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The Wilbur Cross cuploa sits on a summer day surrounded by trees
Talented Newcomers and Returning Students Starting New Academic Year at UConn

The Class of 2029 includes a record 4,715 new students at Storrs and 1,850 at Stamford, Hartford, Waterbury, and Avery Point Read more.

Entryway sign lit up green for St. Patricks Day and for Sustainability.

UConn Receives State GreenerGov Awards for On-Campus Sustainability Efforts

The projects being honored further the goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2030 Read more.

Students walk past the Wilbur Cross Building on Oct. 5, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Launches its New Common Curriculum

'Hundreds of people have participated to make sure we’re ready to teach and advise in the new curriculum' Read more.

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From Quantum Concepts to Traffic Flow: UConn Researcher Reimagines Transportation Resilience

NSF EAGER grant supports innovative research by Monika Filipovska to apply quantum computing to critical infrastructure challenges Read more.

Female puma (Puma concolor) in the high country in the Gros Ventre Mountains near Jackson, Wyoming

New Tools Reveal the True Paths of Wildlife

A new model developed by UConn researchers now accounts for three-dimensional movement, allowing better tracking of animals that move up or down in space Read more.

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

CAHNR

Husky Reads Brings the Joy of Reading and Healthy Lifestyles to Connecticut Preschoolers

ED

In Memoriam: Neag School Professor Lisa Sanetti

ED

UConn Future Educators Club Earns National Recognition for Advocacy and Community Engagement

ENG

Positive Environmental Change Requires Passion and Science

MED

The Truth About Tick-Borne Illnesses

OVPR

Blocking Cancer Cells from Spreading

OVPR

Mission to Personalize Heart Failure Care

OVPR

Could Simply Taking a Supplement Prevent Many Older Women’s Urgent Need to Urinate?

SSW

Building A World Where Young People Thrive: SSW’s Innovations Institute Hosts 2025 Training Institutes

OVPR

Carolan Awarded NIH Loan Repayment Award in Recognition of her Long-COVID Research

UCONN IN THE NEWS

Cardiovascular Business

Air Purifiers May Reduce Cardiovascular Risks from Pollution and Wildfires

Verywell Health

Zucchini vs Cucumber: Which One Has More Fiber and Water Content?

Education Week

Making Time for Science in Kindergarten Could Have a Big Payoff

Fox 61

UConn Launches All-Electric Buses on Storrs Campus

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