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A sad little boy in a Syrian refugee camp in Turkey. (Getty Images)

Many Migrants Can Take Nothing for Granted

As a growing number of host nations raise concerns about national security, migrants are often denied their basic human rights, says sociology professor Bandana Purkayastha.

President Susan Herbst will step down in summer 2019, after eight years as president of the University of Connecticut. (Peter Morenus/UConn File Photo)

Herbst to Step Down as President in Summer 2019

Herbst is the 15th president of the University, and the first woman to hold the position since the school was founded in 1881.

Albert Gurdon Gulley Hall. (Ariel Dowski/UConn Photo)

President’s Letter to the University Community

"UConn has come so far since its founding nearly 140 years ago and it has all the right ingredients to go further still," writes President Herbst.

Jacqueline Loss, UConn professor of Latin American literary and cultural studies, is exploring the many meanings for Cubans of the term "fino" for Cubans in a multimedia project, "FINOTYPE." (Photo provided by Jacuqeline Loss).

Meet the Researcher: Jacqueline Loss, Latin American Literature and Culture

While the United States government did not restore diplomatic ties with Cuba until 2015, the island nation with a fascinating history has been of interest for Jacqueline Loss since the beginning of her academic career. Loss is professor of Latin American literary and cultural studies at the University of Connecticut in the Department of Literatures, […]

UConn alum Orley R. 'Chip' Taylor ’66 MS, ’70 Ph.D., wants everyone to plant a little milkweed and bring back the quickly disappearing monarch butterfly. (Photo courtesy of the University of Kansas/Marketing Communications)

Saving the Monarch

Monarch numbers have plummeted 90 percent. Plant some milkweed, says Chip Taylor ’66 MS, ’70 Ph.D.

Baseball player Chris Winkel ‘20 (BUS), right, talks with teaching assistant Jungang Li during a Calculus for Business and Economics class in Monteith. To Winkel, being a Husky is having 'a mindset to embrace every obstacle ahead ... and overcome it.' (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Student-Athlete Strong: Chris Winkel

To baseball player Chris Winkel, being a Husky is 'a mindset to embrace every obstacle ahead ... and overcome it.'

Graduation photo. (Stephen Slade '87 (SFA) for UConn)

Seven UConn Teams Earn NCAA Public Recognition Awards

The Huskies set a school record in the number of programs earning APR honors over a four-year period through 2016-17.

Susan Aneno, a junior, set a new conference meet record in the 800 m race on May 13, helping the Huskies finish fourth at the outdoor championship. (American Athletic Conference Photo)

Track Star Susan Aneno Breaks Conference Record at AAC Championship

The junior set a new conference meet record in the 800 m race on May 13, helping the Huskies finish fourth at the outdoor championship.

A group hike following the reopening of the Hillside Environmental Education Park trail near the Innovation Partnership Building on April 26, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Nature Park an Opportunity for Quiet on Busy Campus

Ten years after the Hillside Environmental Education Park was created at the site of a former landfill, the park has been extended with additional land and trails.

Antonio Costa, assistant research professor of pharmaceutical science, right, explains the apparatus for continuous processing of liposome drug products to Katherine Tyner and Su-Lin Lee, both of the FDA’s Office of Pharmaceutical Quality, at the Pharmacy/Biology Building. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Researchers Lead National Effort to Improve Drug Manufacturing

Researchers in the School of Pharmacy are adapting the techniques of continuous manufacturing used in the electronics, chemical, and automobile industries to the production of complex drugs.