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UConn Adopts Budgets for Fiscal Year 2022

UConn is not increasing students’ charges in the coming year for room, board, or the General University Fee

A new exhibit at the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry demonstrates the medium's ability to address complex social issues.

Ballard Museum Exhibition Examines ‘Puppetry’s Racial Reckoning’

A new exhibit inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement and national conversation about racism

UConn’s TIP Digital Brings Disruptive Companies On Board in First Months

Within its first months of operation, UConn's data science incubator, TIP Digital in Stamford, has brought on a dozen companies who are using machine learning to create novel solutions

Flies smell using their antennae, and learning more about how that works yields important information for researchers.

Odd Smell: Flies Sniff Ammonia in a Way New to Science

Understanding how insects sense odors could help out humans and crops

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UConn Scholars Earn Gilman and CLS Scholarships

The scholarships demonstrate the inclusive opportunities available for every UConn student to develop intercultural competencies

Centers that do not participate in CACFP are less likely to serve healthier options, such as nonfat or low-fat dairy and whole grains, and less likely to serve fruits and vegetables with meals.

Federal Child Care Nutrition Program Helps Centers Provide Healthier Options to Children

Study shows childcare centers not participating in the program are less likely to meet state nutrition standards

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Summer Undergraduate Researcher Isabella Sanchez ’22 (NURS)

The study of chronic pain has always been an interest to this UConn undergraduate researcher

The snake's flickering tongue generates two pairs of small, swirling masses of air, or vortices, that act like tiny fans, pulling odors in from each side and jetting them directly into the path of each tongue tip.

Smelling in Stereo: The Real Reason Snakes Have Flicking, Forked Tongues

Long misunderstood, snake tongues have fascinated naturalists for centuries

Eating Under The Sea: UConn Researchers Find Health Benefits of Connecticut-Grown Sugar Kelp

A first-of-its-kind study finds nutrition benefits for locally-grown sugar kelp, an increasingly important crop for the state.

Walking Down Memory Lane to Battle COVID Isolation

An unexpected result of a project designed to combat pandemic isolation changed the lives of a student and her 93-year-old project partner.