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Veteran Keeps His Memorial Day Plans Thanks to UConn Health Heart Doctors

Days after his minimally-invasive TAVR heart procedure at UConn Health, Navy Veteran Bill Rood is grateful to participate in upcoming Memorial Day events Read more.

UConn professor Sara Harkness, top right, and her class of students in Spring 2023. On the monitor, two students from Radboud University in the Netherlands join class remotely as part of a virtual study exchange.

New CHHD, Global Affairs Program Offers Graduate Students Virtual Study Exchange

The virtual study abroad experience removes the financial and travel burdens of traditional study abroad programs Read more.

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

Removing Human Error from Breast Cancer Detection

The Feature Fusion Siamese Network system uses artificial intelligence to compare two sets of films taken at two different time points for diagnosis, eliminating the need for manual comparison, saving time, and reducing the potential for mistakes Read more.

UConn Researcher Develops Environmentally, Economically Friendly Turf Grass Varieties

These genetically improved grasses have reduced mowing, fertilizer, and irrigation needs, reducing lawn grasses' impact on the environment and producing financial savings Read more.

Image of a leg in a cast

Healing Big Broken Bones With a Small Molecule

UConn Health scientists describe a new method that can promote regrowth of long bones more affordably and with fewer side effects than other techniques Read more.

Schools and Colleges

CAHNR Doctor of Physical Therapy Students Receive White Coats as Alums Celebrate 50th Reunion

ED Neag School Dean Selected for Millennium Leadership Initiative

MED Dr. Neha Prakash Named ‘Outstanding Young Physician’

OVPR Spotlight on Services: Clinical Research Center

UConn in the News

The Washington Post

Objection to Sexual, LGBTQ Content Propels Spike in Book Challenges

NBC Connecticut

Connecticut Doctor Discusses Vaccines to Fight RSV

The Hartford Courant

Allergy Doctors Sounding Alarms As Connecticut Sees It’s Worst Season in Years. Here’s What You Need to Know.

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