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Researchers Ross Turner, Adam Wilson, Cory Merow (l to r) conducting field work at the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. Stuart Hall also pictured.

The New Game of Russian Roulette for Fire-Prone Ecosystems

The findings of a new study are a concern for fire-prone ecosystems, including those in the United States, Australia, and South Africa.

Students describe the ideas they turned into reality with funding from UConn's IDEA Grant Program.

UConn Student Entrepreneurs

Students describe the ideas they turned into reality with funding from UConn's IDEA Grant Program.

Graduate student Daniel Hoying at the Physics Building. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Grad Student Headed to Brookhaven Lab

Daniel Hoying receives the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research Award for his work in high energy physics.

Students celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, on the CLAS Quad on April 8, 2017. (Ryan Glista/UConn Photo)

Students Color the World for Spring Festival

Students celebrated the Hindu spring festival Holi, or 'festival of colors,' on the CLAS Quad on Saturday.

A UConn engineering professor has uncovered new information about how particles behave in the bloodstream, an important advance that could help scientists develop more effective cancer drugs. (Bret Eckhardt/UConn Photo)

Size Matters for Drug Particles

A UConn engineering professor has uncovered new information about how particles behave in the bloodstream, an important advance that could help pharmaceutical scientists develop more effective cancer drugs.

Teams of students from the Schools of Nursing and Engineering collaborated on a concept they dubbed the Baby Breathing Bed, designed to prevent babies dying from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Nursing Students Tackle Real-World Healthcare Needs

Teams of UConn seniors will present their innovations on April 19, at the School of Nursing's annual 'Shark Tank' event.

Prof. Mike Stanton’s newswriting class on 'Journalism in the Age of Trump' at the Konover Auditorium on April 10, 2017. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Now is a Good Time to Be Training Young Journalists

With hostility toward the press at a historic high and public trust in the media low, why are UConn journalism professors so excited to be teaching the next generation of reporters?

Tyler Daddio '18 (ENG,CLAS) at the Wilbur Cross South Reading Room on April 11, 2017. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Junior Named 2017 Goldwater Scholar

Tyler Daddio '18 (CLAS, ENG) is one of four students UConn nominated for the honor. Two others earned honorable mentions in this year's competition.

How does UConn’s Department of Animal Science decide which chocolate add-in is best for Dairy Bar ice cream? Testing. Tasting. Testing. (Angelina Reyes/UConn Photo)

Science in a Scoop: Choosing a Chocolate Bit

How does UConn’s Department of Animal Science decide which chocolate add-in is best for Dairy Bar ice cream? Testing. Tasting. Testing.

Cathy Schlund-Vials as a baby, right, with her twin brother and mother. (Courtesy of Cathy Schlund-Vials)

Immigration is the Next UConn Reads Theme

While we may consider the United States a 'nation of immigrants,' it has also been a country of profound nativism and, at times, xenophobia, writes Cathy Schlund-Vials of the UConn Reads Selection Committee.