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UConn music composition professor Kenneth Fuchs at the recording sessions for his album "Cloud Slant" at St. Augustine’s Church in Kilburn, London.
UConn’s Fuchs Earns Grammy Nomination for Latest Album, ‘Cloud Slant’

Acclaimed recording chosen from among hundreds of submissions for the famed award; winners will be announced in February Read more.

Challa Kumar, professor emeritus of chemistry, in his lab.

Chemist Unlocks Plastic Alternatives Using Proteins and Clothing Scraps

Challa Kumar has developed methods to create novel plastic-like materials using proteins and fabric Read more.

An aerial view of students wearing cap and gown posing for Commencement photos at the gateway sign

UConn Joins Initiative to Help Ensure Transparency in College Costs

'Our approach is specifically designed to empower students and families with time to ask questions, to call us, to research, and to get answers to their inquiries' Read more.

From left, Bruce Flax, president of the Greater Mystic Chamber of Commerce; Nicole Verdi, head of Government Affairs & Policy for New England Ørsted; UConn Professor and Marine Sciences Department Head Evan Ward; Michael Ausere, vice president of Business Development at Eversource Energy; state Sen. Heather Somers, UConn Avery Point Campus Director Annemarie Seifert; and Hank Webster, deputy commissioner of energy at the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

UConn, Partners Investigate Impact of Windfarms on Marine Life

UConn welcomed Orsted and Eversource officials to Avery Point to launch an impact study on a project designed to power 350,000 homes in southern New England Read more.

Photo of Brandi Simonsen seated on a green chair by a window at the Neag School of Education.

Positive Behavioral Interventions Center Receives $21 Million to Revolutionize K-12 Education

The Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports (Center on PBIS), a multi-institution initiative headed by researchers at the University of Oregon, the University of Connecticut, and the University of South Florida, has been changing the way kids learn for over 20 years – and counting Read more.

UCONN MAGAZINE

Unmasked

How a UConn puppeteer went from being the beer guy at Whole Foods to creating animatronics for the biggest theme parks, robotics for cinematic superheroes, and crazy-clever costumes for Masked Singers. Read more.

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

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On the Field with Sports Nutritionist Jennifer Fields

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Dutch Educators, Neag School Partner to Implement Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports

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Five Essential Skills for School Superintendents

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UConn MSE Sweeps the 2023 ASM International Materials Challenges

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Professor Richard Pomp Honored by Tax Policy Group, Alumni

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UConn Health Employees Named 2023 Connecticut Healthcare Heroes

UCONN IN THE NEWS

The New York Times

I Sent My Doctor a Selfie. Intentionally.

Smithsonian Magazine

How Stone Walls Became a Signature Landform of New England

NBC Connecticut

UConn Avery Point to Research How Wind Farms Impact Marine Life

WFSB-TV

Run to Honor Veterans Kicks Off At UConn

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