to strengthen Connecticut’s workforce

February 5, 2026 | Stephanie Wright, UConn Foundation

Alumni Community Impact University News

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