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University officials warn that without sufficient state funding to hire faculty to offer essential courses and to create strong support networks for students, UConn's high retention and graduation rates will suffer. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

State Support Key to Maintaining UConn’s Retention, Graduation Rates

University officials warn that without sufficient state funding to hire faculty to offer essential courses and to create strong student support networks, UConn's high retention and graduation rates will suffer.

Engineers and technicians assemble the James Webb Space Telescope on Nov. 2, 2016 at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The telescope, designed to be a large space-based observatory optimized for infrared wavelengths, will be the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space Telescope. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

UConn on the Front Line to Glimpse Farthest Reaches of Universe

Two UConn physics professors will be among the world’s first scientists to explore the universe using the new James Webb Space Telescope.

A man winces in pain. (Getty Images)

Pain Gets Personal: UConn Health to Host Symposium

How to prevent acute pain developing into chronic pain, and how to treat pain without resorting to opioids will be among the topics for discussion.

Among her many travels, Olivia Balsinger '14 CLAS) has hobnobbed with camels in the Masada Desert in Israel. (Photo courtesy of Olivia Balsinger)

Recent Alum Has Whole World in Her Hands

Travel journalist Olivia Balsinger ’14 (CLAS) has 75 nation stamps in her passport.

During a July episode of 'Scraps,' Gamoran and longtime friend Sally Hiebert foraged along Sonoma, California, roadsides to prepare a found feast for locals there.

Checking in with Joel Gamoran, Host of FYI’s ‘Scraps’

'I see flavor where the world sees waste,' says the UConn alum, whose new cooking show debuted in May.

Poinsettias at the Floriculture Greenhouse on Dec. 22, 2016. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Collections: Poinsettias

As the holidays approach, UConn’s Floriculture greenhouses fill with hundreds of brightly colored poinsettias of as many as 90 varieties.

UConn Field Hockey team brings home the trophy. (Mike DeZarn/Louisville Athletics)

Field Hockey Wins National Championship

With nine minutes left in the game, senior Charlotte Veitner scored the winning goal.

A UConn business professor has developed a strategy to optimize the decision-making process for NFL Survivor Pools that also has applications for endeavors such as airport screening and determining kidney transplant recipients. (Shutterstock Image)

A Winning NFL Football Pool Strategy

A UConn business professor developed a strategy to optimize the decision-making process for NFL Survivor Pools.

Grandfather and grandson taking a nap together on the couch. (Getty Images)

Thanksgiving Turkey Makes You Sleepy? Gobbledygook.

While you may feel sleepy after Thanksgiving dinner, that's not because of the turkey, says UConn neurobiologist John Redden.

Jessica Ortegon, a senior majoring in fine arts, focuses on her work in Professor Brad Guarino's Basic Painting class. (Garrett Spahn/UConn Photo)

The Art of Concentration

Students paint from their mind's eye in a basic painting class.