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‘Explore, Create, Lead’: The Science of a World-Class Honors Education

UConn’s Honors program is unique in the nation for its evidence-based curriculum and programming Read more.

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UConn Health Team Navigates Rare Pregnancy Condition to Deliver Healthy Baby

A rare pregnancy complication turned Andrea Garfield’s journey into a race against time, but early detection and coordinated care at UConn Health helped deliver her daughter safely against the odds Read more.

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UConn Engineering Professor Embraces Uncertainty For Stronger Engineering Systems

Many real-world systems—from materials to infrastructure—contain a mix of order and randomness, a concept known as stochasticity Read more.

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Children’s Book Author, Soon-To-Be Grad Sees Value in Experience

Having grown up in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, just across the border from El Paso, Texas, Luisana Duarte Armendáriz ’26 Ph.D. straddled the line between languages, cultures, and national borders Read more.

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Meet the Researcher: Rahul Kanadia, CLAS

Rethinking genes and redefining research Read more.

UCONN MAGAZINE

Age with Power and Grace

Jeff Cavaliere is jacked, but he’s no gym bro. Nor does he brook “bro science,” advice that sounds convincing but lacks scientific evidence. Read more.

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

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UConn Grad Students Win InsurTech NY Challenge By Offering Practical Solutions to Insurance-Provider Woes

CAHNR

CAHNR’s Commitment to Connecticut Agriculture on Display at Annual Ag Day

CLAS

Student Pursues Joint Graduate Degrees in Social Work, Public Policy

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Band and Theater Teacher Named 2026 Rogers Educational Innovation Fund Winner

LAW

UConn Law to Honor Equal Justice Initiative Founder Bryan Stevenson at 2026 Commencement

MED

Connecticut’s Health Equity Week Calls Residents to Action

MED

UConn’s Dr. Linda Barry Helps Lead Statewide Conversation on AI, Equity & Communities of Color

OVPR

Researchers Led by UConn Publish Latest Study Insights about Bronchiectasis

UCONN IN THE NEWS

Where We Live

‘Beaverland’ Author Shares the Wonders of this Unusual Rodent

NBC Connecticut

Living Well at Any Age with Masonicare-Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UConn

WFSB-TV

Cardiac Screening For High School Athletes

Mongabay

Climate or Biodiversity? Global Study Maps Out Forestation’s Dilemma

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