News Source: UConn Today Author: Claire Hall Date: October 30, 2025 SeaSol Technologies, a startup that is converting seaweed into compostable food packaging to replace plastic, was the grand prize winner at the Wolff New Venture Competition last week. CEO Yidan Zhang, a UConn Ph.D. candidate, was exuberant at receiving the top award, which includes […]
Month: October 2025
Being Seen, Feeling Seen: Summit Examined Complicated, Far-Ranging Intersections of Sport and Human Rights
News Source: UConn Today Author: Jaclyn Severance Date: October 28, 2025 John Carlos doesn’t want applause. He told a packed house in the Student Union Theatre as much as he sat on stage beside his fellow former Olympian, Tommie Smith, and the Hall of Fame sports journalist William C. Rhoden on the Wednesday-night opening of […]
UConn Cancer Care Startup Goes Global (and Beyond)
News Source: UConn Today Author: Mac Murray Date: October 13, 2025 When Armin Rad ‘19 Ph.D. and Leila Daneshmandi ‘20 Ph.D. set out to found Encapsulate in 2019, they couldn’t have foreseen where the next six years would take them. Now, their biochip-based cancer care company is taking on the world. Encapsulate’s proprietary technology allows for cancer tumors […]
Dr. Jaime Imitola of UConn Honored by the International Society of Stem Cell Research
News Source: UConn Today Author: Lauren Woods Date: October 9, 2025 Dr. Jaime Imitola of UConn School of Medicine and UConn Health has been appointed chair of the International Society of Stem Cell Research’s (ISSCR) Education Committee for the next three years. He previously graciously served as the Committee’s vice chair. As the world’s leading society […]
AI Across the Atlantic
News Source: UConn Today Author: Mac Murray Date: October 9, 2025 On Oct. 9, an interdisciplinary and international group of scholars gathered at the UConn Humanities Institute (UCHI) to discuss “a deceptively simple question”: What are we talking about when we talk about AI? UCHI Director Anna Mae Duane introduced the symposium with this framing to illustrate […]
Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation Recognized as a Global Leader in Venture Creation
News Source: UConn Today Author: Claire Hall Date: October 8, 2025 UConn’s Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CCEI) has received the Outstanding Contributions to Venture Creation Award at the 2025 Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers Conference in Calgary, Canada. The award honors a university center that demonstrates excellence in supporting the launch and growth of startups […]