UConn Voices

Dr. Taylor Burch

Elite Neurosurgery Residency Thriving at UConn

Meet one of the future neurosurgeons training at UConn, Dr. Taylor Burch. As a Black woman, she’s a rarity in the neurosurgery field

An exterior view of The Dodd Center for Human Rights

Second Human Rights Summit comes to UConn with Focus on Sports, Featuring Iconic Athletes from 1968 Summer Olympics

Tommie Smith and John Carlos will visit UConn Storrs for the opening keynote conversation of a three-day summit examining the global and domestic issues at play in the intersection of human rights and sports

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Veterans’ Entrepreneurship Program: ‘Just Come and We Will Change Your Life’

The UConn program for veterans will surpass 300 graduates with this year's cohort

Group portrait of five outdoors in front of "Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital" sign

UConn Health’s Core Lab Director Shares Expertise in Asia

Dr. Anu Maharjan presents at global lab quality workshop in Nepal

A mural depicting the slave Fortune, commemorated in November 2024

OLLI Program: Remembering Our Past Helps Others Navigate the Future

A Juneteenth event at UConn Waterbury, hosted by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, celebrated diversity and historical reflection

Four students wearing rainbow lanyards use materials like plastic cups and baggies to build contraptions

At UConn’s Queer Science Conference, New Futures Take Shape for Young Scientists

Fourth annual event offers high schoolers hands-on fun served up with a scoop of science

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Connecticut ¡Adelante! Program Fills Workforce Need for Spanish Speaking Social Workers

The UConn School of Social Work is one of the leading MSW programs helping close the language gap to meet urgent workforce demand

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Words of Wisdom: ‘The Twists in Your Journey Are What Make You Unique’

Advice, encouragement, and perspective from UConn's 2025 commencement ceremonies

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Rodney Butler, Ahead of CAHNR Commencement Speech, Reflects on Decades Spent Helping His Tribe

'Real success is pulling others in, lifting them up, working together, and having that shared success'

A woman in grey with her back to the camera puts a white and blue stole around the neck of a student in a dark blazer.

‘This is America’: UConn Hartford Celebrates Its Students

Pre-commencement ceremony honors students at campus where unity is the norm