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Students exercise at the new Student Recreation Center

Business is Booming at New Student Recreation Center

The early numbers are in, and UConn's new Student Recreation Center is already a success story.

Winfred Mutile Yavi of Bahrain (C) and Hyvin Kiyeng of Kenya (L) compete in the Women's 3000 meter Steeplechase heats on Sept. 27, the first day of 17th IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Countermeasures for Qatar

Athletes are experiencing extreme heat at the international track and field events in Doha, Qatar. UConn's Korey Stringer Institute shares the latest science on avoiding exertional heat stroke.

Black and white photo from 1969 of two young men sitting in the trunk of a car, making the peace sign with their hands

Woodstock Forever: A Personal Reflection

UConn Today writer Ken Best recalls his attendance at the famed Woodstock concert, and the way those times have shaped his life.

Black and white photo showing a crowd of people listening to speakers in front of the UConn Student Union in 1969

‘Day-Glo and Napalm’ Exhibition Looks Back at UConn Activism

An exhibit on display at the Dodd Center looks back on the turbulent years of Vietnam-era protest at UConn.

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For This Ocean Dweller, Ability to Respond to Warming Waters is About Location

Our knowledge about species adaption patterns is mainly from animals living on land. In a new study, UConn scientists take a look at animals in ocean currents.

Left to right, UConn Professors Baikun Li, and Guiling Wang, and Wangchi Zhou, Ph.D.

Engineers Produce Water-Saving Crop Irrigation Sensor

The sensors are small enough to insert into the soil and less expensive to manufacture than current technology, the researchers write in the Journal of Sensors and Actuators.

A man with gray hair stands alone in a large room filled with long tables, each one holding many different chess boards

How Our Brains Cope with the Constancy of Change

Objects and people change around us constantly, and yet we can still identify them. How our brain keeps track of that is a mystery for which a UConn scientist and his students proposed a novel solution.

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Meet the Researcher: Chelsea Garcia ’20, Nutritional Sciences

“I want to continue to do research and relay those findings to the public with the hopes of having a positive impact,” says Chelsea Garcia '20 (CAHNR).

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UConn Releases Annual Safety Reports

The reports include the U.S.-mandated Clery Annual Security and Fire Safety Report and, a second, state-mandated annual overview.

A partial view of Saudi Aramco's Abqaiq oil processing plant on September 20. Saudi Arabia said on September 17 its oil output will return to normal by the end of September, seeking to soothe rattled energy markets after attacks on two instillations that slashed its production by half. (Photo by Fayez Nureldine / AFP / Getty Images)

‘Wake-up Call’: Drone Strikes in Saudi Arabia Show Urgency of UConn Research

Researchers at UConn's Eversource Energy Center are working hand-in-hand with its namesake to build a drone detection system for the state's major electrical provider.