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Nicole Wagner standing in her lab

UConn Magazine: Nicole Wagner Wants to Help People Regain Vision

Sending artificial retinas into space may be the breakthrough she needs

Jonathan XV standing in front of the UConn gateway sign.

Jonathan XV has Arrived, and Doggone it, He’s Adorable

UConn Nation got a doggone great surprise on Wednesday with the introduction of mascot-in-training Jonathan XV

Headshots of Kimberly Bergendahl, Holly Fitch, and Erin Scanlon.

Faculty Work to Improve Accessibility and Destigmatize Disability Across CLAS

The College’s first Accessibility Fellows train faculty, advocate for accessibility resources, and encourage integrating disability into the UConn experience

Artist’s interpretation of an array of pulsars being affected by gravitational ripples produced by a supermassive black hole binary in a distant galaxy.

UConn Researchers Making Advances in the Detection of Gravitational Wave Background

A project that aims to create a whole new way of looking at the universe

The oak leaf seal of the University of Connecticut.

Three Faculty Awarded Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Title

UConn has selected three of its most renowned scholars to honor with its most prestigious faculty title, the Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor

Taiwan has some of the world’s fastest rates of mountain building. Studying the mountains of Taiwan provides insight into how the mountains are formed and grow. This view is st Hualien, Taiwan.

Research in a Place Where Geological Processes Happen Before Your Eyes

UConn researchers use ancient plant leaf wax – signatures for what happened millions of years ago -- to reconstruct the history of Taiwan's mountains

Calibe Simpson on stage with UConn alumna Trisha Bailey

UConn Alumna Makes a Dream Come True at High School Graduation

Calibe Simpson, a Jamaican immigrant who struggled with homelessness, got the surprise of her life at her high school graduation in Hartford last week thanks to a UConn alumna

Adam Wilson's hand rests on a clipboard with field notes, holding a plant sprig, against a backdrop of brush flora.

UConn Researchers Join NASA-Funded International Biodiversity Monitoring Project

The BioSCape project is NASA’s first-ever biodiversity field program combining airborne spectroscopy, LIDAR, and field observations across South Africa's Greater Cape Floristic Region, home to two global biodiversity hotspots rich with flora and marine species found nowhere else on Earth

A closeup of three ants standing on a mound of dirt.

Researchers Sniff Out How Ants Weed their Fungus Gardens

Chemicals called peptaibols help ants keep diseased fungus out of their habitat

A family poses together during the Chicago Peace March on June 19, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois.

Celebrating Juneteenth – a Holiday as American as Apple Pie

The first formal observation of the holiday in Connecticut history coincides with celebrations of hip-hop's golden anniversary