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The UConn sign in Storrs, lit up at night, with light steaks from passing traffic

UConn Welcoming About 6,700 New and Transfer Students

Despite the challenges of the pandemic, UConn is welcoming roughly 6,700 new students - both first-year students and transfer students - as the Fall 2020 semester begins. Read more.

A purple-gloved hand holds the small microneedle patch that was developed at UConn

UConn Faculty Receive Federal Funding to Develop Self-Administered Microneedle COVID-19 Vaccine Technology

UConn researchers have developed a single-use microneedle technology they hope will help keep patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more.

Side-by-side photos showing UConn student Madisyn MacDonald in the office of Otis Elevator, where she is an intern, and then at her desk at home. Her internship has continued remotely during the pandemic.

Interning in a Pandemic: One UConn Student’s Experience

The COVID-19 pandemic might have complicated one UConn student's dream internship, but it didn't derail it. Read more.

Xiaomei Cong, associate professor of nursing, on June 4, 2015

Meet the Researcher: Xiaomei Cong, School of Nursing

UConn researcher Xiaomei Cong's work builds on insights she first had as a nurse in a neonatal intensive care unit. Read more.

UConn Avery Point Offers Open Air Art and Film Exhibition

The COVID-19 pandemic prompted UConn Avery Point to design an outdoor art exhibit, combining sculpture, film, video, and other media. Read more.

A collage showing college students engaged in various activities related to human rights

UConn Receives $1M Gift and Match Challenge for Human Rights Institute

UConn's Human Rights Institute has launched a $1M gift and match challenge, thanks to the generosity of two longtime donors. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

CAHNR A new life for an “old” technology

CAHNR Meet new faculty member Cristina Connolly

ED Fall 2020 Neag School Hires, Appointments, and Promotions

ENG Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Joins National Academy of Inventors Board of Directors

MED Back-to-School: A Family Medicine Perspective

MED Better Sleep, Best Self

MED UConn Health Minute: OB/GYN Minimally Invasive Surgery

UConn in the News

USA Today

Medical Experts Warn That Mental Health of College Athletes, and Especially Black Athletes, is Being Overlooked

Vanity Fair

More National Guard Troops Could Be On Their Way to Kenosha

NBC News

Puerto Ricans Push Back on Kimberly Guilfoyle’s ‘First-Generation American’ Remarks

Vice

The Broken Algorithm That Poisoned American Transportation

The Hartford Courant

‘Learning Pods’ Gaining Popularity in the Coronavirus Pandemic, but Experts Warn They Could Widen Connecticut’s Achievement Gap

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