UConn chefs tested their creativity racing against the clock to prepare tasty dishes from a range of ingredients provided during the annual Boiling Point competition sponsored by Dining Services on Jan. 9. Here, Ryan Shepard, left, looks on as Ivan Rojas, both of Buckley dining, prepares potato skins. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

For Valentine’s Day, we ran a story about two married alums who met on campus as undergraduates. Tri-athlete Laura Marcoux ’10 (CLAS) and her husband Ryan ’08 (BUS) returned to Storrs, primarily to visit the Korey Stringer Institute, which specializes in research and outreach to prevent heat stroke injuries and deaths. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Thousands of students took part in the HuskyTHON dance marathon on Feb. 17-18. The event raised a record $1,021,485 for the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

The University’s new podcast, UConn 360, debuted Feb. 20, hosted by University Communications staff Kenneth Best, Julie (Stagis) Bartucca ’10 (BUS, CLAS), and Tom Breen '00 (CLAS). Available from iTunes and Google Play as well as its own web page, the podcast aims to bring its listeners the quirky, the informative, and the insightful from across the breadth of the University of Connecticut. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Accepting our incoming class is not something we at UConn take lightly. On Feb. 23, Jonathan the Husky delivered an admission letter to a student, feted by members of the UConn Marching Band and accompanied by Jonathan XIV. (Bret Eckhardt/UConn Photo)

UConn marked a milestone in the construction of the new Student Recreation Center with a topping off ceremony Feb. 27, as the final beam was hoisted into place. Here, UConn Recreation employees pose for a photo with the signed beam that was installed during the event. The building is scheduled for completion in summer 2019. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

March was the month it seemed the snow would never stop, with four Nor’easters battering the state. But in this March 8 photo, UConn’s iconic Wilbur Cross Building looks tranquil under a blanket of snow. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

The 'swing tree' near Mirror Lake, home to two wooden swings since about 2010, has become a popular spot on campus. The cover of the Spring 2018 issue of UConn Magazine featured UConn student Alyssa Czerwinski on one of the swings. But by early fall, the swings had been taken down while experts work to preserve its health. (Mark Mirko/Hartford Courant Photo)

In late March, Dan Hurley was selected as the new head coach of UConn men’s basketball. At a welcome event on campus, Hurley emphasized the Huskies' proud tradition and promised to renew the program's championship culture. (Stephen Slade '89 (SFA) for UConn)

In May, UConn alum Richard A. Robinson ’79 (CLAS) was appointed as the next chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court, when his nomination was unanimously approved by the state Senate and House of Representatives. He is the first African-American chief justice in Connecticut Supreme Court history. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

The UConn Breakdance Club, a student-run organization that performs on campus and competes at the intercollegiate level, was featured in a video in April. (Ryan Glista/UConn Photo)

Bliss Dasilva '10 (CAHNR), '18 (NUR) takes a selfie with classmates at the Carolyn Ladd Widmer Wing of Storrs Hall before the start of the School of Nursing Commencement procession on May 5. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Angie Reyes of University Communications rides a mechanical bull during Employee Appreciation Day on May 10. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Susan Aneno, a junior, set a new conference meet record in the 800 m race on May 13, helping the Huskies finish fourth at the outdoor championship. (UConn Athletic Communications Photo)

The University of Connecticut became one of the first universities in the United States to adopt robotic milking technology that allows the cows to choose when to be milked and collects research data at the same time. (Elizabeth Caron/UConn Video)

Jonathan the Husky watched a New York Mets baseball game from the stands at Citi Field in Queens New York on June 3, as part of the third annual UConn Day at Citi Field, with 500 alumni in attendance to celebrate their ties with UConn Nation and UConn’s ties with New York City. Dan Hurley, head coach of UConn Men's Basketball, threw the ceremonial first pitch.(Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Health became the first in the nation to acquire a high-tech surgical microscope with new augmented reality computer-generated digital imaging capabilities to visually assist surgeons during the most complex surgeries, from brain (for stroke and tumors) to spine surgeries. The technology, the ARveo Augmented Reality microscope, is the latest advancement added to UConn John Dempsey Hospital’s state-of-the-art hybrid operating room that opened in the spring. (Kristin Wallace/UConn Health Photo)

