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A Message to International Students

At UConn our mission and vision is to embrace global citizenship, provide an excellent academic experience and carry out exceptional and ethical research.

Handmade shadow puppets of Esther and King Ahasuerus were designed for UConn's production of "Wayang Esther: A Contemporary Retelling of the Book of Esther," which will be performed March 12 and 13 at the Mandell Jewish Community Center in West Hartford.

Celebrating Purim with a Spiel That Shows Off What Happens in the Shadows

A production in West Hartford draws on artistic traditions from around the globe to celebrate the Jewish holiday

President Tom Katsouleas listens to a speaker while sitting along the stage at the the Convocation ceremony on the Student Union Mall on Aug. 23. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

How a Movement from a UConn Engineering Professor Shaped a Generation of Difference Makers

Helping students prepare for the grand challenges of the century

Plates that Helped Map the Universe, Now at UConn

Distant galaxies, black holes, and more secrets of the universe via tiny holes in aluminum

Dr. Kwame S. Amankwah, Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery performing a bypass surgery.

Newsweek Names UConn’s Hospital to World’s Best Hospitals List

UConn John Dempsey Hospital is one of only four in Connecticut to make the list

The puppets on display in the "Hecho en Puerto Rico" exhibit range in age from 1960 to the present, and reflect a variety of styles, artistic media, and purposes (Tom Breen / UConn Photo).

Ballard Exhibit Highlights Depth of Puerto Rican Puppetry to Educate, Entertain, Advocate

'We want to draw attention to what puppetry has been, is, and could be and how it connects with the important ideas that people have about themselves, their communities, and their society'

Entrepreneur-in-Residence Alexsandr Tropps (center) meets with executives of TIP Digital startup ConnexMarkets (CXM): Jeff Hudson, chief marketing officer (left), and Tim Clorite, chief executive officer (right). (Contributed photo)

The Heart of UConn’s TIP Digital: Its Entrepreneurs-in-Residence

Travis Millman, an entrepreneur-in-residence for UConn’s technology incubation program (TIP) in Stamford, offers an inside look at mentoring startups

Bunkers That Save Sight? UConn Researchers Take a Close Look

The ability of retinal cells to 'wall off' damage could be key to preserving eyesight

The dig site in Turkey, an area part of Çiçekdağı Basin where researchers found fossils of European mammals that migrated to Turkey before being isolated, possibly due to tectonic activity. (Courtesy of Megan Mueller).

A Forgotten Continent that Sheds Light on the Evolution of Mammals

'Balkanatolia' was separate from Europe, Asia, and Africa 50 million years ago

luker sitting at her desk with technology

UConn Magazine: Engineering Her Best Self

Courtney Luker's ’22 (ENG) interest in figuring out how things work by taking them apart and putting them back together again was obvious from the time she was a toddler.