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Xiuling Lu, acting CEO of Nami and associate professor of pharmaceutics, talks with a graduate student who worked on the startup through a UConn program. (Submitted Photo)

Nami Therapeutics Startup Pursues Promising Drug Therapy

Nami Therapeutics, a collaboration by UConn and the University of North Carolina, is developing a tumor-specific radioactive therapy designed to specifically target ovarian cancer.

November 6, 2019 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research

Research & Discovery
Paul Gilson, director and assistant professor of in residence of finance at the Graduate Business Learning Center in Hartford on Aug. 13, 2019. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Coveted Class: Financial Services

Since 2016, Paul Gilson also has been a faculty mentor to the Student Managed Fund, the nearly $6 million investment portfolio managed by undergraduate and graduate students.

November 6, 2019 | Kevin Markey, freelance writer

Karen Chammas from Lebanon is visiting UConn's Sport Management faculty as part of a Global Mentorship Program. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

UConn Plays Host to International Sport Mentoring Program

Launched by the U.S. Department of State, the Global Sports Mentoring Program is a leadership development project aimed at advancing gender equity through sports.

November 4, 2019 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications

Athletics Community Impact
Jessica Kelly ’08 (CLAS)

Jess Kelly Wants Women to Run

As the centennnial of the 19th Amendment approaches, Jessica Kelly '08 (CLAS) is chief of staff at Running Start, a Washington, D.C. nonprofit that trains young women to run for public office.

November 4, 2019 | Tom Kertscher, freelance writer

Alumni Community Impact
Light from a supernova explosion in the nearby starburst galaxy Messier 82 is reverberating off a huge dust cloud in interstellar space. The supernova, called SN 2014J, occurred at the upper right of Messier 82, and is marked by an “X.” The supernova was discovered on 21 January 2014. The inset images at the top reveal an expanding shell of light from the stellar explosion sweeping through interstellar space, called a “light echo.” The images were taken over 10 months to nearly two years after the violent event (NASA)

New Study Sheds Light on Conditions that Trigger Supernovae Explosions

The research, published Nov. 1 in Science, offers a critical understanding of this physical process both in stars and in chemical systems on Earth.

November 1, 2019 | Kristen Cole

Research & Discovery
Students in scary Halloween masks gather outside a tent

Every Day is Halloween for UConn Horror Club

Liam Thomas '20 (CLAS) explains how his love of all things horror grew into a full-fledged student organization at UConn.

October 31, 2019 | Maxine Philavong '20

Avinoam Patt, the Doris and Simon Konover Chair of Judaic Studies and director of the Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life, leads a class on Modern Jewish Thought. (Bri Diaz/UConn Photo)

Why Are So Many Jews Funny? New Judaic Studies Director Explains

The new UConn Director of Judaic Studies brings humor and a commitment to teaching and outreach to the center, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.

October 30, 2019 | Christine Buckley

A woman with a comfort mask holds a Chilean flag during a protest in the capital city of Santiago

Q&A: Protests in Chile

The protests that have erupted in Chile were sparked by a public transit fare hike, but are rooted in much deeper grievances, says Mark Healey of UConn.

October 28, 2019 | Tom Breen

Historical image of North Campus.

The Legends of North Campus

For decades at UConn, if you asked directions to the North Campus dormitories, you would most likely be met with a puzzled expression.

October 25, 2019 | Tom Breen

Alumni
Close-Up Of Bonfire Against Black Background

New Study on Early Human Fire Acquisition Squelches Debate

“Fire was presumed to be the domain of Homo sapiens but now we know that other ancient humans like Neanderthals could create it,” says Daniel Adler of UConn.

October 25, 2019 | Elaina Hancock

Research & Discovery