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New Medical Curriculum Reflects Changes in Field

The Class of 2020 is the first to learn under a new four-year curriculum in a facility that has also been transformed. Read more.

Second-year medical student Tiahna Spencer is back from a summer research internship at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases in Bethesda, Maryland, one of the National Institutes of Health. (Photo by Ronnie Gladney)

Med Student Interns at World’s Largest Biomedical Research Agency

Tiahna Spencer spent the summer at the National Institutes of Health engaged in research on systemic autoimmune diseases. Read more.

UConn Health researcher Kourosh Parham has found a new biomarker that may facilitate early diagnosis of hearing loss in patients before their condition becomes severe. (Frank Barton/UConn Health Photo).

Detecting Hearing Loss, Vertigo Via Blood Tests

A UConn physician-scientist has filed for patents on blood tests that can provide early diagnosis of these common disorders. Read more.

Ariana Scurti during her internship with Dunkin' Donuts/Baskin Robbins. (Photo courtesy of Dunkin' Donuts)

Intern Serves Social Responsibility Role at Dunkin’ Donuts

Coffee isn’t the only thing brewing at Dunkin’ Donuts. Social responsibility initiatives are a part of the central operation that oversees more than 11,500 Dunkin’ and 7,600 Baskin Robbins restaurants spread across nearly 60 nations. And, that stirred the interest of Ariana Scurti ’17 (CLAS) who gained experience with the parent company as an intern […] Read more.

Mark Driscoll, co-founder of Shoreline Biome, at work in a lab at the UConn technology incubator in Farmington on March 31, 2016. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Fund Provides UConn Business Startups Financial Support

Assistance of up to $100,000 is available to any student, faculty member, or alumnus of the University with an in-state business venture tied to research, advanced technologies, or innovations developed at UConn. Read more.

UConn in the News

TIME

New Study: It’s Actually Bad for Men to Be Breadwinners

Boston Globe

In efforts against bullying, some school districts stand out

The Telegraph

If your parents live past 70, there’s a higher chance you will too

NBC

Auriemma’s bond with his former players remains strong

Hartford Business Journal

UConn’s startup interns build CT’s STEM-talent pipeline

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