University Life

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Tales From the Collections

Collecting, skinning, and skeletonizing – for science!

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Wolff Competition Awards Grand Prize to Company Using Seaweed to Replace Plastic

Event brings ‘incredible energy, great ideas, a celebration of innovation’

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Misunderstood Monsters: Tales of Horror Are Far More Than Blood Splatter and Gore

'There’s just tremendous beauty and art and intelligence behind the greatest films in any category. Why do so many critics plug in the worst horror films for all horror?'

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Being Seen, Feeling Seen: Summit Examined Complicated, Far-Ranging Intersections of Sport and Human Rights

Human Rights Summit features perspectives from athletes, academics, and industry experts

UConn Waterbury Dean Fumiko Hoeft takes a picture with her cell phone.

UConn Waterbury Dean Fumiko Hoeft Issues a Challenge, Makes Campaign Match in ‘Because of UConn’ Campaign

'Student success is University success. And student success is also success for the future of our world'

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Uncover ‘Clues to the Future’ at Experience Innovation Expo

'If you're looking to have fun, this is the place for you'

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Working in Multiples: Counterproof Press Exhibition Displays Art Made At and For UConn

Since 2014, whenever a visiting artist would come to the University, they would create an original piece for Counterproof to print – almost like a souvenir of their time here

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A Century of Sound at UConn’s WHUS

A new online archive explores 100 years and counting of student radio at UConn

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UConn Puppet Arts Alums Shine Bright as Diamonds in 60th Anniversary Exhibition

'Puppets can make us laugh and cause us to cry. They can inspire us to action and give us ideas to contemplate. Reality and fantasy are equally expressed through the puppet arts'

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50 Years in the Lab

Sidney Hopfer, at UConn Health since 1975, reflects on the evolution of laboratory medicine