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Recent Graduate Named to Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange

The fellowship provides American and German young professionals the opportunity to spend one year in each other’s countries

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How Economics Nearly Drove New England’s White-Tailed Deer to Extinction

“Once you start commodifying animals and commodifying nature, problems happen”

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Rudd Center Celebrates 10th Anniversary at UConn

The Center investigates strategies to address food insecurity, poor nutrition, and weight bias through research and policy

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Investing in Relationships Builds Resilience for Dementia Caregivers, Study Finds

Researchers find that positive relationships between caregivers and their family members can improve the caregivers’ experience after the onset of dementia in their loved one

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UConn Has Record-Breaking Cohort for Gilman Scholars

A total of 31 UConn students, who will study in 14 different countries, will receive a total of nearly $94,000 in scholarship funds through the Gilman program

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Three Students Earn National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships

The program recognizes and supports outstanding students in NSF-supported disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited institutions in the United States

Devastating effects of Coral bleaching as a result of global warming and ocean acidification. Where there once was a large area of healthy stag horn coral, now there is only the skeletal remains

Fool’s Gold: A Hidden Climate Stabilizer

“It's intriguing to see how Earth can recover from very severe past experiences that wiped out life on the planet”

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When Doctors Don’t Believe Their Patients

Medical gaslighting stems from centuries of gender bias in medicine

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Beautiful Choices: UConn Makes Its Mark on the World of Literary Translation

'You can't reproduce the language, but you can reproduce the effect it has on you when you read it'

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Charting Our Galaxy’s Extreme Center

UConn researchers develop a clearer 3D model of the galactic center