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Ashley Rich poses with her NCAA Elite 90 award at the NCAA Field Hockey banquet on Nov. 23 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Alexandra Greene/UConn Photo)

Ashley Rich ’19 (NUR) Earns Elite 90 Honor

Rich's 3.99 GPA was the highest of all Division I Field Hockey players at the Final Four.

A man winces in pain. (Getty Images)

Pain Gets Personal: UConn Health to Host Symposium

How to prevent acute pain developing into chronic pain, and how to treat pain without resorting to opioids will be among the topics for discussion.

Woman in pink bra representing breast cancer awareness month. (Annette Bunch/Getty Images)

Genes Predict Cancer Patient’s Pain – or Lack of It

UConn researchers report genetic clues that point to those individuals likely to be most vulnerable to post-treatment pain.

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Members of the Class of 2017.

Sights and Sounds of Commencement 2017

More than 9,000 degrees – both undergraduate and graduate – will be awarded this year, which is the highest number of degrees conferred at UConn in the University's 136-year history.

Teams of students from the Schools of Nursing and Engineering collaborated on a concept they dubbed the Baby Breathing Bed, designed to prevent babies dying from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Nursing Students Tackle Real-World Healthcare Needs

Teams of UConn seniors will present their innovations on April 19, at the School of Nursing's annual 'Shark Tank' event.

Freshman Michael Mayo has dreams of building a roller-skating business adjacent to his alma mater, New Britain High School. (Devin Basdekian/UConn School of Business)

Over 200 Would-Be Entrepreneurs Seek Mentoring, Business Advice

More than 200 students attended the kickoff for UConn’s sixth annual Innovation Quest (iQ), hoping their dreams of creating a new business will come to fruition. The iQ program offers advice, encouragement and mentoring from experts in business incubation and strategy.

UConn Health nursing staff wheel a patient into the new hospital tower. (Janine Gelineau/UConn Health Photo)

School of Nursing Receives Prestigious Nursing Scholars Grant

The initiative aims to increase the number of nurses with doctorates nationwide.

Jeffrey Noonan, left, and Kavisha Thakkar have been selected as two of UConn’s Leadership Legacy scholars, an honor bestowed on the University’s most exceptional students, who have demonstrated leadership, personal accomplishment and academic excellence. (Nathan Oldham/UConn photo)

2017 ‘Leadership Legacy’ Students

Two business undergraduate students have been honored as among the University's most promising. Kavisha Thakkar is planning a career as a physician, but is also pursuing a dual degree in accounting, so that she can better understand the healthcare-payment system and assist her future patients. Jeffrey Noonan, a finance major, has secured a summer internship with Bain & Co., one of the world's top management strategy consulting firms.

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