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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.

Senior captain Matt Walsh uses his knowledge of both sides of the ball to be an explosive inside linebacker. (Stephen Slade '89 (SFA)/for UConn)

UConn Football Profile: Linebacker Matt Walsh

Senior captain Matt Walsh uses his knowledge of both sides of the ball to become an explosive inside linebacker.

Nathaniel Hutt, a doctoral student of kinesiology, at the Outpatient Rehab Clinic at the VA Hospital in West Haven on Nov. 9, 2016. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Physical Therapy Student Veteran Will Serve Veterans

Graduate student and former Marine Nate Hutt is conducting research to identify a new subtype of Parkinson’s disease in veterans exposed to Agent Orange.

A panel of political science and public policy faculty discuss the results of Election 2016. Panelists are: from left, Evelyn Simien, Paul Herrnson, Jennifer Dineen, and Sam Best. The moderator was Thomas Hayes. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Polling Process Produced Flawed Election Predictions, Experts Say

The disappearance of landline phones, which provided information on where voters lived, was one of the factors affecting the accuracy of the polls, UConn experts said.