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Iram Valverde, president of the Undergraduate Student Government for 2017-18, takes office April 19. (Emily Fitzpatrick/UConn Photo)

Meet This Year’s USG President Irma Valverde

Valverde assumes office today, for the upcoming academic year.

Gov. Dannel Malloy, center, speaks at a media event at the Wolff Family Park to recognize energy saving initiatives with Eversource on April 18, 2017. At left is Jim Hunt, senior vice-president for regulatory affairs at Eversource and Mary Sotos, deputy commissioner of DEEP. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Partners with Eversource to Boost Energy Efficiency

‘Green’ plans that will save $1.5 million are intended to keep the University in the vanguard of environmentally conscious schools in the U.S.

Mark Driscoll holds the product that Shoreline Biome is developing -- a kit for identifying and quantifying the bacteria in the human microbiome. This kit takes 96 samples, such as human stool, cracks open the bacteria, and selects a 'fingerprint' region of the bacterial DNA to send off to DNA sequencing. The fingerprint region allows the bacteria to be identified down to the subspecies level. (Janine Gelineau/UConn Health Photo)

UConn Incubator Companies Raise $39.9 Million in 2016

The University’s Technology Incubation Program experienced record growth last year.

Honors student and marketing major Margo Bailey has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study at the prestigious IE Business School in Madrid, Spain. (Nathan Oldham for UConn)

Business Student Among Six UConn Fulbright Winners

Marketing major Margo Bailey was awarded a highly competitive Fulbright Scholarship to the IE Business School in Madrid, Spain.

Researchers Ross Turner, Adam Wilson, Cory Merow (l to r) conducting field work at the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. Stuart Hall also pictured.

The New Game of Russian Roulette for Fire-Prone Ecosystems

The findings of a new study are a concern for fire-prone ecosystems, including those in the United States, Australia, and South Africa.

Students describe the ideas they turned into reality with funding from UConn's IDEA Grant Program.

UConn Student Entrepreneurs

Students describe the ideas they turned into reality with funding from UConn's IDEA Grant Program.

Graduate student Daniel Hoying at the Physics Building. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Grad Student Headed to Brookhaven Lab

Daniel Hoying receives the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research Award for his work in high energy physics.

Students celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, on the CLAS Quad on April 8, 2017. (Ryan Glista/UConn Photo)

Students Color the World for Spring Festival

Students celebrated the Hindu spring festival Holi, or 'festival of colors,' on the CLAS Quad on Saturday.

A UConn engineering professor has uncovered new information about how particles behave in the bloodstream, an important advance that could help scientists develop more effective cancer drugs. (Bret Eckhardt/UConn Photo)

Size Matters for Drug Particles

A UConn engineering professor has uncovered new information about how particles behave in the bloodstream, an important advance that could help pharmaceutical scientists develop more effective cancer drugs.

Teams of students from the Schools of Nursing and Engineering collaborated on a concept they dubbed the Baby Breathing Bed, designed to prevent babies dying from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Nursing Students Tackle Real-World Healthcare Needs

Teams of UConn seniors will present their innovations on April 19, at the School of Nursing's annual 'Shark Tank' event.