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Cheese Champions: UConn Cheeses Win Awards in National, Regional Competitions

The cheeses are produced on-site at the UConn Creamery using milk from the UConn dairy herd and are available for sale at the UConn Dairy Bar

A view of the School of Social Work building in Hartford

Finding Healing: UConn Leads National Study Effort for Survivors of State-Sponsored Torture

Using quantitative data to show the scale, challenges, and capacity to effectively heal and serve victims

An older couple jogs along a seafront together.

New Geroscience Program Delves Into the Mysteries of Aging

'Our goal is to give as many students as possible a greater appreciation and understanding of aging'

Volunteer and employee interact at information desk

Altruistic Teens Help UConn Health Grow Volunteer Program

With 33 high school students, volunteer participation is highest since before pandemic

Underwater Robotics Club members (front row, from left) Marc Lopez '25, Joey St. Hilaire '25, (back row, from left) Joshua Okoli '25, Colin Sheardwright '27, Simon Koepfer '25 and Oliver Mackinnon '25 pose for a photo by Mirror Lake with the small underwater robot prototype they built

Underwater Robotics Club Members Keen to Compete After Taking First Year to Get Sea Legs

'There are so many industries, many right here in Connecticut, that are looking for technology like this'

Female student in South Africa

‘Life-Changing’ Experiences at Home and Abroad

From a study abroad trip learning about wildlife in South Africa to an internship exposing Connecticut residents to UConn resources, Sarah Frances used her summer to the fullest

E.O. Smith High School students use a virtual reality exhibit to learn about the Holocaust.

Neag School Members Bring Holocaust, Identity Education to Local High School

'Breaking Bias and Creating Community' is an experience that features interactive Holocaust survivor testimony, a virtual reality tour of a concentration camp, and a photo exhibit that focuses on identity

Andrei Abarientos ‘26 (CAHNR), a pathobiology and veterinary science major, is interning this summer at Rocky Mountain Laboratories, a National Institutes of Health laboratory in Montana

Understanding what Makes Ticks Tick Through Their Spit

Andrei Abarientos ‘26 (CAHNR) is interning this summer at Rocky Mountain Laboratories, a National Institutes of Health laboratory, to learn about a unique aspect of this harmful insect

Kelli Bates standing in front of Olympic rings in Paris, France.

10 Questions With Alumna Kelli Bates, Former Student-Athlete Working at Paris Olympics

Kelli Bates ’19 ED, a games operations specialist with the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, says her UConn experiences have been instrumental in helping her navigate the field of sport management

Varun Chamarty ’26 (ENG) poses for a photo in a lab in the Academic Building of the UConn Health campus

Of Mice and Machine Learning

Varun Chamarty ’26 (ENG) hopes that machine learning will help researchers make discoveries that they might otherwise not be able to see, using new tools to build on a growing body of neuroscientific research