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UConn Mourns Loss of Alum Ray Neag, Largest Benefactor

Ray and Carole Neag are among the most prominent figures in UConn’s 138-year history, next to brothers Charles and Augustus Storrs.

Michael Ego, professor of human development and family studies at UConn’s Stamford campus, with a client in the Baseball Reminiscence Program at River House Adult Care Center in Cos Cobb, Connecticut, during a trip to Citi Field in New York City for a Mets game. (Kenneth Best/UConn Photo)

Improving the Lives of Those with Dementia by Using Memories of Baseball

Other nations are responding to Alzheimer’s in innovative ways. Sports – specifically 'sports reminiscence therapy' – is increasingly playing a role, says UConn professor.

Prescription Medications

Who is Keeping Track of All Those Pills?

UConn pharmacy faculty are working at the state level to address the problem of patients taking multiple medications for different conditions with little coordination.

The Concert Choir sings at the Sistine Chapel in Rome. Together with the Womens Choir and Collegium Musicum, the group spent nine days over Spring Break participating in the American Celebration of Music in Austria and Italy.

UConn Voices Serenade Michelangelo’s Most Famous Painting

The Concert Choir and other UConn music groups spent nine days over Spring Break performing in the American Celebration of Music in Austria and Italy.

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Law School’s DACA Clinic Advises Clients of Their Rights

The clinic offers consultations to young people affected by the discontinuation of the DACA immigration policy and provides valuable work experience for law students.

Illustration of the internal anatomy of a foot, showing a tophus (swelling) due to gout. The large toe is commonly affected. (John Bavosi/Science Photo Library via Getty Images)

Major Cardiovascular Study of Gout Patients Has Unexpected Finding

Findings released today show that the drug febuxostat increased the risk of death for those with heart disease, compared with the alternate drug allopurinol.

UConn students on an Alternative Break trip to Birmingham, Alabama, help fix up a house in a low-income neighborhood. (Community Outreach/UConn Photo)

Alternative Spring Break Trips Offer Opportunities to Give Back

'People think college students don’t care in general, but this is a chance to show that they do,' says Alternative Break participant Megan Boyer '18 (CLAS).

Linda Pescatella (back center), professor of kinesiology, and Matthew Kostek, graduate assistant in kinesiology, (front left), analyze a student attached to a Biodex machine in a lab in the Kinesiology department.

UConn Expert on National Physical Activity Guidelines Team

Committee members volunteered for the task because of a belief in the impact this report will have on our country’s health as well as internationally for the next 10 years, says UConn's Linda Pescatello.

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

Brownfield Remediation gets Groundswell of Support from UConn

Beginning next fall, students will be able to enroll in a class on grant proposal writing, regulatory and liability issues, site investigation and remediation, and other topics related to brownfield cleanup.

Image of actual kratom pills with a faux prescription logo. (Getty Images)

The Dangers and Potential of ‘Natural’ Opioid Kratom

Pharmacy professor Mike White recommends treating kratom, which can become a drug of abuse, as one of a 'third class' of drugs, similar to decongestants.