Undergraduates

Parthenon

Students Experience ‘Authentic’ Greece During New Study Abroad Program

The summer field school was designed by anthropologist Dimitris Xygalatas to connect ancient Greece and modern Greek culture

A sign for the Sustainable Clean Energy Summit sits outside the Student Union

UConn and Eversource Host Third Annual Sustainable Clean Energy Summit

Gene Rodrigues, U.S. Department of Energy Assistant Secretary for Electricity, served as keynote speaker

Project Oceanology, one of the sponsors for Messing About in Boats, took participants out into Long Island Sound aboard the research vessel Envirolab II to learn about marine wildlife and try catch and release sportfishing.

A Second Year of Messing About in Boats at Avery Point

'There is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats'

Meijin Hsiao '26 (NURS) poses for a photo with an infant-sized nursing manikin in one of the nursing simulation labs in the Widmer Wing of Storrs Hall

By Helping Babies, UConn Nursing Student Aims to Help Everyone Else

Her summer research project studied pharmaceutical methods of neonatal resuscitation and ways to streamline what many nurses describe as a complicated process

Senior resident assistants of Connecticut Hall Lauren Panza, center left, and Justin Guinta, center right, hold the scissors for the Connecticut Hall ribbon cutting among UConn leadership and Connecticut legislative members during a ceremony on Sept. 13, 2024.

Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony Held For Connecticut Hall

The first residents of the 652-bed residence hall moved this semester to the building, which is part of South Campus and features suite-style rooms typically housing four people each

Yidan Zhang, a Ph.D. student at UConn, displays some of the seaweed she’s pulled from the Long Island Sound off Stonington. A member of the Atlantic Sea Solution startup, she is refining the process of using seaweed extract as an edible coating that reduces food spoilage.

A Marriage of Land & Sea: UConn Agricultural Startup Seeks to Slow Food Spoilage 

'Creating a company is very, very daunting, but at the same time it keeps life interesting'

The exterior of the Werth Tower building at dusk.

Create and Succeed: Werth Institute Program Building Record of Success Engaging, Uplifting First-Year Women Entrepreneurs

'Self-confidence develops from doing'

Students working in the Innovation Shop

Laying a Foundation of Innovation

Via the Innovation Shop, students can gain hands-on exposure and invaluable skills in a variety of engineering-related disciplines and fields on their way to a complete engineering education

UConn resident advisors do the Husky chant in a decorated area of Connecticut Hall during move-in weekend

Welcome back, Huskies!

The fall 2024 semester officially starts when classes convene on Monday, Aug. 26

The UConn large letter sign at dusk on June 12, 2021.

UConn’s Regional Campuses Gear Up for Exciting New Academic Year

About 2,000 first-year students are expected to start classes Monday in Avery Point, Hartford, Stamford, and Waterbury