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Drone views of the UConn entryway sign lit green for Earth Day. March 16, 2022.

Celebrating UConn’s Class of 2023

A class full of passion, ambition, and hope Read more.

The Class of 2023 poses for a photo on the Great Lawn on Aug. 24, 2019. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn’s Class of 2023: By the Numbers

For 7,707 Huskies, this month's ceremonies cap years of hard work, determination, and passion Read more.

A candle burning against a dark background

What if Health Insurance Covered Mindfulness?

A $3.1 million NIH grant supports Professor Blair T. Johnson and collaborators from Brown University in analyzing the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) interventions Read more.

Shoppers in Storrs Center.

Risks and Rewards: New Initiative Connects UConn Actuarial Science Students with Local Small Businesses

'You're running a business now, and you're running it every day, and you see the profits every day, but you don't always plan for the big things that might happen' Read more.

After winning the NCAA Championship, UConn Men's Basketball Coach, Dan Hurley, CT Governor Ned Lamont, and UConn President Radenka Maric, ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange.

Ritual, Superstition, and Other Things that Make Life Worthwhile

A conversation with UConn Professor Dimitris Xygalatas Read more.

Schools and Colleges

CAHNR Innovation Quest Crowns Three New Champions

CAHNR Laurie Devaney Named Interim Department Head of Kinesiology

CAHNR CAHNR’s Class of 2023

CAHNR CAHNR Commencement Speaker Janie Simms Hipp Advocates for Farmers in Federal Position

CLAS A Communications Major in Italy: The Art of Managing Culture Shock

ED Neag School Class of 2023 Student Profile: Brianna Bobo

ED Neag School Class of 2023 Student Profile: Alexandra Cascio

ED Neag School Class of 2023 Student Profile: Natalie Ciarcia

ED Neag School Class of 2023 Student Profile: Natalie Hernandez

ED Neag School Class of 2023 Student Profile: Sarah Hylas

ED Neag School Class of 2023 Student Profile: Saraya Lewis

MED Class of 2023: Future Anesthesiologist Bridget Oei

MED Class of 2023: Future Dermatologist Eric Beltrami

MED Class of 2023: Future Neurologist Anne Reisch and Future Psychiatrist Kathryn Stevens

MED Class of 2023: Future Surgeon Paige Holden

MED Class of 2023: Future Emergency Medicine Doctor Jonathan Harrell

MED Class of 2023: Future OB/GYN Edesiri Igbuya

MED UConn Health Screens Firefighters for Skin Cancer

MED Class of 2023: Future Diagnostic Radiologist Rafael Olivieri-Ortiz

PHR Two Pharmacy Students Elected as National Leaders in the American Pharmacist Association Academy of Student Pharmacists

UConn in the News

BBC

The Surprising Power of Pomp and Ceremony

Associated Press

Powerful New Obesity Drug Poised to Upend Weight Loss Care (Rudd Center)

News 8 WTNH-TV

Connecticut Educator Publishes Book on Life’s Hard Lessons

WFSB-TV

Therapy Dogs Help UConn Students Relax During Finals Week

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