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Students browse articles of clothing in UConn's new Swap Shop
Swap, Don’t Shop: Sustainable Fashion is Coming to UConn

A secondhand clothing store, the first of its kind, is coming to the Storrs campus this fall to help students learn about, and counteract, fast fashion Read more.

Lynita Reid and her daughter Kaitlyn outside the UConn Stamford campus building

What It’s Like to be a 40-year-old First-year Student

'It’s never too late to go back. You never know what you’re capable of until you try' Read more.

Smiling female student

Allied Health Major Lets Students Make a Difference Close to Home

Emelis Santos '24 is among a growing number of students choose allied health sciences at UConn Waterbury to give back to their communities Read more.

A single strand of ribonucleic acid, or RNA.

Researchers to Expand the Encyclopedia of RNA

More interest than ever in RNA, as it steps into the spotlight Read more.

smiling woman with horses

From the Horse’s Mouth: Horse Ownership in Connecticut

With 43,000 horses across the state, UConn researcher Sarah Reed shares tips to keep animals healthy and happy in Connecticut Read more.

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

CAHNR

Alum Patricia Jepson Prioritizes Human Connection, Achieving Excellence and Impact Through 40-Year Career

CLAS

Bandana Purkayastha Named New CLAS Associate Dean

CLAS

Stellar Scholars Join CLAS Faculty

ED

Neag School Welcomes Several New Faculty Members

LAW

Animal Legal Defense Fund Grant Aids Animal Law Clinic

MED

UConn Health Minute: AI Guided Radiology

MED

Podcast: Back to School, 2022

OVPR

Three New Faculty Members Join the School of Nursing

OVPR

Military Service Has Transgenerational Impact Study Shows

UCONN IN THE NEWS

Architect News

Montana Makes History as the First U.S. State to Approve 3D Printed Alternatives to Concrete Walls

Vice

Desperate People Are Turning to Illegal Online Pharmacies for Birth Control

Connecticut Public Radio

A Day in the Life of UConn’s Top Dog: Jonathan XIV

WTNH-TV News 8

UConn Launches LiveSafe App to Help Students Feel Safer on Campus

Looper

The Untold Truth Of Dead Poets Society

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