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UConn Business Researchers Discover How Charities Can Boost Likelihood of Donations Via Smartphone Users

A 'mobile giving gap' is a problem for charities as smartphone dominance steadily rises Read more.

A group of students from UConn Stamford visited Washington, D.C., last month to meet with U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell

UConn Stamford Students Rub Elbows with Fed Chair During D.C. Visit

'Visiting the Federal Reserve, for an economist, is like a doctor visiting the top hospital in the country' Read more.

Six students and one professor sit on couches around a coffee table, talking and looking excited.

Mellon Foundation Awards $100,000 to UConn Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The award represents a significant investment in UConn humanities research and is the WGSS program’s first major external grant Read more.

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In New Book, History Ph.D.s Explore ‘Why We Can’t Quit American Girl’

Mary Mahoney and Allison Horrocks talk the enduring significance of American Girl -- and why Molly would get kicked out of UConn Read more.

Stephen Bingham stands outside San Quentin Prison in California in the present day. The film, "A Double Life," features his story.

Latest Project from UConn Filmmaker a Personal One; Uncle’s Story Told in ‘A Double Life’

The film tells the story of attorney Stephen Bingham, a Connecticut native who became a fugitive after being accused of helping spark a 1971 prison uprising Read more.

UCONN MAGAZINE

An Urban Healthcare Bootcamp

For nearly two decades, this cross-disciplinary program has taught future "change agents" how to provide good, accessible health care for everyone. Read more.

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

BUS

Accounting Ph.D. Candidate Kangkang Zhang Receives Deloitte Foundation Fellowship

CLAS

Magnets, Optics, and Space: Second Graders Visit CLAS Physics Studios

ED

25 Years as Neag: Inspiring an Updated, High-Tech Home for the School of Education

ED

Neag School’s Sport Management Program Hosts Annual Sport Business Conference

MED

Medical Students Embrace Interactive Experience Learning the Care of Older Adults

MED

National Honor for UConn Health’s Dr. Mario Fahed

OVPR

Podcast: Bilingual Tool to Spot Signs of MS Earlier

SSW

In Memoriam: UConn School of Social Work Professor Alex Gitterman

UCONN IN THE NEWS

The Hill

Boeing Leadership Shakeup Raises Questions After 737 Max 9 Blowout

WFSB-TV

UConn Multiple Sclerosis Awareness

Vital City

We Can’t Shrink From Our Duty to Understand the Effects of Policy on People’s Lives.

WFSB-TV

UConn Health Offers a New Drug for Treatment-Resistant Depression

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