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Foundation Reports Record Fundraising Year
In the fiscal year that just ended, the UConn Foundation raised the largest annual amount in its history, and reported an increase in the number of donors, bucking a national trend.
Insight into Cells that Convey Data from Eye to Brain
'This knowledge could help develop more effective therapeutics to treat optic neuropathies and glaucoma,' says Ephraim Trakhtenberg of UConn Health, who led the study with The Jackson Laboratory.
Board Names Presidential Search Advisory Committee
The advisory committee will interview final candidates and share their evaluations of them with the Board of Trustees, which is ultimately responsible for voting to name the president.
UConn Survey: Local Hurricane Evacuees Need Basic Necessities
Housing issues and insufficient food are the most critical needs facing hurricane-displaced families from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands that are now living in Connecticut, according to UConn's Charles R. Venator-Santiago.
High-Tech Company Seeks to Buy Former UConn West Hartford Campus
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has announced that Seven Stars Cloud Group Inc. plans to establish its global headquarters for technology and innovation at the former UConn campus.
Poker Has a ‘Tell’ About Strategic Thinkers
A new study on high-stakes poker reveals how people process information in competitive settings.
UConn Celebrates Opening of Innovative New Engineering & Science Building
The new building addresses a pressing need for space within the School of Engineering, where enrollment has doubled over the past decade.
African-Americans Still Disproportionately Affected by HIV
Ten years after a call for action, HIV diagnoses continue to rise in the African-American community, according to a new study led by UConn Health's Dr. Cato Laurencin.
UConn Nation in Force at Citi Field
More than 500 alumni attended the Mets game Sunday in Queens, New York, which began with Dan Hurley, head coach of UConn Men's Basketball, throwing the ceremonial first pitch to an alum.
UConn Scholarship To Honor Parkland School Shooting Victim
Fourteen-year-old Alex Schachter hoped one day to play in the University's Marching Band. The University offered him admission posthumously.