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Exhibit Recalls 35 Years of HIV/AIDS

Three exhibitions at UConn trace the progression of HIV/AIDS from diagnosis to death sentence to manageable disease.

UConn junior Anthony Pizzola '18 (ENG) spent his summer as an intern working with engineers at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney. (Photo courtesy of Pratt & Whitney)

A Summer of Engines, Additive Manufacturing, and Patents

For UConn junior Anthony Pizzola '18 (ENG), a summer internship was an opportunity to work with engineers at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney.

Emeka Okafor receives his diploma from former School of Business Dean Curt Hunter during Commencement ceremonies at Gampel Pavilion in May 2004. ( Ryan McKee/NCAA Photos)

Driven and Kind

Some of the members of the 2004 National Championship UConn Men’s Basketball Team would wear a weight vest in practice to improve their endurance as they ran up the bleachers in the old Memorial Stadium. Not Emeka Okafor '04.

The more than 60 antique campaign flags on exhibit at the Benton convey messages crafted by moneymaking businesses rather than by the presidential candidates themselves. They also feature a variety of stars and stripes, because they date before the country adopted an official flag design.

Presidential Campaign Flags Reflect Times, If Not Views, of Candidates

More than 60 antique flags on display at the Benton convey messages crafted by moneymaking businesses rather than by the candidates.

Professor Penny Vlahos, and graduate assistant Joe Warren recipients of a grant from the University’s new National Science Foundation Innovation Corps Site, Accelerate UConn on Aug. 18, 2016. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

New Device Improves Measurement of Water Pollution

UConn scientists are commercializing a technology they developed to more easily measure contaminants in water.

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NSF Awards $3M Grant to Neag School’s Moss, Campbell, and UConn Colleagues

A group of UConn faculty that includes Neag School associate professors David Moss and Todd Campbell has received nearly $3 million in funding from the National Science Foundation’s Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL), a program that seeks to enhance learning in informal environments as well as to broaden access to and engagement in STEM learning opportunities.

Glen Canyon Dam. (iStock Photo)

The Man Who Built Environmentalism

A journalism professor’s new biography explores the reckless life of the Sierra Club’s most influential leader, a father of the environmental movement.

Incident/injury report form. (Shutterstock Photo)

Work Injuries in Connecticut Up, Above National Average

Connecticut's rate of workplace injury is up 8 percent. The state is 7 percent higher than the national average, and has been for the past 7 years.

UConn School of Business Executive Leadership Breakfast: Becoming Yourself as a Leader

Becoming Yourself as a Leader

The UConn School of Business will offer a free breakfast seminar titled "Becoming Yourself as a Leader," from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Sept. 14 at the Graduate Business Learning Center, 100 Constitution Plaza, Hartford.

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Back to School: Empowering Bystanders in the Face of Bullying

UConn Health students led by Dr. Damion Grasso are empowering youth bystanders to help reduce bullying through its UConn Health Students Against Violence in Schools (SAVS) program.