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Aerial rendering of the exterior of the new Engineering and Science Building.

New Engineering and Science Building Nearing Completion

The building will be the first to utilize an 'open lab' concept – the idea that shared research space and an open floor plan foster collaboration.

Map of UConn Nation.

Around the Nation, Alumni Reach for Rake, Hammer, Paintbrush

UConn alumni groups across the country will be volunteering in their communities during the month of April.

A senior woman stretching at a yoga studio. (Getty Images)

Yoga Helps Preserve Muscle Mass in Older Women, Study Says

Yoga group participants had lower body fat and higher muscle mass than those not practicing yoga. And, they tended to have better balance.

World War I Victory Gardens poster. (Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division)

How the ‘War to End All Wars’ Shaped Connecticut

Art and artifacts on display at the Dodd Center and Babbidge Library recall the U.S. entry into World War I on April 6, 2017.

Rachel O'Neill, professor of molecular and cell biology with Craig Obergfell, a research assistant, (beard) and Nathaniel Jue, a postdoctoral fellow examine a plate used for sequencing on Dec. 20, 2012. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Morphing Genomes Can Harm and Help

Imagine reading a blueprint that’s 3.2 billion pages long. That’s how many strands of DNA make up the human genome, which is being studied by geneticists like molecular & cell biology professor Rachel O’Neill.

Ten-year old Genevieve Neiman, who has leukemia, joined the women's tennis program with her signing of a Husky Letter of Intent. (Athletic Communications/UConn Photo)

Women’s Tennis Makes New Addition to Roster

Ten-year old Genevieve Neiman, who has leukemia, joined the women's tennis program with her signing of a Husky Letter of Intent.

Gabby Williams drives to the basket. (Stephen Slade '89 (SFA) for UConn)

UConn Falls to Mississippi State at Buzzer

UConn's record 111-game winning streak came to an end Friday, when Mississippi State pulled off perhaps the biggest upset in women's basketball history, stunning the Huskies 66-64.

Erika Thomas '16 played volleyball throughout her four-year career at UConn. She also played a year of Division I basketball while working for a master's degree at Grand Canyon University. (GCU Photo)

UConn Volleyball Alum Also Played College Basketball

Erika Thomas '16 played volleyball throughout her four-year career at UConn. She also played a year of Division I basketball, though not for Geno.

Stephen Schirra ’14 (CLAS) in Bahía de Caráquez, Manabí, Ecuador, in April 2016. At each stop, Schirra leaves the kids with soccer balls so they can keep the game going. (Photo courtesy of Stephen Schirra)

Te Gusta Fútbol?

Stephen Schirra ’14 (CLAS) has turned his passion for soccer and travel into a career, teaching underprivileged children across the globe how to play the sport.

Rampi Ramprasad, professor of materials science and engineering, received a grant from the Toyota Research Institute. The project will involve design of functional polymers using advanced quantum mechanical computations and machine learning. Photo taken on March 30, 2017. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

UConn Joins Hunt for New Materials

UConn researcher Ramamurthy Ramprasad is working to identify new polymers as part of the Toyota Research Institute's new $35 million initiative using AI to accelerate materials science discovery.