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The five former Huskies on the USA Basketball Women's National Team, along with head coach Geno Auriemma and from left, Jen Rizzotti, Kevin DeMille, and Jamelle Elliott. (Photo: Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE/Getty Images)e 2016 USA Basketball Women’s National Team, at the Madison Square Garden training facility in New York on July 30, 2016. (Photo: Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE/Getty Images)

UConn Basketball Powerhouse a Presence in Rio

The heavy UConn presence on the USA Basketball Women's National Team will bring its talents to Rio when the team opens Olympic play on Sunday.

Swimmer. (iStock Photo)

Early Standouts May Not Make Future Champions

A UConn researcher says U.S. sports focus too much on early performance, and that undermines our country’s potential success in the Olympics.

Attendees at the 2016 Intellectual Humility in Secondary Education Summer Institute discuss their beliefs on what causes genocide at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center on Aug. 1, 2016. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Moving the Conversation Forward

Twenty schoolteachers are on campus this week to learn how to help their students discuss complex issues in productive ways.

Melissa Gonzalez playing with the U.S. Field Hockey Team. (Photo by Mark Palczewski)

UConn Alumna to Lead USA Field Hockey at Rio Olympics

Melissa Gonzalez will compete in the Olympics for a second time, this time as a Team USA captain.

Salted water in the Dead Sea with salt crystals. (iStock Photo)

The Tiniest Parasites

A UConn study of bacterial parasites may shed light on how the human genome grew.

African American man looking through a window. (iStock Photo)

The Mental Health Costs of Racism

A UConn psychologist discusses racism, violence, and the resulting impacts on mental health.

Breanna Stewart '16 (CLAS) receives her diploma during Commencement this past May. (Bob Stowell for UConn)

Women’s Hoops Tops Competitors in Academic Excellence

The award is given to the team in each sport in the conference with the highest collective grade point average.

Two-time honoree Annie Belanger was among a select group to earn recognition as one of Hockey East’s Top Scholar Athlete by boasting a 4.0 GPA for the season. (Athletic Communications/UConn Photo)

Huskies Named to Hockey East All-Academic Teams

Among those honored, women's ice hockey player Annie Belanger boasted a perfect 4.0 GPA for the season.

Steam lines are installed during the construction of Wilbur Cross Building in 1939. (Archives & Special Collections, UConn Library)

Laying the Pipelines in 1939

Underground utilities still serving the iconic Wilbur Cross Building were installed at the time of construction, in the late 1930s.

From left, long, color-blocked five-button blazer with gold, purple, and black pieced rayon crepe; matching black and purple skirt by Nichole Miller, 1987; turquoise suede power suit with long ‘80s lapels, with polyester jacquard blouse with jewel-toned paisley overprint by Hastings and Smith, 1985; fuchsia silk jacquard dress by Arnold Scaasi, 1988; green and yellow plaid skirt suit, with pink red and purple mohair, with matching Kelly green tweed skirt by Mary Ann Restivo, 1982; deep violet crepe de chine sheath gown by Maggy of London, 1983;

Eighties Exhibit Makes Fashion Statement

An exhibition of 'theatrical' 1980s fashions is on display at Jorgensen Gallery.