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Yubo Hou, a PhD student in Marine Sciences, works with her faculty adviser, Dr. Senjie Lin, to study the Long Island Sound at the molecular level, isolating a gene from algae that is associated with fish kills and using it as a marker to determine the abundance of the species in the ocean. Hou presented her research this year at the Feng Colloquium, an annual research meeting supported by a privately donated fund named for the first head of the Department of Marine Sciences, Dr. Sung Yen Feng.

 

CLAS Graduate Fellows

Dean Ross MacKinnon had just one item on his wish list for a retirement gift: Support for the new CLAS Graduate Fellows Fund.

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A Legacy of Thanks

A software engineer will help future graduate students in physics with a planned gift.

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Support for Students

The University of Connecticut is becoming more competitive each year at attracting top-notch students. The average SAT score for entering freshmen is approaching 1200, and 37 percent of freshmen ranked in the top 10 percent of their high school class. Since 1995, nearly 700 valedictorians and salutatorians have enrolled at the University.

The cost of higher education is a barrier for students who have earned a place at the University but do not have the means to afford it. Scholarships for undergraduates and fellowships for graduate students make it possible for needy students who meet the University’s high academic standards to attend.

Scholarships, Awards, and Internships

More than a third of all tuition collected at UConn is dedicated to financial aid. The need for aid is still great, however. Private gifts make a difference in whether many bright students can afford to attend.

UConn student costs, 2006-07
Tuition $6,456 in-state
$19,656 out-of-state
$11,304 New England
Fees $1,906
Room and Board $8,544
Est. total expenses $19,998 in-state
$33,572 out-of-state
$25,220 New England

 

Students whom are awarded scholarships and internships are among the hardest working and most productive undergraduates. They contribute to the intellectual life of the College and to the community when they leave.

Fellowships, Graduate, and Postdoctoral Support

High-quality graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and trainees are essential to the College’s research and scholarly goals. Graduate students teach, mentor, and inspire undergraduates. They contribute to scholarship and to research groups. Postdoctoral scholars bring skill and expertise to research teams and they mentor graduate students. The University’s growing academic reputation will be sustained only if we continue to attract top-notch graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.

Graduate students may obtain partial financial support through research and teaching assistantships. Such support may not be available during the summer, even though graduate students pursue research year-round.

Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars often come to the College from other states or from abroad. To meet the standards and needs of our academic departments, our support packages need to be competitive with those of major research universities around the country.

Graduate student costs, 2006-07
Tuition $7,992 in-state
$20,772 out-of-state
$13,986 New England
Fees $1,518
Room and Board $8,864
Est. total expenses $21,900 in-state
$35,054 out-of state
$28,268 New England

 

Postdoctoral scholar support

The postdoctoral stipend levels at the University are based on standards set by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). For 2006-2007, the NIH stipend range began at $36,996 for a postdoctoral scholar with no experience. The rate was $38,976 for a scholar with one year and $41,796 for two years of experience.