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Husky Baseball Fans Have Much to Root for This Year

Three UConn graduates are playing in the big leagues now.

Charitable Giving Hinges on Perception of ‘Worthiness’

Charities assisting people perceived as responsible for their plight may have difficulty attracting donations, says a new study.

Silhouette of smoke stacks smoking up to the sky at sunset (iStock Photo)

Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Law professor Joe MacDougald discusses a recent Supreme Court decision that challenges the EPA’s authority to regulate emissions from power plants.

Deandre Daniels, left, and Shabazz Napier are the first UConn players drafted to the NBA since Kevin Ollie became head coach in 2012-13, 39th and 40th since 1964. (Stephen Slade '89 (SFA) for UConn)

Napier, Daniels Drafted to NBA

Shabazz Napier and DeAndre Daniels became the first UConn players drafted to the NBA since Kevin Ollie took over as head coach in 2012-13.

UConn Reads 2014-15: ‘A Book That Changed My Life’

The UConn Reads Steering Committee is seeking nominations of books that have truly mattered to the UConn community.

Meeting Common Core Standards for Math

UConn faculty are helping Connecticut teachers adapt to new requirements for teaching math under the Common Core standards.

A rendering of the spacecraft that will take the time capsule to Mars. (Courtesy of MIT Space Propulsion Lab)

UConn Students to Help Build Time Capsule to Mars

UConn engineering students will partner with peers at Duke, Stanford, and MIT on a project that’s literally out of this world.

A candle burning.

Former Director of Sponsored Programs Carol Welt Dies

Carol Welt was assistant vice provost for research and executive director of the Office for Sponsored Programs from 2002 to 2007.

Kevin Ollie, head coach of UConn men's basketball, signs the cap of a young fan during Cancer Survivors Day recently. (Lou Russo Photography for UConn)

UConn Health Celebrates Cancer Survivors

UConn basketball coach Kevin Ollie spoke about his own family's experiences with cancer during Cancer Survivors Day last week.

Each year, 500,000 American golden plovers fly between Arctic North American and South America. These birds may carry hundreds of thousands of microscopic plant parts, called diaspores, in their feathers. (Photo by Jean-François Lamarre)

Migratory Birds Help Spread Plant Species: UConn Study

A new study by UConn researchers demonstrates how some plants travel between the hemispheres on the wings of migratory birds.