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UConn Earns Top Score in Third Annual GreenMetric World Ranking

The University scored particularly high in the education category, which includes sustainability courses, research, and outreach.

Andrew Pask, associate professor of Molecular & Cell Biology working in his lab. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Mouse Mutant Opens New Path for Birth Defect Research

With funding from NIH, biologist Andrew Pask is researching a common birth defect found in boys.

Can We All Just Get Along? Immunological Memory Learns Tolerance

The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has published the work of immunology researchers at the UConn Health Center.

Ali Bazzi, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, at his lab. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Power Electronics Expert Ali Bazzi Joins UConn Faculty

Bazzi joins the University's rapidly expanding power and energy research division.

A man exits a restaurant after he looked for his belongings. An earthquake rocked Port au Prince on January 12, 2010. (Photo Marco Dormino / The United Nations / Wikimedia Commons)

Media Portrayal of Haiti Problematic, Says UConn Researcher

On the third anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, public policy professor Thomas Craemer says negative stereotypes of the island nation in the media are widespread.

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Rain Garden App Puts UConn on Apple’s Stage

The Center for Land Use Education and Research has developed UConn’s first smart phone app that is designed for use by the general public.

Two of the remaining 2000 pygmy elephants on the island of Borneo. (Photo: Benoit Goossens)

UConn’s High-powered Sequencing Technology Leads to Rare Elephant Genome

Biologist Rachel O'Neill is part of a team that produced the first genetic sequence of Borneo's dwindling pygmy elephant population using high-throughput sequencing technology available on campus.

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New UConn Genetics Researcher Studying Heart Disease and Infertility Links

Dr. Annabelle Rodriguez-Oquendo joins the University from Johns Hopkins, drawn by the developing research environment at the Health Center.

Seeing Below the Skin: Advanced Tools to Diagnose Cancer

UConn Health Center offers new technologies to track and visualize changes in the skin.

Robert Johnson '13 (BUS) explains a proposal to IBM executives on how its Watson supercomputer could be used in the pharmaceutical industry. Johnson and six other students in the School of Business developed their proposals in a collaboration with IBM Watson through a class at UConn's Stamford Learning Accelerator. (Zach Wussow for UConn)

UConn Student Teams Propose New Business Uses for IBM’s ‘Watson’ Computing System

An invitation from IBM gave Stamford Learning Accelerator students the opportunity to propose real-world projects.