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Coach Calhoun Brings Championship Leadership to UConn Health’s Department of Neurosurgery

Coach Jim Calhoun recently joined the Department of Neurosurgery to share his leadership principles and how they translate from the basketball court to our everyday work and life.

Dr. HIlary Onyiuke portrait

Dr. Hilary Onyiuke Among ‘Elite 8’ in Augmented Reality Spine Surgery

Appointed to National Technical Board for Augmedics xvision® Spine System

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Augmedics Completes 10,000th Augmented Reality Spine Surgery – Performed at UConn Health

The record-setting 10,000th case was performed by Dr. Isaac Moss, Chair of Orthopedic Surgery at UConn Health. The orthopaedic surgery and neurosurgery teams began using Augmedics in May 2022, becoming the first in central Connecticut to offer AR navigated spine surgery. Today, with six spine surgeons across the orthopedic and neurosurgery departments regularly utilizing xvision, it’s one of the largest AR programs in the country.

Harvesting Walnuts in California During Fall Season

Walnut Consumption Curbs Inflammation and Colon Cancer Risk

Clinical trial confirms the health benefits of eating walnuts to improve colonic health and for cancer prevention

UConn Hunger Symposium

Inaugural UConn Hunger Symposium

Congresswoman Jahana Hayes Tours UConn Health’s Husky Harvest Food Pantry

Kristina Delgado is the graduate student 2025 Commencement speaker for the UConn Graduate School programs based at UConn Health (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health photo).

Commencement Student Speaker Spotlight: Kristina Delgado

Delgado is a Ph.D. candidate in Biomedical Science and the Graduate School’s student speaker for UConn Health’s 54th Commencement on May 12, 2025

Awards

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19th MSI Research Day Draws Nearly 100

UConn Musculoskeletal Institute’s 2025 event focuses on osteoarthritis

University Professor Dr. Cato T. Laurencin of UConn being knighted in St. Lucia.

Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St. Lucia

Laurencin of UConn is now a Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Lucia, an Order Established by Queen Elizabeth II

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Research Day 2025 Highlights Medical and Dental Research Breadth

‘Research and innovation have everything to do with being a good doctor’

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Quick Facts

UConn School of Medicine has produced 4,184 physicians since 1972.

UConn had its largest Match Day ever in 2025 for 111 students.

$112+ million in annual medical school research grants and contract funding.

UConn’s medical school is home to more than 600 faculty, 450 medical students, 340 graduate students, and 790 medical residents and fellows.

UConn is ranked as one of the top 10 most diverse medical schools in the nation.

The majority of UConn medical students are from Connecticut and over 20% are from underrepresented groups in medicine.