University News
- Kyle Hadden To Become UConn School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Department Head March 11, 2026Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Director of Research and Graduate Programs, Kyle Hadden, will be promoted to Pharmaceutical Sciences Department Head in August 2026.Alexander Klancko
- Student-Run Finance Society’s NYC Conference Delivers Exceptional Returns March 11, 2026“Events like these highlight what makes UConn alumni stand out in the finance world—a strong sense of community, intellectual curiosity, and a genuine willingness to support the next generation’’—Alumnus Chris Walker ’19 of Morgan StanleyClaire Hall
- Celebrating Scholarly Curiosity: Student Research Day 2026 March 11, 2026Medical and Dental Student Research Day is the culmination of medical and dental students’ projects for the year.Courtney Chandler
- ‘It Stands for Excellence’ – A Conversation with UConn’s Azzi Fudd and Interim Provost Pamir Alpay March 11, 2026A star on the court and in the classroomJaclyn Severance
- UConn Magazine: ‘Get Stuff Done.’ March 11, 2026When Jade Strawberry got the news that she’d been promoted to chief of staff of the youth-sports advocacy organization RCX Sports as a 26-year old with less than three years in the industry, she felt both immense pride and a brief flash of panicCombined Reports
Engineering News
- UConn Engineering Offering AI Short Course For Workforce Development March 5, 2026AEGIS is a new cross-disciplinary micro-credential designed to prepare Connecticut’s engineering workforce to design, deploy, and govern agentic AI systems that complete multi-step engineering tasksClaire Galvin
- Timothy Bunning is the 10th UConn Alum Inducted into the National Academy of Engineering February 27, 2026The ten UConn Engineering alumni made tremendous impacts on societyClaire Galvin
- Dr. Cato T. Laurencin of UConn Ranked Number One in Orthopaedic Surgery in the U.S. by ScholarGPS February 25, 2026Laurencin is ranked number 8 in the world.Jon D'Arpino
- International Postdocs at UConn Pioneer New Frontiers in Drug and Vaccine Delivery February 25, 2026Together they are developing technologies that make treatments safer, more precise, and more accessible worldwideTom Breen
- mRNA’s Matryoshka Move February 23, 2026Researchers copy viral strategies to get mRNA medicines into cells in one pieceKim Krieger