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Hannah Bacon walking across the U.S.

Walking For Climate Action

After UConn grad Hannah Bacon ’15 (CLAS) lost her job at an environmental nonprofit due to the pandemic, she decided to use her time off to walk across the country to raise money and awareness for climate action. Read more.
Miguel Cardona, U.S. Education Secretary.

Miguel Cardona Named 1st UConn Grad to Serve as U.S. Secretary of Education

Neag School alumnus Miguel Cardona ’01 MA, ’04 6th Year, ’11 Ed.D., ’12 ELP, was confirmed on March 1 by the U.S. Senate. Read more.
A blue-hued brain with electrical signals

Innovative Therapeutic Program Helps Those Living With PTSD

Professor Julian Ford created TARGET, an educational and therapeutic approach that explains why PTSD develops and how it can be overcome. Read more.
In this 1982 Hartford Courant image, Laotian refugees work on a plantation in Simsbury.

The Research of Difference: How UConn Researchers are Tackling Anti-Racism

Black women and heart disease. Asian Americans and plantations. Slavery and…monsters? Find out how these anti-racism scholars are tackling issues of difference at UConn. Read more.
A group of graduating students toss their caps into the air while standing in front of the UConn gateway sign on April 28, 2020. The students are wearing facemasks due to the COVID-19 corona virus.

UConn Applications Surge to New Record Despite Pandemic’s Challenges

The University will today inform prospective members of the Class of 2025 of their acceptance. Read more.

UConn Magazine: Humanizing Human Rights

“My clients restore my faith in humanity,” says Ellen Messali ’10 JD of her immigration work with New Haven Legal Assistance. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

CAHNR Meet undergraduate student Sarah Proto

MED Podcast: Changing MS Patients’ Trajectory

MED UConn Health Minute: Preventing Colon Cancer

MED Pregnant ICU Patient Recovers from COVID-19

OVPR High-Profile Brain Tumor Therapy Trial Chooses UConn Health

UConn in the News

The New York Times

How Green Are Electric Vehicles?

The Washington Post

Butterflies are Vanishing Out West. Scientists Say Climate Change is to Blame.

Smithsonian Magazine

America’s First Black Physician Sought to Heal a Nation’s Persistent Illness

Slate

The Ludicrous, Unprecedented Greatness of Paige Bueckers

The Hartford Courant

Connecticut May Achieve Herd Immunity As Early As This Summer, but Inequities In Vaccines Distribution Could Slow Progress

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