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Graduate student Lily Lewis points out the specialized reproductive parts of the southern hemisphere moss, Leptotheca gaudichaudii. (Photo courtesty of Lily Lewis)

Ecology Graduate Student Earns Switzer Fellowship for Work at Earth’s Extremes

Ph.D. student Lily Lewis studies mosses in the Alaskan wilderness and Chile's sub-Antarctic mountains.

Dr. Soheil Sam Dadras

Health Center Research Focuses on Deadliest Form of Skin Cancer

Dr. Soheil Sam Dadras is closer to predicting which melanomas will become metastatic.

Alexandria Bottelsen '16 (CLAS) on Sept. 6, 2013. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Undergraduate Student Attends Fulbright Summer Institute

Alexandria Bottelsen '16 (CLAS) was one of just four U.S. students in the highly competitive summer program at King's College, London this year.

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Philosopher Joins ACLU in Phone Records Monitoring Suit

Philosophy professor Michael Lynch has filed a friend of the court brief in the NSA legal action.

Professor Jeffrey McCutcheon in the studio. (Chris LaRosa/UConn Photo

'Science Friction' Brings Scientific Debates to a Public Audience

Engineering professor Jeffrey McCutcheon hosts a weekly radio show that targets scientific controversies.

Governor Tours Construction Progress at Health Center

Following the tour, Malloy signed a bill creating the Bioscience Innovation Fund aimed at supporting innovation in smaller companies.

Vaccinia virus, visualized as blue plaques by cytochemical staining in cell culture plates.

UConn Researchers Develop ‘SMART’ Vaccines That Are Safe, Effective

A built-in safety mechanism leads to advancement in vaccines and other therapies.

Ralf Schiffler, associate professor of mathematics, received a 2013 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation. (Bri Diaz/UConn Photo)

Mathematician Earns NSF CAREER Award for Work on Cluster Algebras

Ralf Schiffler will use the funds for research and education in a growing field of abstract algebra.

Lalande to Lead UConn in Genomics and Personalized Medicine

Marc Lalande has been appointed to the new position of executive director of Genomics and Personalized Medicine Programs.

Jessica Linker, a graduate student fellow at the Humanities Institute, with a woman's herbarium from the 1850s. Linker is studying female scientists in the 18th and 19th centuries. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Humanities Institute Fosters Focused Scholarship, Exchange of Ideas

Eleven scholars recently embarked on a year of intensive research and creativity as residential fellows of the Humanities Institute.