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Students relaxing under a blossoming tree on UConn's Great Lawn.

Weeklong Event Invites UConn Community to Rest

A weeklong series of events focused on promoting and encouraging rest as a means of personal wellness and social change

This photo shows sand lance embryos that have and have not hatched. Sand lance have trouble hatching at future ocean CO2 levels.

Under Ocean Acidification, Embryos of a Key Forage Fish Struggle to Hatch

A potential ripple effect from carbon in the atmosphere could have severe impacts throughout the ocean ecosystem

Adam Giardino interviews Randy Edsall on the sidelines of Rentschler Field

UConn Broadcaster Pushes for Change in the Press Box

Journalism and communication alumnus Adam Giardino ’11 (CLAS) talks about how the George Floyd tragedy inspired him to push for change in the broadcast booth and how his idea of making it to the big leagues remains at UConn.

An artist's rendering of a lunar module in action.

UConn Student Team Aims for the Moon with Lunar Rover Design

An interdisciplinary team of UConn undergraduates are finalists in the NASA Big Idea Challenge

Exterior of the Hartford Times Building campus

School of Public Policy Forms at UConn Hartford

Formerly the Department of Public Policy, the School is dedicated to preparing students for public leadership positions and producing applied research that solves societal problems.

An exterior building shot of the UConn Hartford building.

Conference on Anti-Racism to be Held at UConn Hartford

A chance to amplify UConn's role as a key part of intellectual and community life in the capital city

The glowing red dots are centromeres in human chromosomes in the midst of mitosis, multiplying themselves in preparation for the cell dividing in two. The middle of the image shows chromosomes in the classic ‘X’ conformation, with the centromeres at the center of the Xs. The red dots on the grey blobs are also centromeres, but are in cells at a different stage of mitosis.

Massive Collaboration Fills the Gaps in the Human Genome

Filling in the missing sections of the human genome has yielded interesting results

Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones Discusses Race and US History at UConn Event

The Pulitzer Prize winner addressed racism, The 1619 Project, and what it means to be patriotic in the United States

A fall morning aerial view of the Wilbur Cross Building on Oct. 18, 2021.

UConn Celebrates Early-Career Faculty Award Recipients, Approves ‘Innovation Faculty’ Plan

'Our students come to UConn to learn from the best'

Aerial (drone) view of the large letter UConn Sign on Oct. 15, 2019.

UConn Faculty Winning NSF CAREER Awards at Record-Breaking Pace

In seven years, UConn's total of NSF CAREER awards have grown from a handful to more than 60, representing tens of millions of dollars in support of research