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UConn basketball fans in Gampel Pavilion.

The Wait is Over: It’s Basketball Time

With men's and women's seasons starting this week, UConn students are ready to cheer on their teams

UConn Department of Earth Sciences and Department of Marine Sciences Professor Pieter Visscher researches stromatolites, which are fossilized biofilms where Earth's earliest life forms evolved.

Microbial Slime: The Ultimate System to Understand Our Planet

'These biofilms are just remarkable. They may be the ultimate system to study to understand our planet'

Matt Guthrie and PhD student Kelcey Davis pose next to the custom-built projector stand in the newly renovated Cynthia Wyeth Peterson Planetarium

UConn’s Planetarium Dedication Honors a Physics Pioneer

The newly renovated Cynthia Wyeth Peterson Planetarium will carry on Peterson’s legacy and help educate generations to come

The street in Hartford where housing for UConn students will be built.

UConn Receives $500,000 from Travelers to Support Housing Stipends for UConn Hartford Students

'The residence hall will serve as a catalyst for learning as well as connecting students to the rich historical, cultural, political, and business resources of our capital city'

State Rep. Jaime Foster providing opening remarks during the first annual Moving Beyond Implications: Policy into Research conference at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford on January 9, 2024.

Second ‘Moving Beyond Implications’ Conference Aims to Advance Evidence-Based Policy

The conference, which aims to bridge the gap between research and policymaking, is accepting abstract submissions from researchers until Nov. 1

Honorees posing for a photo at the event

Connecticut Technology Council Honors 11 From UConn

Formed in 1994, the organization is the voice of all technology companies in Connecticut

Aerial view of a mural of the Puerto Rican flag

From Policy to Action: Anna-Michelle McSorley Focuses on Health Equity for Latinos

McSorley's work goes beyond health policy to study political processes, potential political biases, and power dynamics

The new HuskyGo electric bus—the first of its kind in its fleet—sits next to the bus stops in the W Lot

Electric, Hybrid Buses Coming to UConn as Next Generation of Clean Transit

The electric buses produce no tailpipe emissions and provide all the features that today’s students need for a comfortable and productive ride

Woman pointing at poster

Research Assesses Assets and Challenges for North Hartford Food Environment

Using the innovative Photovoice approach, community participants engage in citizen science by sharing their personal, lived experience to enhance research studies and bring awareness to health disparities

The Capitol Fools comedy troupe.

Capitol Fools Bring Political Satire to Jorgensen

'It gave me hope that the United States may yet endure — if we can laugh at ourselves'