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James Upright of McMahon dining collects spices during the Boiling Point competition of UConn Dining's 18th annual Culinary Competition held at Rome Ballroom onJan. 9, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Chefs Cook Up a Storm at Culinary Competition

UConn chefs tested their creativity racing against the clock to prepare tasty dishes from a range of ingredients provided during the annual Boiling Point competition sponsored by Dining Services.

An artist’s rendering of hot material falling into a supermassive black hole, creating what is called the accretion disk, shown in orange. Reverberation mapping measures the time it takes light to travel between two areas of the accretion disk. The 'light echo' enables direct measurement of the mass of the black hole. This reverberation mapping project is the first project to weigh many black holes at once. (Image by Nahks Tr’Ehnl, Penn State University)

One Giant Leap in Mapping the Universe

A UConn professor and graduate student are part of an international team using new 'reverberation mapping' technology to probe farther into the history of the Universe.

UConn medical students gather around a digital 3-D simulation of a cadaver. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Training the Doctors of Tomorrow

From UConn Health Journal: The dean of the School of Medicine discusses the school's new curriculum, a year after it was introduced in fall 2016.

Fulbright Scholar Reception

On Wednesday, November 9, 2017, the Global Affairs office hosted a reception to recognize UCONN as a Top Producer of U.S. Fulbright Scholars for the 2016-17 academic year and to honor all of the university’s Fulbright Scholar alumni. 

Five UConn Health researchers have won a new type of NIH grant designed to foster innovation and risk-taking in basic medical research. From left, Duygu Ucar, Justin Cotney, Brenton Graveley, Zhengqing Oyang, and Stefan Pinter, at the Cell and Genome Sciences Building in Farmington. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

MIRA Awards Reflect Innovation of UConn Scientists

Five UConn Health researchers have won a new type of NIH grant designed to foster innovation and risk-taking in basic medical research.

The first One Ton Sundae in Feb. 1979. (Archives & Special Collections, UConn Library)

Tom’s Trivia Challenge

What is the only activity that has survived from UConn’s first Winter Weekend in 1979? See if you know as much as King of UConn Trivia Tom Breen ’00 (CLAS), the University's deputy spokesperson.

Scenes from a winter snowstorm on campus. (Bret Eckhardt/UConn Photo)

Snowfall in Storrs

Scenes from a winter snowstorm on campus.

Margaret (Tietjen) Rodriguez with player Yamilee Eveillard. (Stephen Slade '89 (SFA) for UConn)

Former Women’s Soccer Standout Named Head Coach

Margaret (Tietjen) Rodriguez, who has served as an assistant women's soccer coach for the past 10 seasons, was named the head coach following a national search.

It's been shown that the more physicians focus on exercise, the more likely it is that patients will exercise, writes UConn Health's Brad Biskup.

Why Walking with Your Doctor Could be Better Than Talking with Your Doctor

It's been shown that the more physicians focus on exercise, the more likely it is that patients will exercise, writes UConn Health's Brad Biskup.

Research in health psychology over the past 50 years shows that the ingredients for a long, healthy life are within our grasp, according to a meta-analysis by two UConn researchers. (Getty Images)

The Keys to a Long and Healthy Life

Research in health psychology over the past 50 years shows that the ingredients for a long, healthy life are within our grasp, according to a meta-analysis by two UConn researchers.