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Professor Heidi Dierssen (right) and Ph.D. candidate Brandon Russell (left) use a custom-built dive spectrometer to measure the way light reflects and depolarizes the light from coral reefs in Curacao. (Jeff/Godfrey/UConn Photo)

Hiding in Plain Sight: Camouflage in Open Ocean Fish

A new study of how open ocean fish use polarized light waves shows there’s more to camouflage than meets the eye.

Student-athlete Istvan Kanyo, a walk-on defense player on the men's soccer team, in class on Nov. 18, 2015. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Student-Athlete Strong: Istvan Kanyo

For Istvan Kanyo, Honors student, soccer player, and aspiring orthopedist, being a Husky means taking pride in all aspects of life.

Nichole Broderick, assistant professor of molecular and cell biology gives instructions to students in a microbiology lab at the Torrey Life Sciences Building on Nov. 10, 2015. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Students Search the Soil for New Antibiotics

Antibiotic resistance is up, antibiotic drug discovery is down. Some UConn undergraduates are a part of the search for potential new antibiotics.

The Eiffel Tower in Paris, lit up in red, white, and blue.

UConn Students Adjusting to New Reality in Paris Following Attacks

Faculty member Roger Célestin offers an update on the UConn group in Paris.

A baby crying. UConn researchers are investigating how the brain distinguishes the sounds made in communication. (iStock Photo)

The Difference Between Laughing and Crying

UConn neuroscience researchers are examining how the human brain makes distinctions between subtle but important differences in sound.

Undergraduate researcher Brendan Smalec in Rachel O'Neill's lab on Oct. 30, 2015. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

An Undergrad Discovers Some Sticky DNA – and a New Vocation

Part of a successful university experience is being open to change. Brendan Smalec's story is a case in point.

Catie Cavanaugh with arms crossed

Scholarship Allows Student to Stretch Academically

Katie Cavanaugh ’17 (CLAS) only just started her junior year, but she has already done four internships and held three research positions.

A healthy coral reef (Daniel H. Lin for UConn)

Small But Mighty: The Astounding Genome of the Dinoflagellate

UConn scientist Senjie Lin leads the way in discovering what makes this important component of marine ecosystems behave the way it does.

‘Born of Struggle’ Conference Comes to UConn

An international group of philosophers will discuss how people cope with oppression at a conference held in Storrs.

Professor of Physiology and Neurobiology Li Wang is a pioneer of new knowledge about the molecular biology and genetics of the liver and its diseases. (Christine Buckley/UConn Photo)

Physiologist in Search of a Cure Brings Research Program to UConn

Professor Li Wang overcame a humble beginning to build a $5 million research program to understand and cure liver disease.