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 […]
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UConn’s Entrepreneurship Ranking Climbs in 2026 Princeton Review Findings
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 […]
UConn, State Embrace AI and Quantum Potential
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 […]
UConn Quantum Alliance Shatters Disciplinary Silos
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 […]
UConn Welcomes YSEALI Entrepreneurial Fellows for Leadership, Innovation, and Cross-Cultural Learning
Author: Lily Guberman This fall, the Global Training and Development Institute (GTDI) in UConn’s Office of Global Affairs welcomed 23 Fellows from nine Southeast Asian countries—Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam—as part of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative’s Academic Fellows Program (YSEALI AFP). Over five weeks, these emerging leaders engaged in a transformative program […]
Neag School Faculty Mentor Emerging Leader in Sport Through Global Exchange Program
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 […]
UConn Law Attracts Fulbright Scholars
News Source: UConn Today Author: Diana Nearhos Date: November 4, 2025 In recent years, UConn Law has consistently attracted students through one of the world’s most prestigious academic opportunities. Four Fulbright scholars from outside the U.S. are seeking their LLM degrees at the law school this year, the most on record at UConn Law. The Fulbright Program […]
UConn Professor Sir Cato T. Laurencin Delivers Plenary Lecture at the ACS Global Scientific Conference
News Source: UConn Today Author: Jon D’Arpino Date: October 31, 2025 Co-sponsored by the American Chemical Society (ACS) and IIT-Bombay, the conference brought the leading experts from around the world to discuss and explore the latest advancements in healthcare, medicine, chemical biology, and life sciences. Laurencin’s plenary lecture, “Regenerative Engineering: Frontiers of Convergence” perfectly reflected […]
Wolff Competition Awards Grand Prize to Company Using Seaweed to Replace Plastic
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 […]
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 […]