Awards and Scholarships

  • Writing Award for Undergraduate Course Work

    The Aetna Writing in the Disciplines Awards are back! Undergraduate students are elegible to submit writing done in any class for this award. Winners will be awarded $200, and will be selected in each of three areas: Science and Engineering, Social Sciences, and Humanities. 

    The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2025. We urge you to encourage students to submitted the terrific work they completed for your spring and fall 2024 courses.

    Writing can be submitted here

    For more information, contact: The Aetna Chair of Writing at aetnachair@uconn.edu

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