Gifts & Donors
UConn Waterbury’s ‘Walkbury’ Initiative: Connecting Campus with Community, Culture, and History
'Walkbury is an excellent example of how a university and a city can work together to build community'
January 30, 2025 | Fumiko Hoeft and Heather Price
UConn Receives $500,000 from Travelers to Support Housing Stipends for UConn Hartford Students
'The residence hall will serve as a catalyst for learning as well as connecting students to the rich historical, cultural, political, and business resources of our capital city'
October 31, 2024 | Grace Merritt, UConn Foundation
Groundbreaking Celebrates State-of-the-Art Nursing Building
Alumna's generous gift will enable the School to grow as demand for skilled nurses soars
Neurodiversity Workshops to be Delivered at No Cost to Corporate America through UConn and Wells Fargo Collaboration
$3.75 million grant from Wells Fargo to provide employers with free neurodiversity education, training, academic research, and talent connections
October 10, 2024 | Grace Merritt, UConn Foundation
Camaraderie, Enthusiasm Punctuate Wolff New Venture Competition
‘I can't wait to see what impact they are going to have on the world'
UConn Alumni, Car Fanatics Creating Marketplace for Second-Hand Auto Parts
'If you’re looking for specific wheels only made in 1973, you can’t just walk into a store and expect to find them'
Startup ‘Vamos’ Seeks to Help Companies Thrive—Even When Their Employees Live Thousands of Miles Apart
'We fill a very unique niche and we’re solving problems that haven’t been solved before'
A Marriage of Land & Sea: UConn Agricultural Startup Seeks to Slow Food Spoilage
'Creating a company is very, very daunting, but at the same time it keeps life interesting'
Engineering Future Success, One Student at a Time
Stephany Santos, named to the newly established Vergnano Endowed Chair for Inclusion, sees her role as helping students build successful engineering futures, no matter the challenges
UConn Trustee Creates Breakthrough Women’s Leadership Initiative
Gift catalyzes support for women in engineering leadership roles long overlooked