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 […]
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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 […]
UConn Student Represents US in UN Global Youth Statement
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 […]
UConn Students Explore Entrepreneurship Across Borders Through an Abrahamic Lens
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. […]
Second Human Rights Summit comes to UConn with Focus on Sports, Featuring Iconic Athletes from 1968 Summer Olympics
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 […]
UConn Has Record-Breaking Cohort for Gilman Scholars
News Source: UConn Global News Author: Mike Enright Date: May 27, 2025 A record-breaking 31 UConn students have been awarded a Gilman Scholarship in the latest cohort of the prestigious academic award. The award is congressionally funded through the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs at the State Department. The funding supports expanding student participation in study […]