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A drawing from Harper’s Weekly depicts a game between the Red Stockings and the Brooklyn Atlantics. (New York Public Library)

How the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings Turned Baseball into a National Sensation

As the league’s first openly salaried club, the team made professionalism – previously frowned upon – acceptable to the American public, writes UConn's Robert Wyss.

Shea Ralph with her daughter. (Frank Barton/UConn Health Photo)

New Mom Shea Ralph Chose UConn Health

In honor of National Doctors' Day this week, we spotlight the work of UConn Health's Ramzi Alkass.

Math professor Damir Dzhafarov teaches a graduate class in logic in the Monteith Building. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Logic, a Common Thread at UConn

UConn has launched a new professional graduate certificate in logic, in which students from various disciplines hone the vital skills of logically and systematically analyzing information.

Connecticut Environmental Action Day flyer.

Planting the CEAD: Marketing Sustainability Efforts

In order to build awareness for UConn Extension within the university community, a team of marketing students will host Connecticut Environmental Action Day on March 29.

A pair of F-15 Eagles from Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, taxi after landing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio in preparation for landing and safe haven, Oct. 9, 2018. The F-15 is one of several planes taking safe haven at Wright-Patterson AFB, as Hurricane Michael threatens their home station. (U.S. Air Force photo by Wesley Farnsworth)

UConn Receives Major Contract for Air Force R&D in Advanced Manufacturing

The four-year, $5.4 million contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory aims to provide next generation manufacturing solutions for the aerospace sector.

Preston Bogan '19 (CLAS) at the Palace of Versailles during an Education Abroad program in Paris. (Submitted Photo)

Education Abroad: Preston Bogan ’19, Paris, France

'If you don’t look outside your own comfort zone ... you are missing out,' says Bogan after spending a semester in Paris.

Nurses examining an ill senior patient. (Getty Images)

Aging Immigrants Without Health Insurance at Higher Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

Fifty-four percent of recent immigrants, and 22 percent of long-term immigrants had no health insurance, says the study by NYU and UConn.

'Life changing' is how the families of kids with serious, chronic illnesses describe their experiences with UConn athletic teams through a program known as Team IMPACT. (Jason Reider/UConn Athletic Marketing Photo)

Team IMPACT: A Winning Way to Heal

'Life changing' is how the families of kids with serious and chronic illnesses describe their experiences with UConn athletic teams through a program known as Team IMPACT.

What came first – all-seeing Gods or complex societies? God the Father and Angel, Guercino Giovan Francesco Barbieri via Wikimedia Commons

Big Gods Came After the Rise of Civilizations, Not Before, Study Finds

The original function of moralizing gods in world history was to hold together fragile, ethnically diverse coalitions, write researchers at UConn, University of Oxford, and Keio University.

Madison Reed home hair color founder and CEO Amy Errett '79 (CLAS) welcomes UConn students on their trip to Silicon Valley. (Submitted Photo)

Student Entrepreneurs Spend Spring Break in Silicon Valley

'This trip is really important for our students to see first-hand how the spirit of entrepreneurship works in a real setting,' said UConn's David Noble.