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Meltwater pouring over ice at the edge of the Greenland Ice Sheet near 660 at midnight, Kangerlussuaq. Greenland.

Greenland Melted Recently, Shows High Risk of Sea Level Rise Today

Long-lost ice core reveals that much of Greenland was green 416,000 years ago                                                                                            

Joe La Puma hanging out with his sneaker collection

UConn Magazine: Kicks

Why does everyone — count Lil Nas X, Matt Damon, Alicia Keys, and Penny Hardaway — want to shop for sneakers with Joe La Puma?

New Grant Evaluates Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island Initiative

UConn researchers are evaluating innovations Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island is implementing to determine their efficacy and provide data to support their expansion

A young entrepreneur works on her laptop, with papers and a tablet computer on the table beside her.

CCEI Research Team Publishes Report on Early-Stage Entrepreneur Needs

University accelerators, that provide coaching, mentoring, and funding, have long measured success by long-term business stability and revenue generation

Researchers have identified the most distant active supermassive black hole to date in the James Webb Space Telescope’s Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) Survey. The black hole, within galaxy CEERS 1019, existed just over 570 million years after the big bang and weighs only 9 million solar masses.

‘Hidden Little Monsters:’ Researchers Find the Most Distant, Active Black Holes Yet

'I think of it as a "chicken-or-egg" problem of which comes first, the black hole or the galaxy'

Confronting America’s Gun Violence Epidemic(s)

UConn scholars edit first-ever issue of prestigious academic journal devoted entirely to examining the challenges of gun violence

An image of a Bible and tulips

UConn Psychology Professor Develops Tool to Measure Religious Coping During Trauma

'With this scale in hand, many research questions can be posed to advance our understanding of theodical struggling and how people engage in struggling'

A patient working within UConn's Aphasia Rehab Lab

UConn Aphasia Support Group Reaches Out to Caregivers and Beyond

'The only people who can really understand are the people who are going through it'

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