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UConn Relies on Robots at Milking Time
New technology milks UConn's cows on demand around the clock, generating research data and another outcome. They are generally quiet and spend a lot of the time lying down relaxing.
Spring Has Sprung
UConn's Storrs campus is decked in all the finery of spring in readiness for Commencement this weekend.
Wait, Who’s Teaching That Class?
Who knew that UConn faculty and staff had so many celebrity look-alikes? Check out the best of the best UConn celebrity doppelgängers.
UConn Choirs: Singing Where the Songs Were Created
The UConn Choirs spent nine days in Austria and Italy, including memorable performances in Salzburg, the birthplace of Mozart, and under Michelangelo’s most famous painting, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome.
Brain Awareness: Brainstorming Better Seizure Treatments
UConn researchers are studying the complex science of seizures, with the ultimate goal of developing new, more targeted, anti-seizure treatments.
Science in Seconds: UConn Health’s 3-D Print-out of Brain
Using brain scans and a 3-D printer, a UConn team made a life-size model of the arteries surgeons must navigate to pull blood clots from stroke victims.
Fighting Tick-Borne Diseases on Multiple Fronts
UConn is on the front line in the fight to control the spread of tick-borne diseases. At the state testing lab on campus, UConn scientists are tracking established and emerging diseases carried by ticks from around the country.
Sights and Sounds of Commencement 2017
More than 9,000 degrees – both undergraduate and graduate – will be awarded this year, which is the highest number of degrees conferred at UConn in the University's 136-year history.
UConn on Instagram: 2017
It's been an amazing year. Take a look back with us, through the eyes of UConn Nation.
Are Tattoos Toxic?
Watch pharmacy professor David Grant teaching one of his most popular lectures, on the toxic heavy metals in the ink used for tattoos.
Responding to a Crisis: A Vaccine for Zika
Pathobiology professor Paulo Verardi began working to develop a vaccine for the Zika virus at the height of last year's outbreak in his native country Brazil.
Happy Holidays, UConn Nation!
An a cappella supergroup – comprising more than 100 students from UConn’s nine a cappella groups – sings 'Winter Wonderland.'
UConn Returns to Downtown Hartford
UConn will soon return to the heart of the city, with a brand new downtown campus that is expected to open for classes in August 2017. Read more in the ongoing series 'Look to the Future: UConn Hartford.'
Class of 2020: Let the UConn Story Begin!
After an official welcome from the University Friday evening, the next morning more than 3,000 freshmen posed for their class photo on the Great Lawn.
UConn Comes to Hartford
UConn chose Downtown Hartford as its new campus location for its vibrant community, range of business opportunities, and for closer integration with the city.
#UConnBucketList: May
Mark the end of the year by taking your photo in front of one of the UConn signs for May’s #UConnBucketList task.
#UConnBucketList: April
Don’t miss the tradition! Add Oozeball to your #UConnBucketList on April 23 as we mark the 33rd year of our glorious mud volleyball tournament.
UConn Medical Students Learn their Match
Fourth-year students at the School of Medicine celebrated a successful Match Day last week, with 95 percent matching to residency programs around the country.
#UConnBucketList: March
How will you make the most of your Spring Break? That's the March #UConnBucketList challenge.