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A computer-generated illustration of a coronavirus microbe

UConn Funds Five COVID-19 Research Projects, Announces Additional Funding

The Office of the Vice President has announced five awards to researchers as part of its new internal funding program to address the urgent needs presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Laguna La Brava in Chile, where UConn researcher Pieter Visscher found clues that help explain how early life on Earth used arsenic to survive.

Ancient Microbial Life Used Arsenic to Thrive in a World Without Oxygen

Researchers traveled to a landscape in Chile similar in some ways to Mars to learn how life existed on Earth before oxygen.

The UConn Public Safety Building on the Storrs campus.

UConn Releases Annual Safety Reports

The University of Connecticut is releasing two reports this week that detail its response to reports of criminal activity, sexual violence, and other issues it monitors to ensure the safety of its campus communities.

Two Months From Graduation, Xavier Cole ’20 (BUS) Says: ‘Make Excuses, Or Make It Happen’

Xavier Cole '20 (BUS), primed for graduation in December, has overcome obstacles in life that would have been the undoing of most people.

A sunrise over Storrs.

UConn Absorbs Significant Spending Cuts, but Still Needs State Help for COVID Costs

UConn has absorbed more than $35 million in reductions at the Storrs and regional campuses since its budget went into effect in July and expects to realize another $13 million throughout the fiscal year, leaving about $28 million that the University will request as a one-time COVID bridge allocation from the state.

A view of the Marine Sciences Building at the Avery Point campus

Avery Point Marine Sciences Building to be Renamed in Weicker’s Honor

UConn's Board of Trustees has voted to rename the Marine Sciences Building at Avery Point in honor of former Gov. Lowell Weicker.

Lauren Boulay in mask standing in a lab

Meet Werth Innovator Lauren Boulay ’21 (ENG)

Meet UConn electrical engineering major Lauren Boulay ’21, part of the next generation of makers and a member of the inaugural cohort of Werth Innovators.

BOLD members in front of striped painted wall

UConn Women’s Student Leadership Program Receives $1.2 Million Grant

A leadership program for undergraduate women at UConn has proven so successful the funder donated $1.2 million to extend it for at least three years.

Highway traffic on Interstate 84

Connecticut Transportation Safety Research Center Receives 5-year Extension to Improve and Expand Safety Analysis Tool

UConn's Connecticut Transportation Safety Research Center has won a grant to continue developing its nationally-lauded highway safety data analysis tool.

A bobcat caught in the night-vision of a wildlife camera near UConn Storrs

Snapshot USA Helps Conservation Efforts By ‘Trapping’ Wildlife on Camera

UConn's Erin Kuprewicz talks about what goes into participating in the largest annual inventory of wildlife in the United States.