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Four students wearing rainbow lanyards use materials like plastic cups and baggies to build contraptions

At UConn’s Queer Science Conference, New Futures Take Shape for Young Scientists

Fourth annual event offers high schoolers hands-on fun served up with a scoop of science

Board of Trustees member Philip Rubin

Board of Trustees Member Philip Rubin Continues Legacy of Research, Facilitation

Trustee Philip Rubin ’73 ’75 sees UConn and the state as well-positioned to continue groundbreaking research, even in challenging landscape

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Six Recent Graduates Earn Spots in Fulbright U.S. Student Program

The program provides grants for individually designed study and research projects or for English teaching assistantships around the world

US Africa Symposium

Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Represents U.S. at U.S.-Africa Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Symposium

UConn's Laurencin represented the U.S. at the third annual U.S.-Africa Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Symposium, held in Kigali, Rwanda.

A multicolored, wooden sculpture sits on a pedestal in an art gallery with other framed art in the background.

International Melville Conference at UConn Avery Point to Celebrate ‘Moby-Dick’ Author

About two dozen framed artworks on loan from The Melville Society are part of a concurrent exhibition at the Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art from now through June 19

A fan of Brazil celebrates with soccer balls around his face, and his face painted with the Brazil flag

It’s Not the Game, It’s the Group: Sports Fans Connect the Most Over Rituals

The study, by a UConn team of scientists, shows that levels of emotional connection and euphoria are on average higher during intense pre-game rituals than they are during the game itself

Physics Breakthrough to Evaluate Fundamental Theory of Nature

The Muon g-2 Theory Initiative has published a white paper on the theoretical calculation of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, which will be compared with experimental results

West Indian Foundation award goes to Dr. Cato T. Laurencin.

UConn’s Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Honored by the West Indian Foundation

In May, Professor Sir Cato T. Laurencin, MD, Ph.D., KCSL, was honored with an award by the West Indian Foundation for his outstanding contributions to the community at their Board of Directors Reception.

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Why You Don’t Need Permission to Get Moving: UConn Experts Call for Sweeping Changes to Exercise Participation Guidelines

The researchers and clinicians emphasize the significant benefits of exercise for all people, including those deemed 'high risk' by current standards

“Chia-Ling Kuo et al. demonstrate the Healthspan Proteomic Score (HPS), derived from chronological age and the expression levels of 86 proteins, is a strong predictor of disease and mortality risk. Lower HPS values are associated with higher risks of disease and mortality. Pictured is a “biological clock” representation hinting that proteins inform the HPS, which can inform our healthspan. Here, the clock’s hand is a 3D rendering of growth/differentiation factor 15 (GDF15), a protein predictor of healthspan. Image credit: Bernard L. Cook III, PhD, who conceptualized, illustrated, and composed the final image, and Illustrate, the software used to render GDF15 (Goodsell DS, Autin L, Olson AJ (2019) Illustrate: Software for Biomolecular Illustration. Structure 27, 1716-1720).”

Scientists Develop New Blood-Based Proteomic Score to Predict Healthspan and Disease Risk

UConn School of Medicine study published in PNAS introduces Healthspan Proteomic Score as a biomarker for healthy aging