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Dr. Danielle Luciano, UConn Health’s Director for Minimally Invasive Gynecological Surgery, Elise Courtois, Ph.D., an endometriosis researcher and director of single cell biology at JAX and Arleigh Cole Doyle, a patient, advocate and member of the Connecticut Endometriosis Working Group.

First-of-its-Kind Program Supports Endometriosis Patients

Connecticut is poised to become a hub for endometriosis research and innovation with the program operating through a partnership between UConn Health and The Jackson Laboratory

Astrin Krane, a Glastonbury High School student and second-year attendee of the Queer Science Conference, holds a heart-shaped alginate she made during a science demonstration and presentation about hydrogel crosslinking and application in the Chemistry Building during the conference on June 4, 2023.

Queer Science Conference Connects LGBTQIA+ Youth with Role Models in Various STEM Fields

High school students from across the state gather for second iteration of Queer Science Conference

Two puppet characters discuss a paper sack filled with bananas in front of a colorful painted kitchen background in this video still from Feel Your Best Self's "Be a Kind Helper."

Pioneering Puppet Project ‘Feel Your Best Self’ Coming to More Screens Near You

The celebrated program, which uses puppets to help kids and their caregivers explore emotion-coping strategies with a free toolkit, has extended a license to New York's THIRTEEN public broadcasting channel

Leila Daneshmandi and Armin Rad point at images on a computer screen in the Encapsulate lab in Farmington.

The Making of a UConn Startup

How “Encapsulate” co-founders went from the classroom to curing cancer in less than four years

Fahd Vahidy and Monika Doshi at their home in West Hartford, CT

Finding a Home in the Asian American Cultural Center

“They believe in the power of education and their contributions here have had a critical impact on generations of students. They are extraordinary people"

Bill Rood

Veteran Keeps His Memorial Day Plans Thanks to UConn Health Heart Doctors

Days after his minimally-invasive TAVR heart procedure at UConn Health, Navy Veteran Bill Rood is grateful to participate in upcoming Memorial Day events

UConn professor Sara Harkness, top right, and her class of students in Spring 2023. On the monitor, two students from Radboud University in the Netherlands join class remotely as part of a virtual study exchange.

New CHHD, Global Affairs Program Offers Graduate Students Virtual Study Exchange

The virtual study abroad experience removes the financial and travel burdens of traditional study abroad programs

UConn Student Working to ‘Amplify’ Educational Opportunities in Kenya

'One of the key things that I've really learned is to love the problem. Be in love with a problem. Because that's the only way you can understand the solution'

Stormwater Corps students evaluate parking lot drainage with the help of Dr. Mike Dietz and GA Josh Snarski

E-Corps: Building Skills and Bolstering Environmental Efforts Across Connecticut

A report shows the Environmental Corps (E-Corps) program has a lasting and transformative impact on students

Exterior views of the School of Social Work (SSW) in Hartford.

Laura Curran Named as Next Dean of UConn School of Social Work

'Dr. Curran demonstrates a clear understanding of the mission of our School of Social Work, with a commitment to social, racial, and economic justice and the improvement of human well-being'