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Bioscience Connecticut: 2,300 Jobs Over Two Years

Construction continues to move ahead on schedule and on budget, with the UConn Health Outpatient Pavilion on track to be completed by year’s end.

Eric Rice, head of the Department of Music (center), with the performers and musicians of Mozart's 'The Abduction from the Seraglio' during a previous Connecticut Early Music Festival event. (Photo provided by the Connecticut Early Music Festival)

Bringing Early Music to New Audiences

The head of UConn's music department hopes to expand opportunities statewide to hear music written and performed before 1800.

The Serra Grande forest in northeastern Brazil has large plantation clearings where sugar cane has been grown for more than 100 years. A significant portion of this landscape is now being considered to undergo forest restoration under new Brazilian forest codes. (Photo by Adriano Gambarini)

Regenerating Tropical Forests

UConn biology professor Robin Chazdon is leading an international research project on tropical forest regeneration.

Old Hartford Times building, site of new downtown Hartford campus. (UConn Photo)

UConn Hartford Moving from Vision to Reality

Establishing a classic urban campus helps UConn fulfill core aspects of its academic mission while complementing the capital city.

Peter Turchin, professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology in his office in the Torrey Life Sciences building. (Sheila Foran/UConn Photo)

A Mathematical Approach to History

Biologist Peter Turchin has developed a mathematical model that can accurately predict the rise and fall of major civilizations.

Men's basketball standout Shabazz Napier '14 (CLAS) walks across the floor at Gampel Pavilion after receiving his diploma, during the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences commencement ceremony on May 11. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Three National Champions, Three Perfect APR Scores

Men's basketball, women's basketball, and field hockey had 1000 scores in 2012-13.

Construction Underway for Canton Medical Building

The new UConn Health facility will offer urgent care and family practice services and create up to 40 new jobs.

Protecting Endangered Sea Turtles and the Local Fishing Industry

UConn alum Jesse Senko '06 (CANR) is developing novel solutions that help both the sea turtles and the fishermen of Mexico's Baja Peninsula.

Rick Mastracchio '82 (ENG) brought a new perspective to his Commencement speech, which he delivered to graduates of the School of Engineering from the International Space Station. (Photo courtesy of NASA)

A Commencement Speech from Space

NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio '82 (ENG) presented a unique perspective in his address to UConn engineering graduates.

Senior chemical engineering student Derek Chhiv, right, discusses with Professor Anson Ma his group's prototype for an artificial kidney. The prototype was generated through 3-D printing. (Al Ferreira for UConn)

Students Design Artificial Kidney with 3-D Printing

Senior engineering students worked with Professor Anson Ma and a commercial 3-D technology company to design an artificial kidney.