College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

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‘The Ability to Give and Receive Love’: Researchers Look at Effects of Acceptance, Rejection

'There’s no single experience in human life that's more important than the experience of being cared about by the people who are most important to you'

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UConn Magazine: The Ace

We all have this UConn Trustee and All-American Husky hammer thrower to thank for giving Connecticut its Travelers Championship

Portrait of Andrea Chapdelaine (left); and Lawrence Ward in commencement regalia (right)

UConn Magazine: Educating the Educators

A conversation with the new presidents of Connecticut College and the University of Hartford — both hold degrees from the University of Connecticut

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Abrahamic Hackathon Connects UConn Students with Peers from Middle East and North Africa

A group of UConn students recently forged new academic and social bonds with peers from throughout the Middle East and North Africa as participants in a virtual global “hackathon”

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Stocking Up on Snacks: How Phytoplankton Prepare for the Future

'They don't have brains, so how does this past information influence their performance?'

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UConn Magazine: Being Jonathan

We asked a dozen former UConn mascots to tell us some stories about their time inside The Suit

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Six Recent Graduates Earn Spots in Fulbright U.S. Student Program

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

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International Melville Conference at UConn Avery Point to Celebrate ‘Moby-Dick’ Author

About two dozen framed artworks on loan from The Melville Society are part of a concurrent exhibition at the Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art from now through June 19

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It’s Not the Game, It’s the Group: Sports Fans Connect the Most Over Rituals

The study, by a UConn team of scientists, shows that levels of emotional connection and euphoria are on average higher during intense pre-game rituals than they are during the game itself

Natale Sciolino

Meet the Researcher: Natale Sciolino, CLAS

Assistant professor of physiology and neurobiology Natale Sciolino is fostering the next generation of UConn neuroscientists