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Message on a Bottle: Study Considers How Labels Can Convey Alcohol’s Cancer Risk

'Public health practitioners often chase the single best message to use. But that single best message usually doesn’t exist'

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Meet the Undergraduate: Stanley Lu ‘26 (BUS)

Supporting first-generation students at UConn’s Center for Career Readiness and Life Skills

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A New AI-Based Method to Help Prevent Biological Invasions

As the world becomes more interconnected, some plants have benefitted from a greater ease in movement from one region to another, while some have become problematic. Some introduced species gain a competitive edge, spreading rapidly, outcompeting native vegetation, and transforming entire ecosystems. These species are known as “invasive,” and they can disrupt food webs, alter […]

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A Century of Sound at UConn’s WHUS

A new online archive explores 100 years and counting of student radio at UConn

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UConn Chemists Developing Safer, All-Natural Contrast Dye for Medical Imaging

'404 Inc. plans to replace these unsafe chemicals with safe contrast agents derived from a natural resource'

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Researchers Revolutionize RNA Detection

CARRD detects RNA at room temperature, making test simple, fast, and cost-effective

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UConn Graduate Reflects on Marshall Scholar Experience

Sarah Marze's believes that her undergraduate education at UConn helped prepare her for her experience in London

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Five Years Later, Are Students Bouncing Back from the Pandemic?

UConn–Education Department partnership investigates and supports K-12 student recovery

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What Happens When Local Hospitals Stop Delivering Babies? UConn Anthropology Student is Hoping to Find Out

'The goal of this project is, within the medical anthropology context, to really look at people’s lived experiences'

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New Interactive Map of Connecticut Nonprofits Rolled Out to Help With Decision-Making

'Nonprofits have saved the State of Connecticut billions, not millions, of dollars. They took on some of the toughest public services'