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$750,000 Mellon Foundation Grant to Expand NE Humanities Consortium Faculty of Color Working Group

UConn's Humanities Institute has won a $750,000 grant to expand a working group for faculty members of color in the 12-member New England Humanities Consortium. Read more.

Goodbye, Handshake. Hello, LMG

With handshakes on hold because of the pandemic, UConn researchers offer a germ-free way to greet each other in person. Read more.

Large letter entrance UConn sign on route 195. July 24, 2019. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

UConn Reducing Fees for Undergrads Learning Exclusively Online in Fall

Full-time UConn undergraduates based at the Storrs campus will save more than $700 in discounted mandatory student fees if they choose to take all of their fall courses fully online and do not live in University housing. Read more.

Medical assistant Regina Rushby takes William Cordero's temparature using a heat scanner, part of the screening process for entry at UConn Health. June 5, 2020 (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health photo)

The Re-Engineering of UConn Health

When UConn Health professionals saw the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, they knew that "business as usual" was over. Read more.

Bioidentical hormones. Doctor holding tablet with sign.

Neither Natural Nor Safe: Compounded Bioidentical Hormones Need Better Evidence

A category of hormone treatments often promoted as safe and "natural" need far more study and research to evaluate those claims, according to a UConn expert. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

CAHNR Meet 2020 graduates Caitlyn and Kristen Splaine

CAHNR Resource economics student leverages food security solutions to strengthen communities

MED Diabetes: Knowing Is (At Least) Half the Battle

NUR Neonatal Nursing Master’s Program Ranked in the Top 5 in the U.S.

UConn in the News

Forbes

Use Your Furlough Wisely To Survive The Inevitable Redundancy

The New York Times

WNBA Star’s Role in Freeing Man From Prison Shows Female Athletes at Forefront

The Washington Post

Black Lives Matter Beyond America’s Big Cities