WEEKLY HEADLINES

Entryway sign lit up green for St. Patricks Day and for Sustainability.

UConn Once Again Ranks High in Sustainability

Campus engagement and planning efforts give UConn a sustainable edge Read more.

A rendering of the new UConn School of Nursing building

UConn Planning to Rename its School of Nursing in Honor of Alumna Elisabeth DeLuca

The School’s new academic home, currently being built with her generous support, also would bear her name Read more.

Targeting a Silent Killer: UConn Researcher Patents Leptospirosis Vaccine

This patent moves researchers one step closer to developing a universal vaccine for leptospirosis, a widely neglected disease Read more.

A woman with long dark hair standing with hot air balloons in the air behind her over a Turkish landscape

UConn Student Spends Summer in Turkey As Part of CLS Program

The Critical Language Scholarship program provides summer programs for students to learn languages of strategic importance to the United States Read more.

‘No Rest for the Wilted’: How Will Species Fare After Consecutive Hottest Years on Record?

Forecasting to show which species are at greatest risk of climate-related extinction, before it’s too late Read more.

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

CLAS

School of Public Policy Students Tackle Higher Education, Election Integrity in Washington, D.C.

DENT

Continuing Education for Health Professionals and Students at the Right Time, Right Cost, and Right Here!

Neag School Student Wins SURF Award for Project Tackling Marine Debris on Connecticut Beaches

Research Study Analyzes How Human Rights Content Empowers Spanish Heritage Learners

ENG

Cooperation and Competition: How Fetal and Maternal Cells Evolved to Work Together

ENG

UConn Engineering Welcomes Nine New Faculty Members

LAW

UConn Law Launches Graduate Certificate in Insurance Law

MED

UConn Health Disparities Institute Joins National Center of Excellence Addressing Substance Use Disorder, Hepatitis C Virus, and HIV

MED

The Time to Act is Now

NUR

Daniel Sullivan Named New Sr. Associate Vice President for Health Giving at the UConn Foundation

OVPR

UConn Health Recognized Nationally for Huntington’s Disease Care in Connecticut

OVPR

The Cato T. Laurencin Institute Pre-K Award Program Graduates Another Successful Cohort

PHR

Making Strides, Breaking Records: UConn’s School of Pharmacy Places Second in the 2025 ACCP Clinical Research Challenge

UCONN IN THE NEWS

BET

Black Unemployment Hits Highest Level Since Pandemic, Sparking Recession Fears

The Hartford Courant

Strokes Can Cause Debilitating Damage. Two UConn Researchers Have Found a Way to Limit It

Connecticut Public

UConn Puppetry Program Seeks to Reassure Kids During Back-to-School Season Filled With Big Feelings

The Alliance Review (South Canton, Ohio)

Ohio is Smart to Pump Brakes on Banning All Forms of Kratom: Opinion

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