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UConn Welcomes Record-Setting New Class at Storrs, Regional Campuses

UConn is welcoming a record number of first-year students this weekend Read more.

A photo of the UConn men's basketball team in the early 1930s, with Harrison Fitch, the first Black basketball player.

‘Honey’ Fitch’s Legacy: UConn Scholars ‘Advance So Others Can Follow’

The Harrison Fitch Leadership Fund continues the trailblazing legacy of UConn's first Black basketball player Read more.

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Lifelong Husky Couple Expands Scholarship by Giving Through Their Life Insurance

The scholarship has already provided financial support for 11 undergraduate students at the Avery Point campus and now it will support many more students for years to come Read more.

UConn cheese and medals

Cheese Champions: UConn Cheeses Win Awards in National, Regional Competitions

The cheeses are produced on-site at the UConn Creamery using milk from the UConn dairy herd and are available for sale at the UConn Dairy Bar Read more.

Godfrey gathering samples of organisms while on a blue water dive.

Snapshot: A Voyage to the Only Marine National Monument in the U.S. Atlantic

'This begins the real focus on how communities of marine wildlife operate in the absence of significant direct human impacts' Read more.

John P. McGovern Award

Porcine Hydrogels Hold Potential Key for Regenerative Engineering

Dr. Cato T. Laurencin leads team researching a gap in regenerative engineering that could be solved with material collected from pig skeletal muscle Read more.

Jackie and Sean Cecchini, owners of The Dog Bone.

Beloved Family Dog Inspired South Windsor Family to Become Entrepreneurs

UConn’s EBV program coaching military veterans to grow their businesses  Read more.

UCONN MAGAZINE

Net Worth

To save the sea turtles, says alum Jesse Senko, you first need to help the fishers whose very nets entangle them. Read more.

UCONN IN THE NEWS

New York Times

For Historic Gardens, Climate Change Offers Particular Challenges

New York Times

Why I Douse My Whole Body With Cold Water Every Night

Boston Globe

In a Summer of Severe Flooding in New England, a 1,000-year Storm Hit Connecticut. Here’s How.

WFSB-TV

How We Age

Hartford Courant

Connecticut Schools Are Banning Phones on Limited Proof of Benefits. A UConn Study Looks to Change That.

Medscape

How Targeting ‘Zombie Cells’ Could Help Extend Health Span

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