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UConn landscape architecture students developed plans for preserving the historic Meadowood farm and presented their ideas at an open house at the Simsbury library.

UConn Students Imagine Potential Futures for a Remarkable Piece of Land in Simsbury

Designing for the future while also paying homage to the past

Avery Point coast

Research Offers Insight into How Mercury Enters the Food Web

Dissolved organic matter acts like a 'shield' at the base of the marine food web

Female gardener selling organic crops and picking up a bountiful basket full of fresh produce

Nationwide Study Redefines How Food Environment Impacts Cardiometabolic Diseases

Human mobility seems to be a missing piece of the puzzle

Dawn over a canal in spring with wind turbines in the background.

Two UConn Researchers Among Authors of Fifth National Climate Assessment Report

Guiling Wang and Zhe Zhu explain how the gold standard of national climate reports gets put together - and why climate change isn't all doom and gloom

UConn researchers are looking at how human activities, like urbanization, and an invasive parasite impact the health of Darwin's finches on the Galapagos Island of San Cristobal.

Disentangling Elements of Human Activities and Invasive Parasites on the Health of Darwin’s Finches

UConn researchers are studying how humans impact wildlife, inside and out

A stone wall along RT 195 near the Jacobson Barn.

Establishing the Science of Stone Walls

'I want to ensure we don't strip mine these resources away'

Students planting a tree

Action-oriented Symposium Connects Researchers to Encourage Collaboration for a Sustainable Environmental Future

'We have heard these wonderful talks, now what are we going to do? The time for action is now'

After nearly 20 years of being out of commission, UConn’s East Road Observatory is back up and running

A Team Effort is Giving New Life to a Classic Observatory

'Getting the facility back up and running has been an amazing and rewarding experience. This will be a force for good in the department and at the University'

A fallen tree on a vehicle which brought down power lines on Comstock Hill Avenue in Norwalk, Connecticut during Hurricane Sandy on October 30, 2012.

How Ready is Your Town? UConn Researchers Help Coastal Towns Prepare for the Next Storm in a Changing Climate

'We want to make everybody in the community feel safe in a way that is affordable'

More picturesque wildness of coast can be found in the many tiny villages along the way. Here, for example, is the beach in Pude.

Snap Shot: How Will Organisms Adapt to Climate Change?

A UConn Marine Sciences researcher is spending time in Chile studying an important forage fish, and how this vital part of the food chain will adapt to a changing climate