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Copepod (Zooplankton) are a group of small crustaceans found in the marine and freshwater habitat (Adobe Stock).

For Copepods, there is No Free Lunch when Coping with Climate Change

Challenges for this small marine animal have ripple effects through the whole food web and beyond

What does full approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine mean?

The US Food and Drug Administration granted full approval this week for the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for people 16 years of age and older. This is the first of the COVID-19 vaccines to receive full approval from the FDA.

Cancer Research Award for UConn Internal Medicine Resident

The American Society of Hematology selects Dr. Joshua Fein among the recipients of its 2021 HONORS Award.

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School of Nursing Faculty Member, Alumnae to be Inducted as Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing

Annette Jakubisin Konicki, Jaclyn Conelius '10 Ph.D., Olga Jarrín Montaner ’02 (NUR), ’07 MS, ’11 Ph.D., and Dorothy Vittner ’16 Ph.D. will be recognized by the Academy in early October

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Podcast: Back to School ’21 With COVID-19

With COVID-19 following us into back-to-school '21, Dr. Erica Waddington, family medicine physician at UConn Health's Canton office, discusses how she helps families prepare for a the return to the classroom under still abnormal circumstances.

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Korey Stringer Institute Works with National Partners to Keep Laborers Safe

The recommendations focus on protecting worker health and safety while also ensuring productivity

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Students Serving Community With Screenings, Vaccinations

A multidisciplinary force including UConn faculty and students came together last weekend in Hartford’s Keney Park and North End neighborhoods to offer free health screenings, COVID-19 information, and door-to-door vaccinations.

UConn School of Business Dean John Elliott speaking at a news conference in Hartford announcing a $2 million federal grant to assist minority-owned small businesses in Connecticut.

Development Center at UConn School of Business Will Assist Minority-Owned Firms

The federal grant is one of only four awarded nationwide

UConn Law Professors Carly Zubrzycki, Travis Pantin, Anna VanCleave and Nadiyah Humber

UConn Law Welcomes Four New Faculty Members

UConn Law welcomes four outstanding new faculty members, including new directors for the Insurance Law Center and the Criminal Law Clinic.

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UConn Researchers Identify Pathogens Infecting Cannabis Plants in CT

The study showed and helped address the presence of Pythium pathogens in Connecticut’s cannabis growing facilities