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UConn School of Dental Medicine oral pathologist Easwar Natarajan, BDS, D.M.Sc., examines a sample under a microscope.

Tip of the Iceberg: The Oral-Overall Health Link

The interprofessional nature of the education and research at the UConn School of Dental Medicine is part of a growing trend to better prepare every member of the health care team to treat the overall health of the patient. Read more.
A sunrise over Storrs.

UConn Update on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives

An update from University leadership about ongoing and upcoming efforts to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion at UConn. Read more.
Families visit Stormy Chamberlain at her lab at the Cell and Genome Sciences Building in Farmington

UConn Researchers Collaborate with Ovid Therapeutics on Genetic Therapy for Angelman Syndrome

UConn researchers Stormy Chamberlain and Noelle Germain are working with biopharmaceutical company Ovid Therapeutics Inc. on a promising therapy for a rare genetic condition. Read more.
The exterior of the UConn Foundation

UConn Foundation Announces Best Fundraising Year

The UConn Foundation raised nearly $90 million in the fiscal year that ended in June. Read more.
a woman in front of a chart

Summer Undergraduate Researcher Hanna Englander ’21 (CLAS)

A rising senior is spending her summer investigating how bacterial persisters survive lethal antibiotic treatments and contribute to infection relapse. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

CAHNR Economist studies mismatch between industry needs and workforce skill sets

CAHNR Meet graduate student Amanda Reiter

CLAS Atomwise Partnership Enables UConn Researcher to Investigate COVID-19 Drug Target

CLAS Researchers Receive $3M Grant to Study How Yoga Helps People with Chronic Low Back Pain

LAW New Book Describes History of UConn Law Clinics

LAW Law Professor Steven Wilf Named Fulbright-Schuman Innovation Scholar

MED New Outpatient Therapeutic Plasma Exchange Clinic Improving the Patient Experience

UConn in the News

Forbes

Home Alone For Quarantine: How To Avoid Loneliness When You Live Alone

The New York Times

The Real White Fragility

Wired

Colleges Prepare to Test Thousands of Students for COVID-19

Forbes

Support For Black-Owned Businesses Increases More Than 7,000%

The Japan Times

Will North Korea’s Kim Deliver an ‘October surprise’ to Trump?

The Hartford Courant

As Coronavirus Restrictions Ease, Where Are People Drawing the Line Between Venturing Out and Staying Safe?

Realtor.com

Home Buyers in Black Communities Pay More for Mortgages, and Here’s Why

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