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Six Husky Teams Recognized for Excellence in Academics

Each year, the NCAA honors teams with APRs in the top 10 percent of their respective sports.

This Side of Survival

When he was 17, John Tartaglio lost both his legs. Earlier this month, he graduated from UConn with an MBA. Read his story.

Justin Xu, a Ph.D. student in actuarial science, talks to Matt Phelan, a Wall Street stockbroker, about the National Retirement Sustainability Index project Xu has developed. Phelan is working with the Goldenson Center to help design, price, and market a patented insurance product. (Christine Buckley/UConn Photo)

Financial Research, Student Success Add Up in Actuarial Program

The actuarial science program is an example of how UConn students produce original research that can translate into real benefits for companies.

Brewing Coffee with Bluetooth

Four UConn engineering students modified a Keurig coffee maker with mobile features such as scheduling the brew for a specified time.

Skeletal, Craniofacial and Oral Biology Symposium

UConn Health’s federally-funded grant to train people for careers in Skeletal, Craniofacial and Oral Biology (SCOB) research sponsored its annual capstone symposium last month. Seventeen trainees presented their research findings on topics including how bone, cartilage and teeth develop; genetics; biomechanics/biomaterials; and regeneration of diseased or damaged tissues. Linda Strausbaugh, professor of molecular and cell […]

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Improving the Security of Nanoscale Computer Devices

UConn will lead a $7.5 million research effort, along with University of Maryland and Rice University scientists.

UConn on Instagram: The Year in Review

See the University through students' eyes – and camera phones – in this review of 2013-2014 on Instagram.

Ari Fischer '15 (ENG) a Udall Scholarship winner, in the lab at the UConn Center for Clean Energy Engineering on April 8, 2014. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Three UConn Students Win Prestigious National Scholarships

A junior in engineering has won a Udall Scholarship, and two CLAS students have received Critical Language Scholarships.

A Promise Kept

When he joined the Huskies men’s basketball team, student-athlete Shabazz Napier made a promise to his Mom: he would earn his degree. Napier ’14 (CLAS) will keep that promise when he receives his diploma this May.

Students scoop ice cream during Subog's One Ton Sundae on the Student Union patio on Feb. 7, 2014. (Ariel Dowski/UConn Photo)

Senior Scoop 2014

  This year’s Senior Scoop ice cream flavor – coffee, Oreos, and fudge swirl – goes by the name Jonathan Java Crunch.