Undergraduates

The Wilbur Cross cuploa sits on a summer day surrounded by trees

Talented Newcomers and Returning Students Starting New Academic Year at UConn

The Class of 2029 includes a record 4,715 new students at Storrs and 1,850 at Stamford, Hartford, Waterbury, and Avery Point

Students walk past the Wilbur Cross Building on Oct. 5, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Launches its New Common Curriculum

'Hundreds of people have participated to make sure we’re ready to teach and advise in the new curriculum'

Four students give a presentation on a large screen, with a Macy's logo visible on a podium.

Macy’s Welcomes Four UConn Business Grad Students to Explore Sustainable Practices

‘This is one of the experiences that makes the UConn program distinctive’

Students standing by posters on a large cork board talking to people about their research

CAPS Summer Program Concludes With Poster Exhibition

During the CAPS Research Summer program, students dedicate efforts to their research projects and leverage skills to be applicants for research-focused graduate degrees

Male student works in greenhouse

Down the Drain: UConn Student Researcher Discovers the Truth About Some CBD Coffee Products

The results showed that the brewed coffee contained 70-80% less CBD than the labels claimed

Caitlin Noonan in her C2E2 lab

From Scraps to Solutions: Engineering Student Transforms Campus Food Waste into Carbon Capture Material

Caitlin Noonan ’26 (ENG) created a highly-porous material from biochar, ideal for trapping gas molecules like CO₂

An exterior view of a glass-paneled building in front of a blue sky on the UConn Stamford campus.

Students Find Their Superpower at “Mission: Momentum”

UConn Stamford Hosts Day of Career Exploration, Connection, and Confidence-Building for Regional Campus Students

Student researcher showing research project

Innovation, Research, and Entrepreneurship on Display in Farmington

Summer Research Day celebrates accomplishments of UConn student researchers in the TIP Innovation Fellowship and Health Research programs

Josephine Burke, a young woman with long curly brown hair wearing an off-white long-sleeved shirt, smiles for photo in front of some trees and bushes.

Prison-Banned Books Inspire Examination of Education while Incarcerated for Ambitious UConn Undergrad

'One thing that attracts me to a career in academia is the connection with students and student organizing that has been a huge part of activism in American history'

Explorer AUV (autonomous underwater vehicle) at Australian Maritime College

UConn AUKUS Scholars Explore Undersea Vehicle Technology, International Collaborations in Australia

Five College of Engineering students studied systems thinking and interdisciplinary teamwork essential in modern undersea vehicle development