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Nearly every aspect of life in Connecticut benefits from UConn research.

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We are creating new plastics out of old clothes. Easing the mental health crisis with puppets. And healing injured veterans by studying basketball. Discover big, world-changing ideas at UConn.

Big ideas come from

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We are creating new plastics out of old clothes. Easing the mental health crisis with puppets. And healing injured veterans by studying basketball. Discover big, world-changing ideas at UConn.

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with Dr. Fumiko Hoeft

Creating a learning environment that plays to students' strengths

As a psychiatrist and cognitive neuroscientist who has spent decades decoding how the brain works, UConn Waterbury campus dean Fumiko Hoeft is uniquely situated to co-lead the new Neurovariability Initiative, a pilot program that will leverage research to improve educational systems to better serve all learners.

Big Ideas

with Dr. Fumiko Hoeft

Fumiko Hoelf portrait on a colorful background for neurodiversity

Creating a learning environment that plays to students' strengths

As a psychiatrist and cognitive neuroscientist who has spent decades decoding how the brain works, UConn Waterbury campus dean Fumiko Hoeft is uniquely situated to co-lead the new Neurovariability Initiative, a pilot program that will leverage research to improve educational systems to better serve all learners.

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