Student life

Entryway sign lit up green for St. Patricks Day and for Sustainability.

Five UConn Student Teams Innovating Decarbonization through a Competition Supported by Eversource Energy

The culmination of their efforts will be showcased at the 2024 Sustainable Clean Energy Summit on September 23

UConn Avery Point, seen from a drone in the summer (UConn Photos).

UConn Casting Wide Net for Options to Add Student Housing at Avery Point

The ability to offer housing and new majors at Avery Point would significantly increase UConn’s ability to draw more students there

Asher Coello '23 (CLAS), a member of the first RaMP cohort at UConn, is studying genetic novelty in the giant milkweed bug for the individualized section of the NSF-supported program.

After Graduating Without Lab Experience, UConn RaMP Scholars Publish First-of-its Kind Scorpion Genome

'This is maybe an exaggeration, but it feels like kind of a last chance to hook people into the STEM pipeline'

A screen shot of the NavGenie app.

Iranian Pair Designing App to Help International Students Navigate New Campus, New Life

NavGenie was born from personal experience with adjusting to life at UConn

Three executives from Insurity on stage, presenting at a leadership conference.

Meeting the Team: Insurity Offers Unfettered Access to C-Suite

Leadership series allowed students to ask probing questions, gain behind-the-scenes knowledge

Aerial image of the University of Connecticut during Fall 2023.

Ten Students Earn Awards From Gilman Foundation

Each Gilman Scholar is required to complete a service project upon their return from studying abroad in their campus or home community

Students and UConn Extension faculty work at planting a rain garden next to the Dairy Bar.

Tending Your Garden: New Rain Garden Installation Offers Lessons in Local Impact

'This is really what it's about – the students learning an actual real-world thing that they can put their hands on, something that they can remember, and they can bring their families here and show them'

A view of the main building at UConn Hartford.

UConn Deepening Hartford Roots with Plans for Student Housing

The move is one of many in which UConn is working to deepen its ties with the capital city

Woman works in lab

Innovative Algae Technologies Help UConn Teams Advance in National Competition

The interdisciplinary teams will develop sustainable, algae-based products for use as a poultry feed supplement and food preservative

The UConn Formula SAE team examines their vehicle during the competition at Michigan International Speedway.  

Driven to Succeed: UConn Formula SAE Makes History with 4th Place Win

The annual competition, organized by SAE International, challenges students to conceive, design, fabricate, develop, and compete with high performance "formula" vehicles