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Karen Chammas from Lebanon is visiting UConn's Sport Management faculty as part of a Global Mentorship Program. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

UConn Plays Host to International Sport Mentoring Program

Launched by the U.S. Department of State, the Global Sports Mentoring Program is a leadership development project aimed at advancing gender equity through sports.

Christopher Perkins ’89 (CAHNR) '95 MS, puts trays of hemp into a drying machine at UConn's Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering lab. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

UConn Launches Hemp Testing Lab in Response to Industry Need

“As a producer, you want to ensure that you are not only legal but also that your product is safe," says Michael Willig, UConn's Institute of the Environment.

Emily Yale, one of the three inaugural students in the UConn Master's of Engineering in Global Entrepreneurship program, with her autonomous robot at the Great Lawn on Oct. 7. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Program is Fertile Ground for Student Innovation

As one of the first students in the new Master’s of Engineering in Global Entrepreneurship program, Emily Yale is tapping a wide range of resources.

This Student is a Tough Competitor. Heard of Her Sport?

UConn junior Laura Sofía Bedoya, of East Haven, Connecticut, is a forward and vice captain of the 15-member USA Women Underwater Rugby Team.

USG President Priyanka Thakkar '20 (BUS) and President Tom Katsouleas cut the ribbon to open the new Student Recreation Center. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

With the Snip of a Ribbon, the Student Recreation Center Opens

The new center on Hillside Road officially opened Aug. 26 at 6 a.m., the morning after a ribbon cutting ceremony led by President Tom Katsouleas.

Fifty-four students in the UConn School of Dental Medicine Class of 2023 (pictured) received their white coats on Aug. 23, along with UConn School of Medicine's 110 new medical students. (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health photo)

164 New White Coats Issued at UConn Health

The Class of 2023, the largest incoming class in UConn Health’s history, is now donning new physician and dentist-to-be white coats.

The Class of 2023 poses for a photo on the Great Lawn on Aug. 24, 2019. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Welcome New Huskies

UConn's Class of 2023 is ready to embark on the adventure of being a Husky.

Gabriella Medvik '17 (SFA) poses with the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile in campus. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Alumna Relishes Her Experience as ‘Hotdogger’

As the first alum to be hired to motor the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile cross country, Gabriella Medvick ’18 (SFA) says she couldn’t wait to show UConn Nation her new set of wheels and ketchup with her fellow Huskies.

Christian Connors '20 (CLAS) collects caterpillars near Dog Lane in Storrs on July 11, 2019. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Summer Undergraduate Researcher Christian Connors ’20 (CLAS)

'With insects, there is this hidden guild of organisms that are secretly controlling insect numbers,' says Christian Connors, who is conducting research on insect parasitoids.

Sarah Baker '20 (CLAS) holds an eastern red-backed salamander found in the Moss Forest Tract in Willington. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Summer Undergraduate Researcher Sarah Baker ’20 (CLAS)

Baker, a SURF award recipient, is researching the eastern red-backed salamander, which is found in woodlands close to the Storrs campus.