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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

News Source: UConn Today Author: Elaina Hancock Date: August 27, 2025 Each year, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) holds a Conference of Parties (COP) to discuss the current status of global actions on climate change, and future steps to take. Leading up to the COP, youth from over 70 countries convene […]

News Source: UConn Today Author: Combined Reports Date: August 21, 2025 Forty-five university students from across the Middle East, North Africa, and the U.S., including UConn, completed an innovative online course this summer designed to explore how shared values rooted in the Abrahamic traditions can foster successful entrepreneurial practices in the MENA region and beyond. […]

News Source: UConn Today Author: Jaclyn Severance Date: August 11, 2025 In the summer of 1968, on an Olympic podium in Mexico City, a pair of American track athletes each bowed their heads and raised a black-gloved fist into the air. Tommie Smith was 24 years old with a gold medal around his neck, while […]