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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.

November 24, 2017 | Jesse Rifkin ’14 (CLAS)

Alumni
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.

November 22, 2017 | Catherine Newman

Alumni
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.

November 22, 2017 | Emma Casagrande ’18 (CLAS)

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.

November 20, 2017 | Alexandra Greene, Athletic Communications

Athletics
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.

November 20, 2017 | Claire Hall

Athletics Research & Discovery
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.

November 17, 2017 | Kim Krieger - UConn Communications

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.

November 17, 2017 | Garrett Spahn

Student-athlete Tosin Adeniyi ’18 (BUS), Women’s Volleyball, talks with her advisor, Ingrid Hohmann. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Student-Athlete Strong: Tosin Adeniyi

'I am one of the luckiest girls to have received such an amazing education and college experience through volleyball.'

November 16, 2017 | Susan Twiss

Athletics
Erik Hines is co-principal investigator on a new NSF-funded research project focused on growing the pipeline of Black males acquiring advanced degrees in the field of engineering. (Photo Credit: Peter Morenus/UConn)

Staying in College to Help Others Graduate

Mentors and guidance counselors helped Erik Hines, assistant professor of educational psychology, find his path. Now he is paying it forward.

November 14, 2017 | Julie (Stagis) Bartucca ’10 (BUS, CLAS), Photos by Peter Morenus

UConn Voices
Fast food restaurants thrive in one of the poorest areas of Los Angeles. South LA has the highest concentration of fast-food restaurants of the city, about 400, and only a few grocery stores. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Food Swamps Predict Obesity Rates Better Than Food Deserts

A new UConn Rudd Center study found that easy access to fast- and junk-food outlets was a better predictor of high obesity rates than lack of access to affordable, nutritious food.

November 14, 2017 | Daniel P. Jones, UConn Rudd Center

Research & Discovery