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Check out UConn’s Skydiving Team as they free fall and descend with open parachutes at Skydive Arizona during the recent USPA National Collegiate Parachuting Championships. (Courtesy of the UConn Skydiving Team)

Free Fall: UConn’s Skydiving Team

Check out UConn’s Skydiving Team as they free fall and descend with open parachutes at Skydive Arizona during the recent USPA National Collegiate Parachuting Championships.

Mostafa Analoui, executive director of venture development., right, speaks with Ying Liu of ReinEsse LLC at the Cell and Genome Sciences Building in Farmington on Feb. 8, 2017. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Growing New Ventures at UConn

UConn's new director of venture development says Connecticut has all the right ingredients for success in commercializing university research.

Barack Obama at a campaign stop in 2007. AP Photo/Nati Harnik

Op-ed: How Obama’s Presidential Campaign Changed View of Black Candidates

Black politicians throughout U.S. history have struggled to overcome deep, negative stereotypes held by white Americans. Obama succeeded at the highest level. Here's how.

An overweight woman in an office. (Rudd Center Photo)

How to Reduce Weight Stigma? Ask Those Who Know Best

In a new UConn study, women with obesity identify potential remedies, placing priority on the workplace, schools, and healthcare settings.

Illustration from Alice Through the Looking Glass by Sir John Tenniel. (Getty Images)

Children’s Books May Boost Appetite for Unhealthy Food

A study led by a UConn researcher suggests that the way food is portrayed in picture books may be sending the wrong messages to children about healthy eating.

When it's cold outside and the sky is gray, there's still plenty of fun to be had on campus. The UConn Street Performers Club is always looking for new members, with any skill level. (Garrett Spahn/UConn Photo)

A Week of Winter Fun

Yes, it's cold outside and the sky is gray, but there's still plenty of fun to be had on campus.

Katie Koshes, freshman softball pitcher. (Athletic Communications Photo)

Connecticut Native Ready for Softball Season

Katie Koshes, a former two-sport athlete at Amity Regional High School, will wear a UConn uniform for the first time in a regular season game this Friday.

Rob Landolphi prepares vegan crab cakes at the Dining Services test kitchen in the Student Union.

New and Traditional Favorites Among Top 10 Campus Foods

North's Crepe Bar, South's Buffalo Chicken Wraps, and Towers' Cubano Sandwiches rank among the top 10 most-loved campus meals.

Assistant professor of communication John Christensen wearing a virtual reality headset. (UConn Photo)

Video Games as Research

UConn researcher John Christensen is using digital media to improve health behaviors.

A Syrian physician being trained how to document evidence of torture. (Physicians for Human Rights Photo)

Doctors’ Group to Receive UConn’s Dodd Prize in Human Rights

Physicians for Human Rights, which uses science and medicine to combat abuses and atrocities, will accept the award on Nov. 2.