Researcher Kumar Venkitanarayanan has found that probiotics are more effective than chlorine to disinfect cantaloupes. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Dr. David Weinstein, right, with Jerrod, the first patient to receive a novel gene therapy that Weinstein developed for the treatment of glycogen storage disease, a rare childhood genetic disorder. (Frank Barton and Ethan Giorgetti/UConn Health Photo)

UConn researchers travel and work with people all over the world in pursuit of new knowledge. A new series of photo galleries, Snapshot, reflects our faculty's global reach. Here, anthropologist Dimitris Xygalatas, who specializes in the study of rituals, speaks with a child during fieldwork in Mauritius. (Photo from Dimitris Xygalatas)

UConn composer Kenneth Fuchs, a professor of music, recorded his latest album 'Spiritualist' with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Abbey Road Studios in London, in August.

On Aug. 24, the entering class at the School of Medicine received their white coats during the annual White Coat Ceremony. The white coat has become a symbol of the science and art of medicine. The Class of 2022 is the School's 50th class, and also its largest at 106 students. (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health Photo)

After a dedication ceremony in June, researchers began moving into the new Engineering and Science Building in July, and the facility opened for business in the fall. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

The Class of 2022 assembled for their class picture on the Great Lawn on Aug. 25. This year's freshman class of 5,500, with a majority drawn from Connecticut, is the largest ever, the most diverse, and among the most academically accomplished in recent history. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Students, faculty, and staff listen to the Mariachi Mexico Antiguo Band during the Hartford Campus Convocation Celebration in Mortensen Courtyard on Aug. 29. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

UConn Marching Band members perform during the season opener football game against the University of Central Florida at Pratt & Whitney Field at Rentschler Field on Aug. 30. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

The University held a recommissioning ceremony on Sept. 13 for the school’s marine research vessel, the RV Connecticut, at the Avery Point Campus, after it underwent a complete makeover. Here, the ceremony is seen though a porthole of the ship. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

The Innovation Partnership Building was officially opened at a dedication ceremony on Sept. 20. The IPB is UConn’s premier center for state-of-the-art equipment, cutting-edge research, and cross-disciplinary industrial partnerships. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

The 9th Annual Learning Communities Field Day took place on the Great Lawn between Beach Hall & the Austin Building on Sept. 22. Students competed in activities such as Sneaker Scramble, tug-o-war, dodgeball, and more. (Defining Studios Photography for UConn)

A Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopter lands on the Student Union Mall as part of Lockheed Martin Day on Sept. 27. UConn has a longstanding partnership with Lockheed Martin connecting students in the STEM fields to careers and internships. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

James Comey, former director of the FBI, left, answers a question from President Susan Herbst during the Edmund Fusco Contemporary Issues Forum at the Jorgensen Center on Oct. 15. Drawing on his career in American politics and interactions with three U.S. presidents, he focused on the importance of ethical leadership as a basis for making sound decisions. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Anne Longo ’20 (CLAS), a political science and environmental studies major, tosses a plankton net off of the side of the Enviro-Lab III on Sept. 25. The trip was part of HIST 2210: History of the Ocean, offered on the Storrs campus for the first time this fall. (Bri Diaz/UConn Photo)

As part of Homecoming Weekend, children ages 5 to 12 joined UConn faculty, staff, and students on Oct. 28 for an afternoon of STEM experiments dubbed the UConn Science Salon Jr. Here, Connor Beebe and Addison Esposito dip balloons in liquid nitrogen with the help of Ashley Orcutt, a program assistant for the chemistry department. (Lucas Voghell/ UConn Photo)

Two faculty in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Ashley Helton and Beth Lawrence, are studying the processes that occur in wetlands and marshes, which are one of the largest natural sinks for carbon. The post was part of a series on Climate Change on Our Backyard. (Emily Couture '17 (CAHNR)/UConn Photo)

In October, biomedical engineering doctoral students Reza Amin and Stephanie Knowlton won $20,000 to further their entrepreneurial concept through the Wolff New Venture Competition. They are developing an in-home device to measure male fertility, called QRfertile. Here, Amin presents the concept to a panel of judges during the Wolff competition. (Eric Olson for UConn)

