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President Harry Hartley with cheerleaders at the President's picnic, in September 1990. (University of Connecticut Photograph Collection, Archives & Special Collections, UConn Libraries)

Harry Hartley Leads New Scholarship Initiative With Gift

The former UConn President has made a planned gift of $250,000 for scholarships in the Neag School of Education.

Jan-Michael Hessenauer uses a UV flashlight to see a visual implant elastomer tag. This was one of two methods that were sued to confirm the population of origin of the fish under study. Each fish was elastomer tagged the fall prior to being released into the pens. Tags are a soft liquid that is injected in gel form under the fish's skin, like a tatoo. Fish were also fin clipped - a different fin for each population. The clips grow back quickly but leave a recognizble scar. When researchers saw both the correct color and the correct fin clip, they were certain where the fish had come from. (Jason Vokoun/UConn Photo)

Study Points to Human Impact on Evolution of Freshwater Fish

A UConn study finds that recreational fishing may not be as benign as intended even when fish are returned to the water.

Male parents with a baby. (iStock Photo)

Study: Negative Findings for Children of Gay Parents Don’t Hold up to Scrutiny

A new study co-authored by a UConn sociologist says a widely cited study arguing that same-sex parents don't make good parents is seriously flawed.

For every drug that scientists develop against bacteria (a "move"), bacteria respond with mutations that confer resistance to the drug. In this paper, we show that these "moves" by bacteria can be predicted in silico ahead of time by the Osprey protein design algorithm. We used Osprey to prospectively predict in silico mutations in Staphylococcus aureus against a novel preclinical antibiotic, and validated their predictions in vitro and in resistance selection experiments. Image created for this paper by Lei Chen and Yan Liang. (Courtesy of Duke University).

Getting Ahead of Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria

A UConn medicinal chemist has developed software with a colleague at Duke that could help make more resilient antibiotics.

A female African-American college student. (iStock Photo)

Education Expert on Obama’s Free Tuition Proposal

Erik Hines, a specialist in college and career readiness, discusses the President's proposal to offer free community college tuition for two years to qualified high school students.

Rosse Gates '16 (ENG) with a quadcopter he built, supported by an IDEA Grant. (Christopher LaRosa/UConn Photo)

An Autonomous Quadcopter – Now There’s an IDEA!

Undergraduate Rosse Gates is building an unmanned helicopter for use in disaster areas, thanks to support from UConn's IDEA Grant program.

Louis Hanzlik gives one-on-one instruction to Sean Sonntag ’18 at the Department of Music. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

A Trumpeter’s Journey

Years of practice have paid off for music professor Louis Hanzlik, with an invitation to join the American Brass Quintet.

An exterior view of the Henry Ruthven Monteith Building.

Monteith Renovations Given Go-ahead

The project will create much-needed 'swing space' for offices and classrooms during the renovations of other buildings.

Digital Media Concept Car

UConn Establishes New Undergraduate Degrees in Digital Media and Design

The degree programs in this fast-growing field will start this fall at the Storrs and Stamford campuses.

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy press conference announcing a new initiative with The University of Connecticut.

UConn, State Officials Announce Launch of ‘Next Generation Connecticut’ Initiative

The groundbreaking proposal would dramatically transform UConn STEM research and academics.