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Packed lunch. (Shutterstock Photo)

Healthy Drink Can Pack a Punch in Preschooler’s Lunch

'It is much easier than parents may think to pack a healthy lunch,' says postdoc Maria Romo-Palafox, author of a new study.

Thomas Bora, a sophomore music major, plays the guitar at “Jazz Night at the Ballard,”on Feb. 20, 2018. (Garrett Spahn '18 (CLAS)/UConn Photo)

All That Jazz

Student photographer Garrett Spahn takes us to this week's 'Jazz Night at the Ballard.'

(left to right) Kenneth Best, and Julie (Stagis) Bartucca ’10 (BUS, CLAS), of University Communications at UConn located in the Lakeside Building are taping a podcast about life on campus on Feb. 15, 2018. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Can You Hear Us Now? New Podcast Focuses on UConn

'UConn 360' explores a new way to tell the story of UConn.

Marissa Aldieri '18 (CLAS), an individualized major, takes photos for Intermediate Photography taught by Kaleigh Rusgrove at the UConn Biodiversity Education and Research Greenhouses on Feb. 12, 2018. (Garrett Spahn '18 (CLAS)/UConn Photo)

Photography Class Captures Greenhouse Effect

Students in an Intermediate Photography class photograph some of the many varied tropical plants in the Biodiversity Education and Research Greenhouses.

Postdoctoral fellow Ashley Groshong in the Spirochete Lab at UConn Health. (Office of the Vice President for Research Photo)

What Makes the Bacteria Behind Lyme Disease Tick?

UConn Health researchers are advancing understanding of how the bacteria transmits disease, pointing to the potential for ultimately developing therapeutics to target this system.

Julianna Gallo '20 (CAHNR), an animal science major, at the UConn Polo Match versus Kentucky on Feb. 3, 2018. (Garrett Spahn '18 (CLAS)/UConn Photo)

The Polo Express

Take a peek at the combined UConn Men's and Women's Polo team competing against a team from the University of Kentucky at the Horsebarn Hill Arena on Feb. 3.

'War on the Benighted #6,' by L. Kasimu Harris, one of the works on display in the 'Still Separate – Still Unequal' exhibition at the Stamford Campus, which examines ongoing racial and economic disparities in the U.S. public school system.

Exhibit Explores Racial Disparities in Public School System

“It is imperative that we utilize the power of art and history to foster a necessary dialogue for social change,” says Larry Ossei-Mensah, co-curator.

Nicole Wagner, CEO of UConn TIP company LambdaVision, works in the lab at the Cell and Genome Sciences Building in Farmington. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Technology Incubation Companies Raise $60M in 2017

The majority of this investment into development of technology-based startups came from out-of-state sources.

Computer illustration of cytotoxic T-lymphocytes attacking a cancer cell. (Juan Gaertner/Science Photo Library via Getty Images)

Removing the Immunotherapy Blindfold

UConn Health researchers are developing a technology that can identify which patients will respond to immunotherapy, with the goal of extending the benefits of the treatment to a wider group of patients.

North American streams and rivers are becoming saltier and more alkaline, thanks to road deicers, fertilizers, and other salty compounds indirectly released into waterways. (Matt Champlin/Getty Images)

The Nation’s Waterways are Becoming Saltier, Study Says

Researchers found increased salinization and alkalinization of North America's freshwater supplies. What's happening across the nation and at UConn.