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Committee Proposes Ways to Promote Civil Discourse

Among the key recommendations: Updating the University’s academic mission statement to include, 'exchanging ideas in a manner that fosters a climate of mutual respect.'

Pierre Fils, a first-year graduate student on the Ph.D. track in structural engineering. (Carson Stifel/UConn Photo)

Building a Research Career at UConn

Sometimes walking into a professor’s office hours can launch a student on an incredible research track. Pierre Fils, a first-year graduate student on the Ph.D. track in structural engineering at the University of Connecticut, did just that his junior year. When he went to his design of steel structures professor, Arash Zaghi’s, office, Fils was […]

Pierre Fils, a first-year graduate student on the Ph.D. track in structural engineering. (Carson Stifel/UConn Photo)

Building a Research Career at UConn

Sometimes walking into a professor’s office hours can launch a student on an incredible research track. Pierre Fils, a first-year graduate student on the Ph.D. track in structural engineering at the University of Connecticut, did just that his junior year. When he went to his design of steel structures professor, Arash Zaghi’s, office, Fils was […]

The UConn Fire and Police Departments along with a police dog sing Happy Birthday to Jonathan the husky dog. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Jonathan’s Golden Birthday

Jonathan XIV turns 5 (or 35, depending on who you ask) today!

A young woman in exercise attire looks at health information on her cell phone. (Getty Images)

The Role of Feedback in Health Information Sharing

A new UConn study says sharing health information through social media can lead to improved health, but only if feedback is positive.

A Muslim prayer service at the Hartford Public Library before a Metanoia event at the Hartford Campus in November 2017. (Sean Flynn/UConn File Photo)

CLAS to Offer New Major in Arabic and Islamic Civilizations

'We want to shatter the binaries of East and West,' says Nicola Carpentieri, director of the new Arabic and Islamic Cilivilizations program.

President Albert Jorgensen, left, and university librarian Paul Alcorn provided hands-on help with moving books into the new library in 1940. The building was named for former Connecticut governor Wilbur Cross in 1942. (University Library Archives & Special Collections)

Before Homer Babbidge, There Was Wilbur Cross Library

For nearly 40 years until Babbidge Library opened, the Wilbur Cross Building was the academic heart of the University of Connecticut.

A mother holding her newborn baby. (Getty Images)

Adding Context to ‘Breast is Best’

A new study suggests that, independent of breastfeeding, a range of factors influence infant health in the first year of life, and these need to be supported by social policies.

Daisy Reyes, assistant professor of sociology and El Instituto, on September 19, 2018. (Bri Diaz/UConn Photo)

Learning to Be Latino

Sociologist Daisy Reyes discusses her new book on what it means to be Latino in college.

UConn astrophysicist, Cara Battersby. (Carson Stifel/UConn Photo)

Meet the Researcher: Astrophysicist Cara Battersby

A young Cara Battersby once scrawled out the phrase “Science is curious” in a school project about what she wanted to do when she grew up. This simple phrase still captures Battersby’s outlook on her research about our universe. Recently shortlisted for the 2018 Nature Research Inspiring Science Award, Battersby has been working on several […]