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The Positive Effects of Negative Blogs
In a study of employee blogs, two business professors found that when it comes to online word-of-mouth, what is bad can actually be good for a company.
To Improve Your Writing, Talk
The University Writing Center in the English Department helps students have a really good conversation about their work.
Drifting into Drowsiness, Alarmed into Alertness
A psychology research group is studying what happens to the brain in the transition between drowsiness and the state of alertness.
UConn’s Tuition and Fee Plan
President Herbst explains that the four-year plan to raise tuition and fees will facilitate hiring an additional 300 faculty and help students graduate on time.
An Overwhelming Victory
Lauren Engeln and other players give high fives to Husky fans, after the women's basketball team handed North Carolina its worst loss, 86-35.
Political (Dis)trust in Black America
What shapes political opinions among black Americans? Political scientist Shayla Nunnally says it’s mostly race and a heritage of discrimination.
Children’s Literature Collection Speaks to All Generations
The Dodd Center's collection tells the story of writing and illustrating for young people.
Can a Tax on Soft Drinks Help Reduce Obesity?
Agricultural and resource economics professor Rigoberto Lopez has studied the policy implications of taxing carbonated soft drinks.
UConn Researchers Awarded State Grants for Study of Tobacco-Related Disease
The Department of Public Health awarded three Biomedical Research Trust Fund grants, with two going to UConn faculty.
The Right to Health Care
Do undocumented migrant workers have a human right to health care? Anthropologist Sarah Willen studies the issue in Israel.