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- A Stronger, More Inclusive University
Our faculty, staff, and students reaffirmed our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and justice (DEIJ) during this strategic planning process. We believe UConn can set the standard across higher education for how to embrace these principles and infuse them across everything we do.
- Excellence in Research, Innovation, and Engagement
UConn’s greatness is interconnected with its contributions beyond our campuses. Our research and engagement activities fuel knowledge and discovery, accelerate economic growth and innovation across sectors, and change lives.
- Husky Pride and Resilience
UConn pride is everywhere. We consistently rank among the top universities and are home to renowned faculty, staff, and academic programs.
- Seven World-Class Campuses, One Flagship University
Students entrust us to help them achieve greater success in their lives. During our strategic planning process, many students, faculty, and staff reiterated that the presence of UConn campuses throughout the state is a strength.
- Student Success Journey
We aim to identify strategies to facilitate an enriching student learning experience and timely and equitable academic progression for all students — undergraduate and graduate.
- Wellness of People and Planet
At UConn, we recognize that the well-being of people and the health of our planet are inseparable. Our commitment to a brighter future means fostering the physical, mental, and environmental wellness of our students, faculty, staff, and the world at large.
Groundbreaking Celebrates State-of-the-Art Nursing Building
Alumna's generous gift will enable the School to grow as demand for skilled nurses soars.
Area of Focus Excellence in Research, Innovation, and Engagement
Priority Action Invest in research infrastructure and systems development to enable greater collaboration, student engagement, data-informed resource allocation, and accountability.
UConn Ranked Among Top U.S. Universities for Patent Issuances
UConn has been named one of the top 100 universities for patent issuances by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
Area of Focus Excellence in Research, Innovation, and Engagement
Priority Action Translate and disseminate UConn’s impactful research that improves the human experience and contributes to philanthropy, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
InCHIP Funds Groundbreaking Pilot Projects, Planting Seeds for Future External Grant Success
During the 2024 fiscal year, UConn’s Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP) awarded $114,000 in internal funds to support seven innovative pilot studies addressing various public and human health challenges consistent with UConn’s mission.
Area of Focus Excellence in Research, Innovation, and Engagement
Priority Action Expand support for entrepreneurial activities (startup formation, IP creation) across all disciplines (arts, humanities, STEM, etc.).
Altruistic Teens Help UConn Health Grow Volunteer Program
Volunteers provide the crucial role of wayfinding which is a key part of the hospital experience for patients, visitors and staff. UConn Health has benefited from more than 5,500 volunteer hours. The student volunteers will have accounted for more than 1,500 of those hours by the end of the summer.
Area of Focus Excellence in Research, Innovation, and Engagement
Priority Action Priority Action: Ensure academic offerings, research, and experiential learning at UConn that fuels economic development and educates the future workforce in Connecticut, including reinforcing the state’s leadership in emerging technologies and health sciences.
Addressing Student Technology and Social Media Use in Schools: Recommendations for School District Leaders
Researchers with the Neag School’s Center for Education Policy Analysis, Research, and Evaluation (CEPARE) prepared the following research brief during Phase 1 of their Social Media and Digital Literacy Study. This aims to inform and recommend solutions to School District leaders in how to engage with technology in the classroom.
Area of Focus Excellence in Research, Innovation, and Engagement
Priority Action Translate and disseminate UConn’s impactful research that improves the human experience and contributes to philanthropy, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
Helping Businesses Grow: Turfgrass Field Day Connects Research and Industry
The flagship event helps foster collaboration and connection between UConn research and members of the business community. Every two years, hundreds of industry professionals join researchers and Extension educators for the biennial Turfgrass Field Day.
Area of Focus Excellence in Research, Innovation, and Engagement
Priority Action Invest in research infrastructure and systems development to enable greater collaboration, student engagement, data-informed resource allocation, and accountability.
Showcasing Summer Research
Summer Research Day celebrates accomplishments of student researchers. They were celebrated alongside their mentors and state legislators at this year’s Summer Research Day at the UConn Health campus in Farmington. The students—who participated in the Technology Incubation Program (TIP) Innovation Fellowship and Health Research Program—spent the past 10 weeks immersed in the world of research, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
Area of Focus Excellence in Research, Innovation, and Engagement
Priority Action Strengthen learning through investing in excellent teaching, experiential learning, academic support systems, and high-quality mentorship to enhance student performance through their programs of study.
Area of Focus Student Success Journey
Priority Action Ensure academic offerings, research, and experiential learning at UConn that fuels economic development and educates the future workforce in Connecticut, including reinforcing the state’s leadership in emerging technologies and health sciences.
Improving Workplace Conditions: ‘For Staff, by Staff’
HITEC originated when researchers from UConn Health and UConn Storrs started working with correction workers, their bargaining units, and Department of Correction administration to form a workplace participatory program. It has since expanded to include health services, counseling, commissary officers, and much more.
Area of Focus Excellence in Research, Innovation, and Engagement
Priority Action Translate and disseminate UConn’s impactful research that improves the human experience and contributes to philanthropy, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
Tackling the Future of Oral Health and Education
Dr. Sophia Saeed, associate dean for clinical affairs at the School of Dental Medicine, along with a group of deans and faculty members from dental schools across the country, has been appointed to tackle issues facing dental education and patient care on the American Dental Education Association’s (ADEA) Envisioning and Transforming the Future of Oral Health & Education task force.
Area of Focus Excellence in Research, Innovation, and Engagement
Priority Action Translate and disseminate UConn’s impactful research that improves the human experience and contributes to philanthropy, innovation, and entrepreneurship.