Out of the Blue

Students and faculty plant flowers against a concrete wall in a prison yard.

UConn Students Bring Landscape Design to Connecticut Correctional Facilities 

Through a partnership with UConn’s Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy, landscape architecture students are gaining hands-on experience while exploring how thoughtful design can help create healthier correctional environments

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UConn Dental School Researchers Win Award from U.S. Military For Traumatic Wound Healing Technology

Researchers advancing combat casualty care with multifunctional biomaterial platform

A nuclear power station with two large cooling towers releasing steam across a rural landscape.

NASA Scholarship Launches UConn Engineer’s Path to Sustainable Energy Innovation

Chemical engineering student Evan Piotrowski has been awarded the NASA CT Space Grant in recognition of his academic excellence and undergraduate research

A senior mixed-breed dog with a red bandana around its neck smiling peacefully in a field of grass

UConn Startup Acquired by Leading Animal Health Company

New materials offer promising arthritis treatment for dogs and horses

A full moon above the Wilbur Cross cupola. Awesome photo by Syd Herdle.

UConn and Voyager Technologies Expand Partnership to Advance In-Space Research

UConn to be one of the few universities in the country with the capability to do research in space

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Elena Camacho’s Innovating Plant Protein-Rich Foods as PURIS Intern

'I am able to work in both the lab and kitchen applying what I’ve learned, and gaining hands on experience with product development. You get that mix – it’s the best of both worlds'

A view of the Innovation Partnership Building on Aug. 6, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

A New Path for Rising Tech Talent

New Tech Park Talent Incubator presents UConn first-year students with early chance to establish career path

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The Beauty of Efficiency

With the help of UConn entrepreneurship programs, Engineering alums launch an AI-native startup to help small businesses

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‘A Hunger to Contribute’ – A Conversation with Provost Pamir Alpay

'We consider ourselves strategists. We help people make decisions about the technology that they employ'

Motaref in khaki cardigan and black pants stands in front of a large metal structure.

UConn Magazine: Coveted Class – Applied Mechanics I

Even when walking her dog, Sarira Motaref, professor-in-residence in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (SoCEE), is attuned to structures and forces — and to her classes