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Helping Huskies Rise

Can belonging be the breakthrough? Read more.

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Doubling the Data Gathered from Dark Patches of Space

UConn Ph.D student’s program selected for observation time on our most powerful space telescope Read more.

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NSF CAREER Award Backs UConn Research in Micro- and Nanoscale Manufacturing

SeungYeon Kang has received a prestigious NSF CAREER Award for her work on transforming how microscopic electronic devices are built Read more.

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The Moment That Changed Everything, and the Gift That Followed

Enabling students to learn by doing — about the law and about themselves Read more.

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Covid-Era Assistance Policies May Have Reduced Food Insecurity, Housing Instability

Pandemic-era safety net programs revealed new insights into the complex relationship between wages, housing, and food insecurity Read more.

REGIONAL CAMPUSES
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WISHfest 2026 Brings Innovation and Inclusion to UConn Waterbury

A day to cultivate creativity, partnership, and, above all, 'possibility and our future' Read more.

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
CAHNR

InCHIP Research Forum Connects UConn Researchers, Community Partners

CAHNR

UConn Extension Volunteers Are Preserving One of Connecticut’s Most Famous Homes

DENT

School of Dental Medicine Recognized at Statewide Dental Meeting

MED

‘Healthy Rounds’: Kids on a Pitch Count

NUR

Implementing Food as Medicine: From Food Access to the Fork

ENG

Professor Sir Cato T. Laurencin Presents Groundbreaking Study at the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons Annual Meeting

PHR

UConn Pharmacy Assistant Research Professor Wins Excellence in Research Award

PHR

2026 Graduates Step into Community Pharmacy Careers

OVPR

Seven School of Social Work Doctoral Students Awarded

UCONN IN THE NEWS

The MIT Press Reader

The Genius of the Barn Owl’s Feathers

Kellogg Insight

The Enduring Cost of Gun Violence at School

All Things Considered (NPR)

Trick or Spice? How the ‘Nutmeg’ Came to Dominate the Soccer World

WFSB

UConn Student Creates App to Help Navigate Dining Hall Menus

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