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Joe Stern ’44 (ENG) atop the Empire State Building, standing next to the transmitter he helped design. Joe credited UConn with providing him the tools to have a successful career in telecommunications. (Photo courtesy of Linda Jo Stern '77 (CAHNR))

A Promise Fulfilled: The Stern Family’s Story

Linda Jo Stern ''77 (CAHNR) has fulfilled a pledge originally made by her late father, Joe Stern '44 (ENG), to establish a scholarship for female engineering students.

Traditional Thanksgiving dinner. (circlePS, Getty Images)

Heirloom Turkeys a Link to Earliest Thanksgivings

Growing interest in locally grown food, plus the idea of eating a bird more like what the Pilgrims may have eaten, drive heirloom turkey sales around Thanksgiving, says UConn professor.

Four UConn professors have been named Fellows of the AAAS. Clockwise from top left: Mike Willig, Jonathan Bobaljik, David Benson, and Arthur Hand.

Four UConn Professors Named AAAS Fellows

The professors are being recognized for their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.

Jackie Burns ’02 (SFA) got her first big break as Elphaba in “Wicked” on Broadway (she says she’s still finding traces of that green makeup!). Last fall she was on Broadway again, as Menzel’s standby in “If/Then.” That gig turned into a star role in the touring production. (Photo: Joan Marcus)

Checking in with Alumna Jackie Burns, Star of ‘If/Then’

Jackie Burns ’02 (SFA) got her first big break as Elphaba in 'Wicked' on Broadway. Last fall she was on Broadway again, as Menzel’s standby in 'If/Then.' Now she has a star role in the touring production.

Cameron Stapleton. (Stephen Slade '89 (SFA)/for UConn)

UConn Football Profile: Cameron Stapleton

The redshirt junior defensive end is all about business when it comes to football, but likes to keep it light off the playing field.

Mashed potatoes with gravy for Thanksgiving. (bhofack2/Getty Images)

Talk Turkey? Nah, Focus on the Trimmings on Thanksgiving

UConn botanist Pamela Diggle offers some plant factoids you can serve up as a conversation piece at Thanksgiving.

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Ultimate Frisbee

UConn Club Frisbee practice at the Depot Campus in late October.

Assistant professor of physiology and neurobiology Jianjun Sun on Nov. 4, 2016. (Bri Diaz/UConn Photo)

Reproductive Biologist Wins Gates Foundation Grant for Contraceptives Research

Jianjun Sun will test existing drugs for contraceptive properties that could eliminate mental health side effects.

The 1934 survey was recommended by Governor Wilbur L. Cross as an essential planning tool for Connecticut. It was a time of incredible development and growth. New York urbanization was expanding, modern roads for the automotive boom were spreading into Connecticut and the use of new heavy machinery allowed transformations to the landscape at a scale never seen before. (Connecticut State Library)

Worth a Thousand Words: Connecticut’s Coastline Changes

From early hand drawings and aerial photos to today's drone images, a new website tells the story of changes in the Connecticut coastline over the past century.

'Getting to the Red Planet is a lot more than just rocket science. Management professor John Mathieu ’80 (CLAS) is working with NASA on the human mechanics.' (Illustration by Daniel Fishel for UConn)

Mission to Mars

Getting to the Red Planet is a lot more than just rocket science. Management professor John Mathieu ’80 (CLAS) is working with NASA on the human mechanics.