Out of the Blue

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UConn Ph.D. Uses High-Tech Tools to Help Urban Planners Make Cities Safer

Research grounded in a simple idea: the environment can shape human safety both directly and indirectly

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Meet the Graduate: Malak Nechnach ’26 (CLAS)

From Morocco to UConn, Malak Nechnach helps first-year students find their footing just like she did

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New UConn-Dartmouth Study: Racial Diversity in Higher Ed Leads to Higher Salaries for Grads

Researchers examined more than 6,000 cohorts of MBA and law students over several decades and found that having even one additional minority student among a cohort of 100 students increased starting salaries cumulatively across the cohort by up to $30,000

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UConn Library Lab Wins Prestigious Sustainability Designation

The Conservation Lab - which oversees the library's collections - is the first at UConn to earn Gold Certification from My Green Lab

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Advanced Journalism Class Tests Students’ Abilities

Publication Practice is unique each semester with a different instructor and topic to give students the opportunity to delve into a single topic and become experts in it.

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Finishing College Meant Surviving Foster Care, Soon-To-Be Grad Targets Helping Others

Her project, “Foster Care to Campus Care,” included the creation of a brochure detailing precisely where foster-experienced students can go for resources

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Innovation Quest Selects Five Top Startups, Ranging from Manufacturing Innovation to New Hair-Care Option

The student entrepreneurs impressed the judges with both the quality of their ideas and their dedication to bringing them to market

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Farhad Imani Wins NSF CAREER Award to Build Manufacturing Systems That Think

Automation dominates modern factories, but much of it still breaks when parts vary, damage is uncertain, and expert judgement is required. Farhad Imani’s project targets this failure by developing robotic manufacturing systems that can sense change and adapt in real time

Zach Rome, founder and CEO of Nateureka!

TCS Initiative Positions Startups for Growth

The LaunchPad program offers early-stage companies not ready for dedicated lab or office space access to high-value services, mentorship, and community benefits available through UConn's Technology Incubation Program

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UConn Magazine: Into the Exosphere

Before she reported on the stars of outer space professionally, Jackie Wattles spent her UConn journalism days reporting on the stars of student government