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Breaking CO2 faster, cheaper, and more efficiently

A new discovery could make it possible to economically turn carbon dioxide into fuels.

Members of the UConn Chinese Students and Scholars Association basketball team pose on a basketball court

UConn’s Other Winning Basketball Program

In this segment from the UConn 360 podcast, members of the UConn chapter of the Chinese Students and Scholars Association basketball team reflect on coming together to form a winning squad.

Final artwork of title page for In the Night Kitchen (New York: Harper & Row, 1970), The Maurice Sendak Collection. Archives & Special Collections, UConn Library. © The Maurice Sendak Foundation.

First Look at Sendak Collection Items: In the Night Kitchen Exhibit

In 1969, children's author and illustrator Maurice Sendak wrote excitedly about his work on In the Night Kitchen. “I’m mad for it-and it’s mad,” he noted.

A winter ice and snow storm hits campus on Jan. 22, 2019. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

UConn Reminds Campuses About Inclement Weather Policies

Guidance on early releases, delays or cancellations due to inclement weather.

Field Hockey Captures Eighth-Straight Big East Tourney Title

The 2019 NCAA Division I field hockey championship bracket will be announced at 10 p.m. tonight.

Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, the recipient of the 2019 Thomas J. Dodd Prize, speaks at Starr Hall at UConn Law School in Hartford on Nov. 7, 2019. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

2019 Dodd Prize Goes to Justice Advocate

The 2019 Dodd Prize was awarded to equal justice advocate Bryan Stevenson.

A group of SPARK campers work on their underwater robots in the UConn Wolff-Zackin Natatorium during the summer of 2019. SPARK seeks to mentor and encourage 7th-9th grade females to enter the STEM fields through overnight summer camps. (UConn Photo/Christopher LaRosa)

UConn Recognized as a Leader in Educating Women Engineers

The ranking reflects data from a survey of 135,205 women engineering student and professional subscribers of Woman Engineer magazine.

A member of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation harvests heirloom at their farm located in North Stonington Ct. The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and UConn Extension have been collaborating thanks to a USDA Federally Recognized Tribes Extension Program to enhance agricultural production, food security, and health of tribal community members.

UConn Extension Growing Food With the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and UConn Extension are collaborating to enhance agricultural production, food security, and health of tribal community members.

Businessman shaking hands with client before meeting in office conference room

Hometown Advantage? CEOs Tend to Acquire Companies in Familiar Stomping Grounds

Companies are 2.5 times more likely to acquire firms headquartered in the state where their CEO grew up than similar firms located elsewhere, says new study.

Xiuling Lu, acting CEO of Nami and associate professor of pharmaceutics, talks with a graduate student who worked on the startup through a UConn program. (Submitted Photo)

Nami Therapeutics Startup Pursues Promising Drug Therapy

Nami Therapeutics, a collaboration by UConn and the University of North Carolina, is developing a tumor-specific radioactive therapy designed to specifically target ovarian cancer.