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Dr. Nina Carley with patient

Good Health Information Travels Far

Before you pack your bags for international travel, you may want to learn about health risks specific to that area of the world and how you can protect yourself.

Taylor Endress

BSW Student Selected for UConn Co-Op Legacy Fellowship Program

BSW student, Taylor Endress, was selected for the UConn Co-Op Legacy Fellowship Program. This is a highly competitive program in which only four undergraduate students are selected annually. Taylor spent three years at Suffield Academy boarding school during high school. Her experience there, and coming out as queer, helped shape her research interest. For her […]

Wood burning stove. (Getty Images)

Changing Air Quality in the Land of Steady Habits

Although ozone season is a couple of months away, Connecticut's air quality in winter is negatively impacted by the amount of wood burned as fuel, says engineering professor Kristina Wagstrom.

Hawaiian Bobtail Squid. (Sarah McAnulty/UConn Photo)

A Little Squid Sheds Light on Evolution with Bacteria

Scientists led by UConn biologist Spencer Nyholm have found clues to the origin and evolution of symbiotic organs in animals from the genome of the Hawaiian bobtail squid.

#ILookLikeAnEngineer: Susmitha Rayakota

  1) Why did you decide to attend UConn Engineering? I moved to Connecticut right before the start of senior year of high school. Having just moved from the other side of the country, I knew I wanted to stay in-state and close to my family. I looked for colleges that cared for its students’ […]

Dr. Chrysochoou, in a ceremony held in the ITE Building in November 2017, introduces and launches the Connecticut Brownfields Initiative (Christopher Larosa/UConn Photo)

New Department Head Q+A: Maria Chrysochoou, Civil and Environmental Engineering

At the start of the Spring 2019 semester, Dr. Maria Chrysochoou will take the reigns as head of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. Before that, she answered some questions about her past experience, where she grew up, and her vision for the future of the department.

Maria Latta

Maria Latta completes first UConn Co-op Legacy Fellowship

The UConn Co-op Legacy Fellowship is a relatively new funding program that provides support to undergraduate students who are completing self-designed projects that have a public engagement, social impact, or innovation component. Maria Latta ’20 (Pharmacy Studies, PHR) is one of the first group of four students to take advantage of fellowship opportunity. Her project, […]

Joseph Ercolano (above) will lead a team of business advisors dedicated to small business growth in Connecticut as the new Director of CTSBDC (Photo Courtesy of CTSBDC)

Joe Ercolano Named State Director of CTSBDC

A long-time resident of Connecticut, Ercolano was selected following a national search that attracted a strong field of candidates, said John A. Elliott, dean of the School of Business, which is a partner with the Center.

Female bare feet with weight scale in the bathroom. (Getty Images)

Is This the Year You Lose the Weight?

With the holiday treats out of sight and out of mind, it’s time to get back into a routine.

Court-appointed special advocate Susan Brillhart with one of her charges, Anthony, on the day he was adopted. His new family stays in touch. (Photo courtesy of Susan Brillhart)

Susan Brillhart ’84 (NUR), A Voice for the Most Vulnerable

Hers is a voice for the most vulnerable among us.