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HuskyTHON participants raise cards displaying the total dollar amount raised during hte 2023 huskyTHON
HuskyTHON Raises Over $1.4 Million For The Kids

The annual dance marathon raised $1,480,255.77 for Connecticut Children's Medical Center Read more.

Students hold electric candles during the Convocation ceremony on the Student Union Mall. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

With Record 48,000+ Applications, UConn’s Class of 2027 Promises a Wealth of Talent, Diversity

About 4,100 new students are expected to enroll at Storrs, with about 1,675 first-year students anticipated at the regional campuses in Hartford, Stamford, Waterbury, and Avery Point Read more.

Social Work Researcher Seeks to Re-engage Black and African American Older Adults Isolated by COVID-19

Working to reconnect people with the activities and social ties that sustained them before the pandemic Read more.

Scientist working with cannabis plants in lab

UConn Launches New Cannabis Cultivation Minor

Responding to student interest and market opportunities, the minor supports workforce development in the state Read more.

UCONN MAGAZINE

Road Eats 

When this Ph.D. student isn't working in a genomics lab, he's biking — and finding some truly wild things on the side of the road. (And, often, eating them!) Read more.

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

CAHNR

Master Program in Personalized Nutrition Helps Students Find New Paths

DENT

Dental Students Celebrate Week of Inclusion

ENG

Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Meets Pope Francis and Discusses the Field of Regenerative Engineering

UCONN IN THE NEWS

Hearst Connecticut Media

Connecticut Is In For a Longer, More Severe Allergy Season. Here’s Why.

NBC Connecticut

Norovirus Cases Increase in Northeast This Winter

Hearst Connecticut Media

Don’t Let the Rainfall Just Flow Away. Rain Gardens Stop Erosion, Refill the Ground

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