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Group of friends checking their team stats on a smartphone while watching a soccer game on TV. (Antonio_Diaz/Getty Images)

Social Media Offers Venue for Crowds of Sports Fans

'Social networking is a valid way for fans to further identify with their favorite sports teams.'

Kailey Townsend at the Freitas Ice Forum. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

The Voice of Women’s Ice Hockey

Play-by-play commentary by Kailey Townsend '18 (CLAS), available through a subscription, is broadcast to UConn fans and athletes’ family members when they can’t be in the stands.

Jeffrey Ogbar, professor of history, stands near graffiti art at the Heaven Skatepark in Hartford on July 12, 2016. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Coveted Class: Hip-Hop, Politics, and Youth Culture in America

Hip-hop reflects on our society 'fearlessly and unapologetically,' says Professor Jeffrey Ogbar.

Anna Middendorf (#19) and Charlotte Veitner (#26) celebrate the Huskies' win over Syracuse in the NCAA second round on Nov. 13. (Michael Okoniewski/Syracuse University Photo)

Three Huskies Earn Field Hockey All-American Selections

This is the seventh-straight season that UConn field hockey has produced at least three All-Americans.

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Review of Student Fees Announced

A committee will review undergraduate and graduate fees that pay for non-academic programs ranging from student health services to transportation, room and board, and technology infrastructure.

Chemistry Ph.D. student Islam Mosa holds an ultrathin implantable bioelectronic device he developed that is powered by a novel supercapacitor capable of generating enough power to sustain a cardiac pacemaker. It is more biocompatible and lasts much longer than existing pacemaker batteries. (Photo courtesy Islam Mosa)

Innovative Device Could Offer New Hope for Heart Patients

A UConn graduate student is developing a new micro-scale power source that is significantly smaller and more efficient than the batteries used in most cardiac pacemakers today.

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Supporting Undocumented Students at UConn

President Herbst responds to concerns expressed since the election about potential changes in federal policy that could affect undocumented students.

Winter has arrived in Standing Rock at the Oceti Sakowin Camp in North Dakota, the day after the Army Corps of Engineers denied the easement needed to build the pipeline. Despite driving snow and 40-plus mile an hour wind a group of 700-plus veterans and water protectors marched toward the barricade on highway 1806. (Photo by Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

UConn Expert on the Pipeline Protest at Standing Rock

Professor Barbara Gurr calls Sunday's ruling in the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's battle to defend their land, their water, and their treaty rights, a "pause."

EM Drive in forward thrust configuration. (NASA Photo)

To Mars in 70 Days. Science Fiction or Fact?

Radical new propulsion system researched by NASA violates physics. UConn expert Brice Cassenti discusses whether the 'impossible' EM Drive is possible.

Through a virtual architectural design, a UConn professor takes an ironic look at the relationship between border walls and the philosophical concept of a state. (Image by Augustin Avalos, Estudio Pi S.C., Hassanaly Ladha)

What Might a Wall with Mexico Look Like?

Through a virtual architectural design, a UConn professor takes an ironic look at the relationship between border walls and the philosophical concept of a state.