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UConn Cancer Care Startup Goes Global (and Beyond)

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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

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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 […]

Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation Recognized as a Global Leader in Venture Creation

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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 Students Explore Entrepreneurship Across Borders Through an Abrahamic Lens

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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

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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

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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 […]

UConn Engineering Student’s Journey in Baden-Wuerttemberg

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News Source: UConn Global News Author: Sita Nyame The Office of Global Affairs is the University of Connecticut’s gateway to the world. Through this office, we provide leadership for building and sustaining global and experiential learning. We also support international students and scholars, nurture strategic global partnerships, manage mobility programs, promote international research, and deliver […]

Gilman International Scholarship October 2024 Recipients

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News Source: UConn Global News Author: Combined Reports Date: January 8, 2025 The Gilman Scholarship, a prestigious academic award congressionally funded through the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs at the State Department, has been awarded to eight UConn students for the current application cycle. Eligibility for the Gilman Scholarship requires undergraduate students to be […]