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UConn's Department of Physics hosts the Conference for Undergraduate Women and Gender Minorities in Physics in the Gant Science Complex on Jan. 24, 2025.

UConn Hosts Conference for Undergraduate Women and Gender Minorities in Physics

Nearly 100 undergraduate students gathered at the Storrs campus for the conference, hosted in partnership with the American Physical Society

Golden hour looking out on the UConn Forest.

Plant Power: A New Method to Model How Plants Move Water Globally

Researchers developed a method to detail the incredible influence plants have on the movement of Earth’s water

An illustration depicting people being assisted in climbing a bar graph by one person with a ladder, illustrating the concept of mentorship.

New NetWerx Initiative Brings Alumni Mentorship into the Classroom

Making those first steps onto a career path less intimidating and more rewarding

NEM mentors and mentees gathered for an NEM Happy Hour.

Enriching Mentorship to Ensure Success in Grad School

The UConn Graduate School is helping establish enduring mentor and mentee relationships

Waterbury Walkbury.  Students walking around Waterbury, CT. visiting local businesses and City Hall

UConn Waterbury’s ‘Walkbury’ Initiative: Connecting Campus with Community, Culture, and History

'Walkbury is an excellent example of how a university and a city can work together to build community'

Presentation, blur and workshop with business people in meeting for financial, speaker and company valuation. Investment report, asset management and budget portfolio with employees in office.

UConn, Wells Fargo Partnership Bringing Neurodiversity Workshop for Employers to Boston

No-cost, one-day program to be hosted by Loomis Sayles, focusing on end-to-end neurodiversity initiative design

Jill Wergrzyn

Biology Associate Professor Awarded Nation’s Highest Honor for Early-Career Researchers

Jill Wegrzyn, Associate Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, earned recognition from former President Joe Biden

Preschool building exterior with playground on a sunny day

Makeup of Charter School Governing Board Could Impact Whether They Offer Religious Education

Charter schools were codified into law with the intent of defining them as public institutions, says UConn's Preston Green, therefore secular and unable to provide religious education, but over the years courts sometimes have disagreed

Arash Esmaili Zaghi, professor of civil engineering at UConn.

Engineering Professor Earns Nation’s Highest Honor for Early-Career Scientists

President Biden named Arash E. Zaghi, an engineering professor with a passion for supporting neurodiverse learners, as a PECASE recipient

Gaofei Zhang, a Ph.D. candidate in Allied Health, has created her own company featuring ultra-warm and stylish winter boots. Zhang credits UConn's Innovation Quest program for helping her become an entrepreneur.

Innovation Quest Turns Students into Entrepreneurs 

New CEO Gaofei Zhang hopes her boot company will make cold, wet feet a thing of the past