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USDA Grant to Provide Career Opportunities, Sponsor CAHNR Students at UConn Waterbury and UConn Stamford

The CAHNR Fellows Program will connect undergraduate students from UConn Waterbury and UConn Stamford to scholarships, experiential learning, and career training in the fields of food, agriculture, natural resources, and human sciences

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UConn Researchers Join NASA-Funded International Biodiversity Monitoring Project

The BioSCape project is NASA’s first-ever biodiversity field program combining airborne spectroscopy, LIDAR, and field observations across South Africa's Greater Cape Floristic Region, home to two global biodiversity hotspots rich with flora and marine species found nowhere else on Earth

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Researchers Sniff Out How Ants Weed their Fungus Gardens

Chemicals called peptaibols help ants keep diseased fungus out of their habitat

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Cutting-Edge Sickle Cell Disease Research Underway at UConn Health

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Gene Labonte Selected as UConn’s Next Chief of Police

Labonte, currently chief of police at Salem State University, brings more than three decades of law enforcement experience to UConn

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Podcast: Managing Movement Disorders Like Parkinson’s Disease

Early diagnosis and intervention plus supportive care and planning can significantly improve quality of life for those with Parkinson's disease and their families

A group of women pose with the 'Fearless Girl' statue after a ceremony to unveil the statue's new location across from the New York Stock Exchange, December 10, 2018 in New York City.

New ‘Women in Finance’ Course Strives to Introduce More Women to the Industry

Closing the gender gap in an industry where only six of the 107 largest financial institutions in the US were run by female CEOs in 2019

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Mapping Connecticut’s Understory from Outer Space

UConn researchers have performed one of the largest understory species mapping projects to date, and the findings are both surprising and promising

A family poses together during the Chicago Peace March on June 19, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois.

Celebrating Juneteenth – a Holiday as American as Apple Pie

The first formal observation of the holiday in Connecticut history coincides with celebrations of hip-hop's golden anniversary

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Microscopy on Ice with UConn Health’s New Cryogenic Equipment

Cryogenic electron microscopy, which can produce 3D pictures of minute quantities of biological material, is a new forefront of research capabilities at UConn School of Medicine