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Fast-Food Restaurants Not Promoting Healthy Kids’ Meal Options
Breaking News: Yesterday, McDonald's announced it is making Happy Meals healthier, a move advocated by UConn's Rudd Center.
Heat Waves Threaten City Dwellers, Especially Minorities and the Poor
'One or two degrees may not seem like much, but for especially vulnerable groups like the elderly, the sick, the poor, pregnant women, and infants, it may be enough to tip the scales,' says anthropologist Merrill Singer.
Helping Your Student with Disabilities Prepare for the Future
Students who are admitted to college and would like to receive accommodations must seek out disability services and explain to the college the nature of the disability.
Getting a Head Start on Conservation
The Natural Resources Conservation Academy is an outreach program designed to connect teens to conservation biology and get them into the STEM pipeline.
In Frogs, Early Activity of Gut Microbiome Shapes Later Health
The impact of a healthy bacterial community in the gut is an increasing focus of scientists looking to understand a wide range of ailments in many species, including humans.
Philanthropist, UConn Donor Dr. Raymond Sackler Dies
Dr. Sackler and his wife Beverly generously supported the University – especially in the arts, human rights, and medical research – for more than 30 years.
UConn Reads 2017-18: ‘Nation of Immigrants or Land of Refugees?’
This year’s UConn Reads selection, Viet Thanh Nguyen's 'The Refugees,' affords an opportunity for the University community to reflect upon and debate the hot-button issue of immigration.
No Chocolate Milk? No Problem, Kids Get Used to Plain Milk
A UConn Rudd Center study finds that removing flavored milk from school lunch menus is an effective way to reduce children’s consumption of added sugar.
Calhoun Coaches Theater Group on Basketball Recruiting
The Hall-of-Fame coach offered an inside perspective on college basketball for a new production, 'Exposure,' showing this weekend at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford.
Studying Silversides
Marine scientist Hannes Baumann is studying how Atlantic Silverside fish are reacting to climate change and other human-caused changes in coastal waters.