News Source: UConn Today Author: Jon D’Arpino Professor Sir Cato T. Laurencin, MD, Ph.D., K.C.S.L., has been ranked number 1 in the U.S. in the Orthopaedic Surgery category for 2025 by ScholarGPS over the past 5 years. ScholarGPS ranks scholars based upon a rigorous quantitative assessment of contributions across multiple scientific layers. He is also […]

News Source: UConn Today Author: Courtney Chandler UConn John Dempsey Hospital is a World’s Best Hospital for the fifth year in a row. The prestigious award from Newsweek and Statista is a result of quality metrics, recommendations from medical experts, and results from patient surveys. With now a half a decade of receiving this designation, UConn John Dempsey Hospital […]

News Source: UConn Today Author: Claire Hall During the summers when the Olympics are held, the 20 members of the extended Egan family gather together to cheer for their favorite athletes as they vie for medals in the international competition. “For us, it has always been a family event and a point of camaraderie,’’ says […]

News Source: UConn Today Author: Matt Engelhardt Date: November 25, 2025 UConn, Yale, and state leaders believe that Connecticut is perfectly situated to emerge as a national powerhouse in quantum technology and industry implementation. That confidence comes with a heavy investment and potentially game-changing dividends. On Nov. 20, Gov. Ned Lamont announced that the state […]

News Source: UConn Today Author: Elaina Hancock Date: November 24, 2025 For the past two weeks, world leaders, policymakers, climate researchers, and climate activists convened in Belém, Brazil for this year’s United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties, commonly referred to as COP. UConn@COP fellows were also in attendance at COP30 to experience the conference […]

News Source: UConn Today Author: Bri Diaz Date: November 24, 2025 In November, Manisha Sinha, the James L. and Shirley A. Draper Chair in American History, returned from a lecture tour in China marking the Chinese-language launch of her award-winning book, “The Slave’s Cause: A History of Abolition” (Yale University Press, 2016). A groundbreaking history of abolition, “The […]

News Source: UConn Today Author: Claire Hall Date: November 17, 2025 UConn’s reputation as an entrepreneurship academic powerhouse climbed significantly in the 2026 rankings released Nov. 12 by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur. The results were based on 40 data points including academic offerings, faculty credentials, experiential learning, mentorship, and more. The University was ranked […]

News Source: UConn Today Author: Matt Engelhartdt Date: November 17, 2025 UConn and its many collaborators throughout the state are leading the effort to educate workers with the skills they need to advance in an evolving economy, especially in the growing areas of artificial intelligence and quantum technology. State, municipal, University, and tech industry leaders […]

News Source: UConn Today Author: Matt Engelhardt Date: November 10, 2025 While “quantum” has become a buzzword representing cutting-edge and new technology, UConn has been active in related research stretching back decades. About two years ago, UConn brought together groups of faculty members dispersed across different schools who work in quantum and quantum-adjacent areas to […]

News Source: UConn Today Author: Shawn Kornegay Date: November 6, 2025 Each year, the U.S. Department of State, the Center for Sport, Peace, and Society at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and espnW co-sponsor the Global Sports Mentoring Program (GSMP), a leadership initiative that empowers women to advance gender equity through sport. In 2025, GSMP paired 14 emerging female […]