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Digital illustration of the Ebola Virus (istock photo)

Life’s Surprising Debt to Viruses

Viruses were here before we were, and a UConn researcher says they played a major role in what came next.

‘Amplifying Black Voices in Hollywood’ Debuts DMD Speaker Series

A focus on topics ranging from lack of Black representation on writing staffs to the distorted perspectives of TV crime dramas.

KEY WEST, FLORIDA, USA - 1982: American playwright Tennessee Williams (1911 - 1983) pictured at his desk with papers and various objects including half consumed bottles of wine in the office room of the house he owned in Key West, Florida, shortly before his death in 1983. A Tiffany lamp sits on the desk alongside a lamp with a dented shade and a typewriter. (Photo by Derek Hudson/Getty Images)

Tennessee Williams, Shakespeare Highlight Virtual CRT Spring Season

Student actors will interpret the work of the famous playwrights in the new and challenging medium of Zoom theater.

Alumna: Happiness Isn’t as Elusive as it May Seem

Documentary film finds happiness is a choice

Mark Urban, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, stands next to Swan Lake on Feb. 3, 2021

Urban Named First Arden Chair of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

The chair is one of two endowed professorships in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.

Students gather on the Great Lawn during the Climate Strike on Sept. 20, 2019. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Q&A: Climate Grief and Our Crisis of Culture

UConn's Phoebe Godfrey locates the growing feeling of "climate grief" in existing problems of Western society.

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UConn Graduate Is Part of the Chicago Political Scene

From Storrs to the Windy City, Samantha Nugent '98 (CLAS) is making a name for herself in the world of politics.

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UConn Student Building ‘No Bad Days’ Lifestyle Brand

'My goal is to make the conversation more open,' says Jack Tarca '22 (BUS)

“Devil's Punch Bowl #129” (1885-1890), albumen print by Truman Ward Ingersoll. Gift of Samuel Charters and Ann Charters.

Benton ‘Anthropocene’ Exhibit Highlights Human Impact on Environment

Exploring humans' effect on the planet through centuries of art.

Wilbur Cross covered in snow

Re-Entry Testing Curbs 150+ COVID Cases from UConn Campuses

UConn’s re-entry testing strategies halted more than 150 positive cases – which often are asymptomatic in college-age students – from circulating and spreading on its campuses.