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A senior patient begins to walk a hospital hallway with help from a nurse. (Getty Images)

UConn Pilots New Measure of How Fast You Walk

A sudden slowdown in gait speed signals a senior's health is in decline.

Neda Shahriari displays the letter informing her that she will do her dermatology training at her first-choice placement – UConn Health. (Bret Eckhardt/UConn Photo)

On Match Day, Second Sister Wins First Choice Placement

Sibling rivalry now a thing of the past, Neda Shahriari – the second sister to choose a career in dermatology – waits anxiously to find out where she will do her training.

Undergraduate Hannah Casey spent summer 2016 doing environmental science research in Long Island Sound. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

UConn Partners with Mystic Aquarium on Undergraduate Research

The two institutions will establish a Research Experience for Undergraduates site to encourage students from underrepresented groups to pursue careers in marine sciences or other STEM fields.

March 17 was Match Day for UConn medical students – the day they find out where they will pursue their residencies for the next three to six years. (Bret Eckhardt/UConn Photo)

Medical Students Find their Match

Friday was Match Day for UConn medical students – the day they find out where they will pursue their residencies for the next three to six years.

President Susan Herbst and senior staff meet with undergraduates Jessica Kirchner and Amy Cerezo at Gulley Hall on Oct. 25, 2016. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

President Herbst to Hold Open Office Hours, March 21

The President invites students to her office hours on Tuesday, March 21, from 2 to 4 p.m., in Gulley Hall.

UConn wordmark.

Officials Discuss Assistant Football Coach Hiring

UConn officials participated in a meeting of the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board to discuss the hiring of assistant football coach Corey Edsall.

Stephen Schmidt, Garrett Yantosh, Mathew Pias and Conor Champagne, all Class of 2017, climbed to the summit of the tallest mountain in Costa Rica, Cerro Chirripo: 12,532 feet.

Scenes from Spring Break 2017

From jet-skiing, to sightseeing, to assisting with flood relief, UConn students took spring break as an opportunity to expand their horizons.

A woman deep in thought at the top of a mountain. (PeteWill via Getty Images)

UConn Reads: Seizing the Moment for Humility

A UConn medical student discusses humility – a virtue advocated by many faiths – as a framework for greater understanding among those who disagree.

Close up shot of a man pinching fat from his belly. (Getty Images)

The Healing Power of Fat

A patient at UConn Health has his voice restored with help from an unlikely source: his body's fat cells.

Denisse Tafur, Huakang Huang and Dinesh Babu Uthaya Kumar are UConn Graduate School students studying biomedical science who completed advanced training in translational research at the NIH's Clinical Center this summer.

Graduate School Applications and Rankings on the Rise

Applications to graduate programs at UConn are on the upswing, while several of the programs rose in the U.S. News & World Report rankings.