Several of UConn’s graduate and professional degree programs rank among the nation’s best, reflecting its emphasis on providing an innovative, rigorous, and supportive educational experience to guide those students to professional and personal success. U.S. News & World Report’s new rankings, released Tuesday, showed several UConn graduate programs earning high marks across its campuses, including […]
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Three Neag School Graduate Programs Ranked Among the Top 25 in the Nation
Three Neag School of Education graduate programs have been ranked among the top 25 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, which released its 2026 Best Education Schools rankings earlier today. In addition, the Neag School appears for the 11th straight year as one of the top 30 public graduate schools of education […]
2026 UConn Health Board of Directors Faculty Recognition Awardee is Dr. David Shafer
The 2026 recipient of the UConn Health Board of Directors Faculty Recognition Award is Dr. David Shafer, associate professor and chair of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the UConn School of Dental Medicine. Shafer is a nationally and internationally recognized scholar in oral and maxillofacial surgery and implantology and has made significant […]
UConn’s Quantum Spring
Author: Matt Engelhardt As the state awaits word on a transformative grant, UConn continues to prioritize quantum research and technology through a series of events held in March and April. UConn’s Technology Commercialization Services (TCS) is hosting the second annual QuantumUP! hackathon on Wednesday, April 8. The program seeks to engage UConn students and peers across the state in conversations about how advancements in technology […]
Four Faculty Members Elected to AAAS
News Source: UConn Today Author: Matt Engelhardt Four University of Connecticut faculty members have been elected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) to its newest class of fellows. The AAAS is the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals. The four are: Emmanouil Anagnostou, the Board of Trustees […]
Two-Day Puerto Rican Summit Aims for Change
While a two-day summit addressing issues of importance to Puerto Ricans might sound like a niche event, UConn’s Charles “Rob” Venator-Santiago stressed during opening remarks Friday the ideas generated from the 300 attendees are things that can benefit everyone in Connecticut, not just its Puerto Rican community. Take, for instance, a proposal he has that […]
Graduating Medical Students Present their Research Findings
Soon to be future doctors inched closer to earning their medical degrees from UConn School of Medicine with the successful presentations of their scholarly Capstone Projects on March 19. It’s all part of the annual Clinician Scholar Symposium at UConn School of Medicine. The student presentations are one part of the culmination of their medical school journey as they march toward UConn Health’s 55th Commencement on […]
Social Work Researcher Uses Photography to Explore Lived Experiences of Immigrants in Armenia
A picture may be worth a thousand words — and for immigrants navigating life in a new country, it can reveal what words alone cannot. With financial support from the UConn Office of Global Affairs, UConn School of Social Work Professor Rebecca Thomas is leading an international research project that uses photography to explore the […]
UConn the Top Dog in Big East Research Contest
UConn undergraduate researchers are officially the beasts of the Big East. A UConn team won top honors at the Big East Undergraduate Research Symposium, held concurrently with the men’s basketball tournament at Madison Square Garden on March 14. The group earned a first-place finish in the poster contest, winning against students from the 10 other […]
Second World Congress on Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
This hybrid in person and virtual event, which was held in St. Lucia, was hosted by Springer Nature’s The Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities and the Connecticut National Medical Association (CTNMA) in conjunction with the National Medical Association (NMA), St. Lucia Medical and Dental Association, W. Montague Cobb /NMA Health Institute, the University […]