UConn’s first Entrepreneurship Expo, held on Oct. 29, was designed to let students know about the numerous opportunities for innovation offered across campus. Here, a student wearing a virtual reality headset watches live drone footage from a pilot flying a drone outside on the Student Union Mall. (Nathan Oldham/UConn Photo)

MBA student Junau Boucard '11 (BUS) at the Stamford Campus ran the New York Marathon on Nov. 3 to raise money for a children's foundation in Vietnam, after an educational trip to that country led by Business professor Jan Stallaert. (Nathan Oldham/UConn Photo)

UConn defeated Liberty 5-3 to win the Big East Field Hockey Championship on Nov. 4, proceeding to the NCAA Tournament. The Huskies lost to No. 2 Maryland in the quarterfinals. (Joel Coleman for UConn)

Yasmin Taib '21 (CLAS), center, performs with the UConn Taiko Club, as part of Worldfest, Fall 2018. The event celebrates UConn’s international student community through performance, food, and activities; and is intended to promote global engagement and learning across cultures. (Lucas Voghell '20/UConn Photo)

Students in a Management Information Systems class are using data analytics and emerging technology to bring greater predictability to managing the University’s aquaponics facility, and a dedicated greenhouse for herbs, at the farm off UConn’s Spring Valley Farm. (Jon Moore/UConn Photo)

In August, UConn John Dempsey Hospital became the first hospital in Connecticut to serve as a milk depot for breast milk donations for newborns in need. Here, lactation consultant Marisa Merlo helps maternity patient Bekkilyn Toone breastfeed her newborn son in UConn Health's labor and delivery unit. (Kristin Wallace/UConn Health Photo)

An overhead view of students studying at the School of Pharmacy. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

The Stem Cell Core, a collaborative effort between the University of Connecticut, Wesleyan University, and The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine that aims to advance stem cell research throughout the state, received renewed funding of $1 million for the next two years from the Connecticut Bioscience Innovation Fund. The Core is located at the UConn Health campus in Farmington. (Lanny Nagler for UConn Health)

Senior biomedical engineering majors Mitchell DuBuc, James Welch, and Alex Draper, under the advisement of Professor Krystyna Gielo-Perczak, are putting a new type of wheelchair wheel to the test for their Senior Design project. Here, Mitchell DuBuc, center, a wheelchair user, tests the new wheels in the Arthur B. Bronwell Building. (Eli Freund/UConn Photo)

With much at stake in this year's mid-term elections, students living on campus joined local residents at the Mansfield Community Center to cast their votes on Nov. 6. Members of the UConn Labor Coalition chartered a bus for students to ride from the Greer Fieldhouse to the Community Center. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Akshayaa Chittibabu ’19 (CLAS) was named a Marshall Scholar, one of the most prestigious honors available to undergraduate students in the U.S. A resident of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, Chittibabu is also a STEM Scholar in UConn’s Honors Program, 2018 Truman Scholar, 2018 UN Foundation Global Health Fellow, 2018 Washington Leadership Program Scholar, 2017 Newman Civic Fellow, 2016 Holster Scholar, and a UConn New England Scholar. She was also elected to Phi Beta Kappa as a junior. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

An experiment devised by researchers at UConn startup LambdaVision was launched into space on Dec. 5 from Cape Canaveral. The company’s robotic system to manufacture films that could cure blindness is being brought to the International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory by the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.

UConn Hartford hosted holiday carol singers for the second year in a row on Nov. 27. The event revives a tradition of caroling on the steps of the Hartford Times building that goes back to the 1960s. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Teryn Kuzma '19 (SFA), recipient of the Aria Award in this year's Concerto Competition, received a standing ovation for her performance with the UConn Symphony Orchestra on Dec. 6. (Lucas Voghell ’20 (CLAS)/UConn Photo)

Members of the Voices of Freedom gospel choir perform under the direction of the Rev. Lisa Clayton during the Kwanzaa celebrations hosted by the African American Cultural Center on Dec. 7. (Lucas Voghell ’20 (CLAS)/UConn Photo)