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Karen Chammas from Lebanon is visiting UConn's Sport Management faculty as part of a Global Mentorship Program. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

UConn Plays Host to International Sport Mentoring Program

Launched by the U.S. Department of State, the Global Sports Mentoring Program is a leadership development project aimed at advancing gender equity through sports. Read more.

Businessman shaking hands with client before meeting in office conference room

Hometown Advantage? CEOs Tend to Acquire Companies in Familiar Stomping Grounds

Companies are 2.5 times more likely to acquire firms headquartered in the state where their CEO grew up than similar firms located elsewhere, says new study. Read more.

Jess Kelly Wants Women to Run

As the centennnial of the 19th Amendment approaches, Jessica Kelly '08 (CLAS) is chief of staff at Running Start, a Washington, D.C. nonprofit that trains young women to run for public office. Read more.

Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, the recipient of the 2019 Thomas J. Dodd Prize, speaks at Starr Hall at UConn Law School in Hartford on Nov. 7, 2019. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

2019 Dodd Prize Goes to Justice Advocate

The 2019 Dodd Prize was awarded to equal justice advocate Bryan Stevenson. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

CAHNR Meet undergraduate student Erin Flajnik

CLAS A New Phase for the Gant Science Complex

ED $1M in Federal Funding to Support Doctoral Students in Special Ed

ENG Surgical Excellence Runs in the Family

ENG Getting to the Root of Chronic Visceral Pain

LAW Otis Elevator Executive Gives Back with Law School Scholarship

MED U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal and UConn Health Team to Heighten Awareness of the Deadliest Cancer

MED Understanding Alzheimer’s

PHR School of Pharmacy Honors 2019 Preceptors of the Year

UConn in the News

Washington Post

The Happy Meal, a Triumph of Marketing Blamed for Childhood Obesity, is Turning 40

American Medical Association

The 5 Skills Residency Program Directors Expect on Day One

Tribune news

Op-ed: The Special Bond Among Veterans – Knowing What it Means to Serve

Water Technology

Water Recycling on UConn’s Campus

Boston Globe

Watertown’s Kourtney Kennedy at the Center of Success for UConn Field Hockey

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