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Conceptual image representing the process of nuclear fusion, specifically the creation of helium from hydrogen. Four protons (hydrogen nuclei) are combining on the left, releasing in the process two protons and two neutrons (a helium nucleus).

MSE Researcher Earns DOE Career Award

Yuanyuan Zhu's research into tungsten oxidation could lead to key breakthroughs in nuclear fusion technology.

Smiling female student in classroom

Jasmine Morris Harnesses the Therapeutic Power of Animals for Underserved Students

Through her work with the Horizons at The Ethel Walker School Program, Jasmine Morris is exposing future generations of students to the field of animal science

Black & white photo of sportswriter Leigh Montville sitting down in front of a typewriter

UConn Magazine: I Wouldn’t Have Listened to Me

The I-84 musings of famed sportswriter Leigh Montville ’65 (CLAS)

Smiling female student in front of horses

Learning Lessons about Livestock and Life

Through her experience as an intern at UConn's livestock units, Hailey Kampton puts her love for animals of all sizes into practice

heart muscle

Creating an “Adult-like” Mature Human Cardiac Tissue

Model developed by UConn and UCSF researchers to be used for myriad of applications, most notably to evaluate safety and efficacy of drugs on the cardiovascular system

UConn Health/JAX Study Gives Better Understanding of Endometriosis and How it Grows

The study builds a robust foundation for a better understanding of endometriosis and how it grows

UConn Researcher Invents Low-Abundance Biomarker Detection Platform for Early Diagnosis

Yu Lei has created a technology that holds the potential to advance early-stage disease detection using biomarkers

Saba Azam

An Immersive Experience in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Through the TIP Innovation Fellowship Program, undergraduates and grad students learn the full gamut of what it takes to run a successful startup.

An aerial view of the Wilbur Cross Building.

Test-Optional Applications Pilot Shows Promise, Has Been Renewed for Three More Years

UConn is seeing increases in enrollment among students from first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented populations

The Dodd Center for Human Rights.

New UConn Endowed Chairs in Human Rights Inspired by the Legacies of Dodd, Osiatyński

The new faculty positions will be part of the Human Rights Institute