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Rudd Center Celebrates 10th Anniversary at UConn

The Center investigates strategies to address food insecurity, poor nutrition, and weight bias through research and policy Read more.

UConn Among First to Offer Experiential Learning in Decentralized Artificial Intelligence

Stamford-based Yuma experts to mentor students as they strive to solve business challenges Read more.

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UConn Has Record-Breaking Cohort for Gilman Scholars

A total of 31 UConn students, who will study in 14 different countries, will receive a total of nearly $94,000 in scholarship funds through the Gilman program Read more.

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Recent Graduate Named to Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange

The fellowship provides American and German young professionals the opportunity to spend one year in each other’s countries Read more.

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Pharmacy Professor Honored by National Academy of Medicine

Raman Bahal has been named an Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine Scholar, just one of ten nationally to earn that designation Read more.

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Two Lives, One Team

High-risk mom delivers a healthy baby thanks to the team at UConn Health Read more.

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

CAHNR

Researchers and Industry Flock to UConn to Talk Poultry Innovations and Impacts

DENT

Dr. Bina Katechia Honored by American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry

DENT

Awards Given to Support Dental Faculty Development

DENT

Taking on Period Poverty

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Dr. Cato T. Laurencin 2025 Wallace H. Coulter Lecturer at Pittcon

ENG

2025 Dickson Prize in Medicine Goes to Professor Sir Cato T. Laurencin of UConn

LAW

UConn Law Students and Graduates Recognized with 2025 Awards

MED

UConn Health Named One of Newsweek’s Best Maternity Hospitals

MED

UConn’s Dr. Denis Lafreniere Inducted into the Honor Society for Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery

MED

Empowering Equity in the Emergency Department

MED

Dr. Cato T. Laurencin of UConn Receives Bioactive Materials Lifetime Achievement Award

MED

CT AHEC Offers Clinical Nurse Preceptor Training Conference in Hartford

MED

First Stem Cell Medicine Course for Clinicians Available for Free

CAHNR

2025 Dr. Cato T. Laurencin ScHOLA²RS House Award Recipients

MED

Black Men in White Coats Youth Summit: Dr. Cato Laurencin and Dr. Samuel Laurencin

MED

UConn’s Dr. Jaclyn Olsen Jaeger Appointed to Two National Education Committees

NUR

Volunteer EMT to Nursing Ph.D. Student

PHR

UConn School of Pharmacy Makes Major Push to Raise Pharmaceutical Industry Career Awareness

UCONN IN THE NEWS

The New York Times

The Creativity Challenge

Reuters

Canadian Wildfire Smoke Spreads Into US Midwest

USA Today

Why Do I Grind My Teeth at Night? Here Are a Few Potential Causes, According to Experts.

The Hartford Courant

Connecticut Has New England’s Only USDA Accredited Lab for Bird Flu Tests. It Monitors Many Deadly Diseases

UPI

Strength of Immune-System Response May Drive Healthy Aging

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