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Tech Showcase Celebrates UConn’s Economic, Innovative Impact

The first-ever event connects Connecticut’s manufacturing roots with emerging technologies and industries

Seedlings that are part of a water qaulity experiment conducted by plant science professor Rosa Raudales on June 16, 2016. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

New Plant and Soil Health Center Named in Honor of Alum George Leigh Minor

George Leigh Minor ’56 (CAHNR) passed away at the age of 90 in January 2025, leaving a generous donation, which will be used to fund the renovations necessary to open the George Leigh Minor Plant and Soil Health Center.

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Researchers Hope Documentary’s Example Can Promote Common Ground in Connecticut

'One of the things ‘The Tennessee 11’ shows us is that people generally are on the side of less firearm injury and death. We may just disagree about how to get there'

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What Even Is Social Media, Tho? Adults and Teens Often Differ, UConn Researchers Find

No cap: Differences in understanding the basics can lead to bad policy outcomes fr fr

A group photo with dozens of volunteers wearing Connecticut State Museum of Natural History T-shirts.

Connecticut State Museum of Natural History Rejoins UConn CLAS

In July, the museum returned to its roots in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, bringing together two units with a shared commitment to interdisciplinary learning and public engagement

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UConn Planning to Rename its School of Nursing in Honor of Alumna Elisabeth DeLuca

The School’s new academic home, currently being built with her generous support, also would bear her name

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Damsels, Femme Fatales, and Queens of Crime

Two UConn professors on the history of fictional female criminals and crime-fighters

A desert landscape, including a Joshua tree with the sun in the background, shielded by hills.

As the Mojave Gets Hotter, Will Joshua Trees Adapt?

What today’s seedlings are experiencing is going to be very different than what they might experience in 100 years when they're mature plants

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SSW Research Faculty Support Mental Health, Addiction Services Statewide

The State of Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) partners with the UConn School of Social Work to maintain the DMHAS Research Division, a unit that evaluates behavioral health issues of families in Connecticut

Wellness Concept. Wooden blocks with the eight dimensions; emotional, spiritual, intellectual, social, environmental, physical, occupational, financial. A holistic approach to health and wellbeing.

UConn’s Popular Emotional Well-Being Course Now Free and Available to the Public

UConn faculty and students launch online resource to make emotional well-being content accessible to all