Ashly Gasior ’27 and Mackenzie Robillard ’27 were featured in UConn Today for being named Goldwater Scholars for the 2025-2026 academic year.
Laxmi Chinmaya Vobbineni ’26,Wyeth Haddock ’26, and Zhengyang Wei ’26, were featured in UConn Today for their groundbreaking University Scholar projects
Mehr Chhatre ’26 and Nicholas Bailey ’26 were featured in UConn Today for leveraging the University Scholar Program to pursue ambitious, interdisciplinary research projects that address pressing environmental and energy challenges.
Nora Lippai ’26 was featured in UConn Today for her University Scholar project, “Investigating the Influence of Genomic Elements on Readthrough Transcription,” which focuses on transcription, the highly regulated process of converting DNA to RNA.
Emily Finch ’26 was featured in UConn Today for her folklore research, her playwriting, and the upcoming performances of her original plays in collaboration with UConn’s Puppet Arts Program. These performances are the culmination of her three-semester-long University Scholar project.
Karen Lau ’25 was featured in UConn Today. The article discusses Karen’s research into the 1982 International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU) strike in Manhattan, which is the focus of her University Scholar project.
Christian Chlebowski ’24 was featured in UConn Today. In the article, Christian discusses his experiences as an individualized major, a university scholar, a co-vice president of TEDxUConn, and more.
Katherine Jimenez ’24 was featured in UConn Today for being named UConn’s first-ever Beineke Scholar.
Harry Zehner ’21 was featured in UConn Today. The article describes Harry’s summer 2020 research project on climate change, for which he won a SURF grant.
Mari Cullerton ’21 was featured in UConn Today for her SURF-grant funded research into secondary mortality agents in forests.
Chelsea Garcia ’20 was featured in UConn Today for her sustained research in the area of nutrional sciences.
Grace Nichols ’20 was featured in UConn Today. The article describes her summer 2019 research project on the types of sound stimuli that are more likely to induce tinnitus. She was awarded a SURF grant for this research.