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Khalid performs at the UCONNIC Music Festival in Storrs on April 12, 2018. (Eric Yang/UConn Photo)

Khalid Headlines UCONNIC Festival

Khalid performs at UConn’s first ever UCONNIC Music Festival. His visit included meeting with Jonathan XIV.

Akshayaa Chittibabu ’19 (CLAS) looks to use her Truman scholarship for graduate work in dual medical and public health programs. (Bri Diaz/UConn Photo)

UConn Junior Wins Prestigious Truman Scholarship

The biological sciences and sociology major hopes to pursue a career influencing global public health care.

Kiera Dalmass '19 (CLAS) at a mathematical statistics class on April 11, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Student-Athlete Strong: Kiera Dalmass

Honors student and statistics major Kiera Dalmass '18 (CLAS) is graduating a year early, so she can work on a master's during her final year of eligibility in women's lacrosse.

The UConn Breakdance Club is a student-run organization that performs on campus and competes at the intercollegiate level. (Ryan Glista/UConn Photo)

UConn Breakdance

The student-run UConn Breakdancing Club performs around campus and competes at the intercollegiate level.

A series of wrenches 3D printed by Nathan Hom, a junior management engineer for manufacturing major and OPIM Innovate Lab specialist on April 9, 2018. (Garrett Spahn/UConn Photo)

Learning to Print in Three Dimensions

Take a peek inside the School of Business' OPIM Innovate Lab 3-D printing facility, where students can learn to take an idea from concept to three-dimensional reality.

With a virtual reality headset on, junior Carina Zamudio ’19 (CLAS) spent part of a Friday afternoon trying to slay villains who were intent on breaching the security around a virtual castle. (Nathan Oldham/UConn School of Business Photo)

Lab Offers Chance to Experiment with Emerging Technologies

The OPIM Innovate Lab in the School of Business is designed to make emerging technologies accessible to students, faculty, and staff who want to learn new skills.

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UConn Reaches Tentative Agreement with Graduate Employee Union

The University and the union representing its graduate assistants have reached tentative agreement on terms for a new four-year contract.

A view of Dusseldorf, Germany. EUROBIZ students will do a three- to six-month internship in Germany, with a German company. (Getty Images)

New German Program will Prepare Students for Global Careers

UConn is launching a new dual-degree German immersion program to prepare students for a career in the global marketplace.

In years gone by, the tree would be decorated with seasonal lights. (Mark Mirko/Hartford Courant Photo)

A Little Push

Mirror Lake’s Swing Journal is penning a tradition, one entry at a time.

A view of Thoreau’s Cove from the western side at Stop 10. Two people on the beach provide scale. (Robert Thorson/UConn Photo)

Thorson’s Guide to Walden Pond

When UConn geologist Robert Thorson discovered there was no guidebook to one of America's most iconic places, he set out to write one himself.