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An Odiferous Sendoff to the Spring Semester

The weekend saw UConn’s first corpse flower bloom in over a decade Read more.

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UConn Welcomes Five Exceptional Leaders Into Business Hall of Fame

Honored guests tell students: Lean on your UConn pack Read more.

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UConn Library Lab Wins Prestigious Sustainability Designation

The Conservation Lab - which oversees the library's collections - is the first at UConn to earn Gold Certification from My Green Lab Read more.

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UConn Ph.D. Uses High-Tech Tools to Help Urban Planners Make Cities Safer

Research grounded in a simple idea: the environment can shape human safety both directly and indirectly Read more.

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Meet the Graduate: Malak Nechnach ’26 (CLAS)

From Morocco to UConn, Malak Nechnach helps first-year students find their footing just like she did Read more.

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

CAHNR

UConn Seniors Win Awards for Landscape Architecture Projects

CAHNR

UConn Brings Industry Leaders Together for Occupational Heat Safety Summit

CAHNR

Strengthening Connecticut Communities Through Food Security

CLAS

Physics Professor Thomas Blum Receives Humboldt Research Award

CLAS

Senior Nora Lippai’s Research Earns Recognition as University Scholar

CLAS

CLAS Honors Outstanding Alumni at 2026 Awards Ceremony

DENT

Gerald Chan to Deliver UConn Health’s 55th Commencement Address

DENT

UConn Medical and Dental Students Award Their Faculty

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Multiplying Curiosity, Technology, and Opportunity

MED

Commencement Student Speaker Spotlight: Madeleine Tessier-Kay

OVPR

UConn’s Sarah Feldstein Ewing, Ph.D. Wins 2026 Gold Medal Award for Impact in Psychology

PHR

Two UConn Pharmaceutical Sciences Ph.D. Students Receive Pfizer Fellowship

PHR

Devra Dang Receives the 2026 Dean Robert L. McCarthy Faculty Service Award

SSW

9 School of Social Work Alumni Honored at Awards Reception

UCONN IN THE NEWS

BBC

The Kelp Producer Who Wants to Get Americans Eating Seaweed

Connecticut Public

‘Caregiving in Connecticut’ Explores the Challenges Facing An Aging State

WFSB-TV

Understanding Genetic Counseling

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