College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

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UConn Magazine: Do What Matters Most

What were you meant to do with your one precious life? This research-driven Life Purpose Lab workshop helps us to unearth our true passions

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Third Annual UConn Student-Organized Free Medical Clinic Coming to Willimantic

Last year, UConn student volunteers helped provide more than $142,000 in care to 196 patients

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Study: Sympathy Works Best on Health Warnings

UConn professor's research pit narrative versus nonnarrative pictorial warning labels against one another and measured their emotive effects

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Honors Thesis Asks Thoughts on Man-or-Bear Question, Tries to Assess Outside Influences

The survey asked five demographic questions and five research-based questions, including how the person feels about the trend, whether the question makes them feel validated or scapegoated, and if the debate accurately reflects real-world issues

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Unveiling the Hidden Heart of the Milky Way

'Our group will be unraveling this rich dataset for years'

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‘Love Is Not a Plan’

UConn researcher talks about the different forms that caregiving can take, the result of absent social safety nets, and how ableism permeates the culture

Nesting dolls with protein shell, aptamers, Zinc cage, etc. in the decorations, with the mRNA surrounded by fatty molecules like a jewel in the center.

mRNA’s Matryoshka Move

Researchers copy viral strategies to get mRNA medicines into cells in one piece

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Major Restoration and Improvements Planned for Bluff Point

The UConn-led NERR will apply the funds to significant improvements at the popular park, supporting habitat and restoration

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UConn Humanities Panel Explores the Future of AI and Work

Experts offered their responses to the question ‘Will AI Replace Us?’

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UConn Magazine: The Principal Formerly Known as DLew

The public STEAM academy in Norwalk helmed by Damon Lewis is such a Cinderella transformation tale that it has garnered the former UConn football captain state and national principal-of-the-year titles