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Bridging the Gaps

The Covid-19 pandemic shined a bright light on inequitable access to health care in America. At UConn’s medical and dental schools, future providers are addressing disparities from the ground up. Read more.

Identifying Dyslexia Early

The AppRise project uses a free, game-like app to help teachers assess kids as young as five and get them the help they need to learn to read. Read more.

Economic and financial impact during the Covid-19 health crisis deepens. Businesswoman with protective face mask checking financial trading data on smartphone by the stock exchange market display screen board in downtown financial district showing stock market crash sell-off in red colour

New Business Law Program Promises Answers To Tough Questions on Equality, Inclusion

A new online speaker series aims to answer business law questions ranging from LGBTQ inclusion to workplace rules governing COVID-19 issues. Read more.

Provost Carl Lejuez sitting at a table at the Wilbur Cross South Reading Room

A Conversation with UConn Provost Carl Lejuez

UConn Provost Carl Lejuez talks about making the University an inclusive and dynamic environment, drawing on his own experiences as a faculty member and first-generation college student. Read more.

Destruction of a cancer cell by nanoparticles, computer illustration. Conceptual image which illustrates the potential of nanoparticles in the treatment of cancer.

UConn, DIANT Pharma Licenses Continuous Manufacturing Nanoparticle System

UConn researchers have licensed a continuous manufacturing system for nanoparticulate drug delivery systems in support of commercialization. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

OVPR UConn Health Team to Investigate Link Between Gut Microbiome and Aging

ED UConn Researchers Prepare Master’s Students to Work with Children with Developmental Disabilities

ED Expanding Global Ed, Intercultural Learning at the Neag School

MED Podcast: Technology + Expertise = Healthier Skin

MED An Act of Kindness that Changed a Life

MED Have Diabetes, Will Travel (for Care and Education)

PHR New Fund Bolsters Diversity Initiatives at the School of Pharmacy

SSW UConn Hartford Power Voting Corps Plays Important Role in Historic Election Day

UConn in the News

CNN

After Bitterly Divided Election, What’s Next for America