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Review of Student Fees Announced
A committee will review undergraduate and graduate fees that pay for non-academic programs ranging from student health services to transportation, room and board, and technology infrastructure.
December 7, 2016 | Stephanie Reitz
Innovative Device Could Offer New Hope for Heart Patients
A UConn graduate student is developing a new micro-scale power source that is significantly smaller and more efficient than the batteries used in most cardiac pacemakers today.
December 7, 2016 | Colin Poitras
Supporting Undocumented Students at UConn
President Herbst responds to concerns expressed since the election about potential changes in federal policy that could affect undocumented students.
December 6, 2016 | President Susan Herbst
UConn Expert on the Pipeline Protest at Standing Rock
Professor Barbara Gurr calls Sunday's ruling in the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's battle to defend their land, their water, and their treaty rights, a "pause."
December 6, 2016 | Amanda Falcone
To Mars in 70 Days. Science Fiction or Fact?
Radical new propulsion system researched by NASA violates physics. UConn expert Brice Cassenti discusses whether the 'impossible' EM Drive is possible.
December 6, 2016 | Colin Poitras
What Might a Wall with Mexico Look Like?
Through a virtual architectural design, a UConn professor takes an ironic look at the relationship between border walls and the philosophical concept of a state.
December 5, 2016 | Loretta Waldman
UConn Orange? How the Huskies Almost Became ‘Orangemen’
A look back at the time when the school colors were a matter for debate.
December 5, 2016 | Combined Reports
UConn Student Navigates New Role in Years After Sandy Hook
Elizabeth Charash '18 (CLAS) was a high school student in Newtown at the time of the Sandy Hook school shootings. The tragedy has shaped her academics and activism.
December 2, 2016 | Amanda Falcone
Football Pair Named to All-American Athletic Conference Teams
Seniors Obi Melifonwu and Noel Thomas Jr. earned the honors.
December 2, 2016 | Athletic Communications
The Electoral College Vote: A Ritual of American Democracy
Looking ahead to Dec. 19, when electors in each state will cast their ballots, a UConn political scientist discusses the constitutional anomaly that the person elected as U.S. President may not be the winner of the popular vote.
December 1, 2016 | Kenneth Best