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Connecticut State Capitol building in Hartford, Connecticut.

Designating the State Rock: A Dazzling Educational Experience

Here's the stone-cold truth: a team effort by UConn and Mansfield educators has built a rock-solid foundation for holistic learning across the state

Moyo, woman in blue, sits in a soft orange armchair, holding a coffee cup. She is smiling and appears to be enjoying her time in the cozy atmosphere.

UConn Magazine: Thornless

If you spy junior Rose Moyo studying for her next molecular biology exam, she could well be wearing something she crocheted and snacking on a lemon curd pavlova she recently pulled from the oven

Students tagging horseshoe crabs outside

Choose Your Own Adventure: The Tagging of the Horseshoe Crab

Getting muddy to discover more about a species older than dinosaurs

A woman in a white lab coat sitting at a computer with the words "New Materials: New Possibilities" overlayed on the photo

New Materials: New Possibilities

From smartphones and computers to medical devices and clean energy technologies, the future depends on materials that are faster, smarter, and more efficient

Aerial shot of UConn's main campus in Storrs.

Two From UConn Named Fulbright U.S. Student Program Finalists

The program provides grants for individually designed study and research projects or for English teaching assistantships around the world

A zoo keeper feeding a howler monkey

New Global Early Warning System Forecasts Biodiversity Exposure to Extreme Heat

'With El Niño expected to occur this summer, we expect another year of extreme threats to biodiversity'

A group of women in a gym, practicing yoga. They are all wearing white prison shirts and black pants. They are stretching into a yoga pose.

UConn Magazine: The Yogi Inside

“A practice like this is meant for a place like this"

A Connecticut America 250 sign with information about the Hartford Courant with a Connecticut flag and U.S.A flag next to it

Series of Historical Markers Celebrate America’s 250th Through a Connecticut Lens

And while UConn wasn’t around in 1776, its fingerprints are all over the project

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There May Be Three Times as Many Insect Species as Previously Thought

A new estimate of insect species globally finds that there may be 8 to 14 million more species than people thought

Foggy campus

Working For a Resilient Future for All

The newly redesigned Institute of the Environment and Energy delivers sociotechnical approaches to environmental and energy sustainability, environmental health, and ecosystem restoration while empowering communities, governments, learners, and businesses