One of the top 10 recipients nationwide, out of 85 total recipients, to receive the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) Excellence in Public Health Pharmacy Award, Aleena Thomas will receive her Pharm.D. and a Master of Public Health from UConn in May. With her passion for helping underserved populations continuing in a post-graduate community-based […]
Awards, Rankings & Recognition
High‑visibility reputation and prestige stories that reinforce UConn’s global standing, and includes programs such as Fulbright and Gilman Scholarship.
UConn Post-Doctoral Researchers Win Prestigious NIH Pathway to Independence Awards
Two UConn post-doctoral researchers have received prestigious, competitive 2026 NIH Pathway to Independence Awards (K99/R00) to advance their innovative research along with their careers as early-career scientists. The award-winning post-docs whose research is being funded by the NIH for up to the next five years are UConn School of Medicine’s Dr. Jessica Flori and Dr. […]
The Othmer Gold Medal for 2026 Awarded to Sir Cato T. Laurencin of UConn
The Othmer Gold Medal, the Institute’s most prestigious award, honors individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to chemical and materials sciences. It recognizes innovators who impact society through research, innovation, and/or entrepreneurship. Recipients include Nobel laureates, pioneering researchers, and leaders in cutting edge scientific work. The award will be presented to Laurencin at the Science […]
Multiple UConn Graduate Programs Earn Rankings Among Nation’s Best
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Making CASE: Nine UConn Faculty Inducted into Prestigious Group
News Source: UConn Today Author: Matt Engelhardt The Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE) has once again recognized UConn’s significant contribution to research and innovation with the election of nine new members to the prestigious group. UConn and UConn Health faculty account for 25% of the CASE induction class of 2026, announced earlier this […]
‘World’s Best’ for Fifth Year in a Row
News Source: UConn Today Author: Courtney Chandler UConn John Dempsey Hospital is a World’s Best Hospital for the fifth year in a row. The prestigious award from Newsweek and Statista is a result of quality metrics, recommendations from medical experts, and results from patient surveys. With now a half a decade of receiving this designation, UConn John Dempsey Hospital […]