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Sugary Drink Sales Drop After Community Campaign

A three-year public health campaign to encourage people to consumer fewer sugary drinks led to a drop in sales of those drinks by nearly 20 percent.

Apple with a dollar sign worm eating into it, on top of a pile of books. (Gillian Blease via Getty Images)

A Lesson from Enron: Charter Schools Need More Oversight

A UConn professor of education and law draws parallels between financial mismanagement in the charter school sector and the notorious Enron accounting scandal.

Pro-statehood supporters at the seaside Capitol in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/Danica Coto via The COnversation)

Op-ed: Are Puerto Ricans Really American Citizens?

With a plebiscite pending in June, political science professor Charles Venator-Santiago discusses the contradiction that while Puerto Ricans are officially U.S. citizens, the territory remains unincorporated.

Hall of Fame coach Nancy Stevens speaks with her team. (Stephen Slade '89 (SFA) for UConn, File Photo)

Nancy Stevens’ Trailblazing Career Began with Good Timing

UConn's Hall of Fame coach was recently inducted into the USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame for her role playing on the team that won the first national championship after Title IX.

President Susan Herbst reads the citation to award John Kim '87 MBA an honorary degree during the School of Business commencement ceremony at Gampel Pavilion on May 8, 2016. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Names 2017 Speakers, Honorary Degree Recipients

Whether sequencing the human genome or developing new culinary concoctions; whether writing award-winning plays or learning the secrets of noncoding RNA; whether steering the course of The Hartford or United Technologies Corporation, the honored guests of UConn’s commencement ceremonies this year are leaders in their fields. Honored guests include commencement speakers and honorary degree recipients. At […]

From left, Christopher Chapman '17 (CLAS), Isabel Nip '17 (CLAS), Danielle Deschene '17 (CLAS), and Shaharyar Zuberi '17 (CLAS) wear the new blue commencement caps and gowns while posing next to the Husky statue. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Caps & Gowns Changing From Black to Blue

The blue gowns could also be referred to as 'green.' Each is made from about 23 recycled plastic water bottles.

Students attend the 2017 Spring Career Fair in the Gampel Pavilion on Jan. 29, 2017. (Ryan Glista/UConn Photo)

New Graduates Enter a Good Job Market

'The number of recruiters at UConn's career fairs are double what they were four years ago,' says the director of the Center for Career Development.

Asian Nite on Feb. 25 lit up the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts with movement, color, and sound. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Asian Nite Showcases Asian Cultures

Asian Nite lit up the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts with movement, color, and sound.

A group portrait including six Japanese American students at the University of Connecticut in August 1944. (Photo by Hikaru Iwasaki, courtesy of the Bancroft Library at the University of California-Berkeley)

UConn Reads: Religion and Inclusion, a UConn Story

During World War II, the University of Connecticut – in collaboration with a Quaker organization – opened its doors to 18 Japanese American students from the internment camps.

The Daily Campus masthead. (UConn Photo)

Behind the Scenes at the Daily Campus

Take a peek behind the scenes of UConn's student-run daily newspaper.