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Schoolboys bullying a peer at school.

Child Bullies Most Often Pick on Others for ‘Being Fat’

A study led by a UConn researcher found that in four different countries, 'being fat' was considered to be the most common reason children are bullied.

July 6, 2015 | Daniel P. Jones, Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity

History professor Jelani Cobb, director of the Africana Studies Institute, reading a book in the Benton Museum courtyard. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

UConn Reads: The Realities of Race and Policing

Africana Studies director Jelani Cobb discusses policing as a racial flashpoint in American social history.

July 6, 2015 | Jelani Cobb, Director, Africana Studies Institute

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John Dempsey Hospital. (UConn Health File Photo)

Associate VP Ann Marie Capo Promoted to Vice President

An administrator who began her UConn Health career as a NICU nurse has been named Vice President for Quality and Patient Services and Chief Nursing Officer.

July 6, 2015 | Combined Reports - UConn Communications

UConn Health

U.S. Sen. Blumenthal Visits UConn Health

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal met with UConn Health officials Tuesday to discuss the important role data registries will play in the future of health care.

July 1, 2015 | Combined Reports - UConn Communications

UConn Health

Top 10 Things to Do at UConn This Summer

Planning a visit to Storrs? Abby Mace '16 (CLAS) highlights some fun ways to spend a day on campus.

July 1, 2015 | Abby Mace '16 (CLAS)

Illustration of an ear with waves emanating. (iStock Image)

Quiet that Ringing in the Brain

A UConn researcher investigating potassium channels has tested a promising new drug for treating epilepsy and tinnitus.

June 30, 2015 | Kim Krieger

Atticus (Gregory Peck) and Tom Robinson (Brock Peters) in court, screenshot from the film To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). (By Moni3 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons)

UConn Reads: Wrestling With Race

The chair of the UConn Reads Steering Committee discusses how 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' one of the books nominated, is painfully relevant to the present.

June 25, 2015 | Cathy Schlund-Vials, Chair, UConn Reads Steering Committee

UConn Voices
A candle burning.

Emeritus Education Professor Richard Dempsey Dies

A professor of educational leadership for more than 20 years, Dempsey worked closely with Connecticut schools.

June 25, 2015 | Combined Reports - UConn Communications

Bass-baritone Anthony Leathern, right, and contralto Judy Bowers, both doctoral candidates in voice performance, as Noye and Noye's Wife in UConn Opera's production of Britten's Noye's Fludde. A gift from former associate dean of business Rob Hoskin will support students participating in the opera program. (Paige Crane Photography for UConn)

Longtime Accounting Professor Supports Opera at UConn

Students participating in the opera program will benefit from the philanthropy of a retired faculty member.

June 24, 2015 | Jack Kramer, UConn Foundation

Daniel Kloyzner ‘16 (ENG) with Richard Parnas, a professor of chemical, materials, and biomolecular engineering, has found a way to turn particle board into carpet. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

A New Use for Old Carpet

UConn researchers in engineering and business are collaborating to create particle board from waste carpet and bring it to market.

June 22, 2015 | William Weir, School of Engineering, & Claire Hall, School of Business

Research & Discovery