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UConn Magazine: Being Jonathan

We asked a dozen former UConn mascots to tell us some stories about their time inside The Suit

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Six Recent Graduates Earn Spots in Fulbright U.S. Student Program

The program provides grants for individually designed study and research projects or for English teaching assistantships around the world

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International Melville Conference at UConn Avery Point to Celebrate ‘Moby-Dick’ Author

About two dozen framed artworks on loan from The Melville Society are part of a concurrent exhibition at the Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art from now through June 19

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It’s Not the Game, It’s the Group: Sports Fans Connect the Most Over Rituals

The study, by a UConn team of scientists, shows that levels of emotional connection and euphoria are on average higher during intense pre-game rituals than they are during the game itself

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Meet the Researcher: Natale Sciolino, CLAS

Assistant professor of physiology and neurobiology Natale Sciolino is fostering the next generation of UConn neuroscientists

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When Stressors Converge, How Will Our Forests Fare?

Two recent publications dig into the impacts of compounding factors threatening New England trees

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Fighting Poultry Disease with mRNA: UConn Researchers Pioneer Nanoparticle Approach

UConn researchers have demonstrated that a novel protein-based nanoparticle can make mRNA vaccines more effective to tackle a troublesome pathogen in chickens

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Unique Fellowship Program Gives Recent UConn Alumni a Seat at the State Government Table

'To see some of UConn's brightest graduates working in state government, serving the people of Connecticut, is a major win for the Governor's Fellowship'

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Recent Graduate Named to Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange

The fellowship provides American and German young professionals the opportunity to spend one year in each other’s countries

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How Economics Nearly Drove New England’s White-Tailed Deer to Extinction

“Once you start commodifying animals and commodifying nature, problems happen”