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Sara and Esther
A Hanukkah Miracle of Survival for Mom and Newborn at UConn Health

“The quality of care I got at UConn Health is the reason why I am alive. If I wasn’t treated at UConn Health, I would have died,” says Sara Farber who just named her new daughter on December 18, the first day of Hanukkah. Read more.

Former Senator Christopher J. Dodd speaks during the dedication ceremony of The Dodd Center for Human Rights at the University of Connecticut main campus in Storrs

UConn’s Dodd Human Rights Impact Campaign Raises $12.5 Million to Advance Human Rights Education, Outreach, and Engagement

The UConn Foundation's Dodd Human Rights Impact Campaign has raised more than $12.5 million, further solidifying the reputation of UConn as a preeminent academic institution for the study of, engagement with, and practice of human rights Read more.

Myles Martel '65 (CLAS) and Gary Gladstein, '66 (CLAS), '08 (HON), close friends and fraternity brothers for six decades, were so moved by the upheaval in Ukraine that they provided seed money for a new fund to help students and scholars from conflict zones.

Moved by Ukraine Turmoil, Alums Establish Aid Fund for UConn Students, Scholars from Conflict Zones

'Two important pillars of our friendship are our love for UConn and our deep commitment to human rights' Read more.

Radenka Maric, interim president, gives U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm at tour of her lab during a visit to the Center for Clean Energy Engineering

UConn Aims to Achieve Carbon Neutrality by 2030 and Become International Model of Sustainability

'There are unique things that we can do at this campus that no other campus is doing. We have the vision, interdisciplinary science, and technologies ready and have to start implementation' Read more.

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

School of Social Work Welcomes Innovations Institute to Improve Child and Family Services Nationwide

With the addition of Innovations Institute, the School expands UConn’s leadership and contributions nationwide Read more.

Happy co-workers celebrating while company party and corporate event.

Let’s Get This Party Started: UConn Researcher, Colleagues Discover that Certain Celebrations Can Boost the Health of Participants

The most successful celebrations require a social gathering, with food or drink, and the intentionally marking of a positive life event Read more.

UCONN MAGAZINE

Ice Ice Baby

Find out why Luke Adams '20 (CLAS) is standing barefoot atop this glacier in Greenland — and where he went from there. Read more.

UCONN IN THE NEWS

National Geographic

‘Snakes’ On the Moon? These Helpers Could Soon Join Our Lunar Mission.

CNN

How the Sandy Hook Massacre Became a Pivot Point for Misinformation

Forbes

Parenting The Disappointed College Applicant

The Hartford Courant

Doctors Predict COVID and Flu could Make Winter Miserable. ‘COVID Is Still Out There and Still a Threat.’

NBC News

Kirstie Alley Died of Colon Cancer. These Are the Disease’s Early Warning Signs

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