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UConn Magazine: True Grit

Richard Juknavorian ’95 (CLAS) shares the top 10 episodes of his podcast, “Meeting You Where You’re At”

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UConn and Fort Hays State University Compete in Werth Innovation for Sustainability Challenge

Both teams presented compelling projects focused on compost solutions

The Ultimate Sacrifice Memorial

Connecticut Adjutant General, Head of National Guard, Cultivated ‘Selfless Service’ at UConn

'I could have taken a bunch of different paths back in the mid-1980s, but the Army gave me discipline and taught me values'

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UConn Magazine: If They’d Known Then…

Remember those rising first-years of the Class of 2024, whose touching, eager, and sometimes prophetic admissions essays we shared on the cover of our Fall 2020 issue? We wondered how those historic four years turned out for them — and where they are now

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Meet New Director of El Instituto, Charles “Rob” Venator Santiago

The new leader works with government leaders in Hartford to bring data on Latinos and Puerto Ricans in the United States to the forefront for use in policymaking.

UConn Department of Earth Sciences and Department of Marine Sciences Professor Pieter Visscher researches stromatolites, which are fossilized biofilms where Earth's earliest life forms evolved.

Microbial Slime: The Ultimate System to Understand Our Planet

'These biofilms are just remarkable. They may be the ultimate system to study to understand our planet'

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Communication Scholar Amanda Cooper shares advice on how to navigate loneliness and social interaction

Cooper, assistant professor of communication, conducts research on interpersonal communication.

Matt Guthrie and PhD student Kelcey Davis pose next to the custom-built projector stand in the newly renovated Cynthia Wyeth Peterson Planetarium

UConn’s Planetarium Dedication Honors a Physics Pioneer

The newly renovated Cynthia Wyeth Peterson Planetarium will carry on Peterson’s legacy and help educate generations to come

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The Mechanics of Ovulation, Explained

It’s a lot like squeezing a tube of toothpaste

Manisha Sinha

Historian Manisha Sinha Awarded Southern Historical Association Honor

Sinha was awarded the John W. Blassingame Award for excellence in African American history and mentorship.