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UConn Nation Stands Behind Breast Cancer Survivors at Women’s Basketball Play4Kay Game

The annual Play4Kay game on Jan. 29 honored breast cancer survivors, families, doctors and staff from the UConn Health Breast Cancer Program Read more.

UConn School of Engineering Launches Entrepreneurship Hub

'Entrepreneurship isn’t just about incorporating the company and developing strategy. There’s so much personal growth involved' Read more.

A student teacher works with three young students in a classroom.

Neag School Increases Enrollment, Expands Program Locations to Help Combat Connecticut’s Teacher Shortage

Not only has the Neag School boosted enrollment in its teacher education programs, it also expanded its offerings to train more educators and support Connecticut schools Read more.

White pharmaceutical pills spilling from prescription bottle over American map. (Stuart Richie/iStock/Getty Images)

Patients’ Lived Experience Shapes Research for Young Adult Opioid Use Recovery

The Collaborative Hub for Emerging Adult Recovery Research (CHEARR) -- an NIH-funded project spearheaded by UConn Health’s Dr. Kristyn Zajac -- will unite patients, providers, and researchers to better support young people recovering from opioid use disorder Read more.

The Peter Werth Residential Tower, where the Werth Institute is located.

‘It’s a Big Mountain to Climb’: Helping the American Workplace Include and Support Neurodivergent Workers

Judy Reilly, director of the Center for Neurodiversity and Employment Innovation at UConn, talks with UConn 360 about the changing nature of American work Read more.

Schools and Colleges

CAHNR CAHNR Recognizes Mike O’Neill for Service and Sense of Humor as Head of UConn Extension

CAHNR CAHNR Alum Kira Dineen Shares Wonders of Genetics Through Podcasting

ED Neag School Welcomes New Director of Teacher Education

LAW A Message from Dean Nelson About U.S. News Rankings

MED UConn Health Minute: TAVR

CLAS The Darién Gap in Focus: Exhibition Centers the Stories of Migrants Traveling through Panama in Transit to the U.S.-Mexico Border

SSW Q&A: Meet the School of Social Work Ph.D. Student Jenna Powers

UConn in the News

Fox 61

New Group Hopes to Help Child Mental Health

The Hartford Courant