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Winchester Town Manager Is UConn MPA Graduate With Youthful Perspective

Life might seem simple in Litchfield County, but running a town there on a day-to-day basis is not

May 18, 2021 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications

Alumni
Connecticut's medication-assisted treatment programs for opioid addiction have impressive retention rates, according to a new study, although more research is needed on related questions.

UConn Study: Connecticut’s Medication-assisted Opioid Treatment Programs Retain Patients at Higher Rates

New strategies are needed to help boost retention rates among younger people

May 18, 2021 | Jaclyn Severance

Community Impact Research & Discovery
An out of service bag covers a pump handle at a gas station May 12, 2021 in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack a Warning of Infrastructure’s Vulnerability

Organizations need to shift thinking from 'if we get attacked' to 'when we get attacked'

May 18, 2021 | Stephen Fitzgerald, Instructor-in-Residence, School of Business

Associate Professor of Physics Cara Battersby talks to attendees at a solar eclipse viewing on Horsebarn Hill in 2017. Her work uses high-performance computing to understand astronomical questions

The Study of Big Data: How CLAS Researchers Use Data Science

UConn researchers are using big data to attack issues of climate, space, genetics and public health

May 17, 2021 | Christine Buckley

Research & Discovery
Nanotube bundles (yellow) containing RNA enter a cell. From left to right, the images show the endosomes (red) surrounding the nucleus (blue) of the cell begin to swell. Around the 3 hour mark, the endosomes burst and spill the RNA payload (green). The RNAs spread throughout the cell over the next two days.

Escape From the Endosome!

An innovative approach that prove valuable for developing new medicines

May 17, 2021 | Kim Krieger

Research & Discovery
Six winners of Fulbright Program Grants

Six UConn Students Receive Fulbright Program Grants

UConn had an all-time high of 17 semifinalists for the Fulbright Student Program award, which includes the six finalists and three alternates.

May 17, 2021 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications

Alumni University News
Rachael Manzer, with her husband Ken, receives a 4-H leadership award in 2019. Manzer, a STEM educator who has worked with NASA, is a doctoral candidate in the Neag School of Education. (Courtesy of Defining Studios)

For 4-H Leader and Neag Student, Learning is a Lifelong Process

'To me as a kid, UConn was this big, amazing place'

May 14, 2021 | Jen Cushman, UConn 4-H

young woman in medical face protection mask indoors on blue background.

Are Graphene-Coated Face Masks a COVID-19 Miracle – or Another Health Risk?

Balancing risk with uncertain rewards

May 14, 2021 | Tom Breen

The oak leaf seal of the University of Connecticut.

Message from Board of Trustees Chair Daniel Toscano

Board of Trustees Chair Daniel Toscano addresses the resignation of President Katsouleas

May 13, 2021 | Combined Reports

University News
students in regalia

Sights and Sounds From Commencement

UConn was thrilled to come together in person once again to celebrate the achievements of the Class of 2020 and the Class of 2021

May 13, 2021 | Angelina Reyes