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UConn Study of Hashtag – #childhoodcancer – Shows Families Leading the Conversation

Family members of children with cancer accounted for most of the content, making up 41.5% of the tweets that were reviewed

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Plants Struggled for Millions of Years After the World’s Worst Climate Catastrophe

Can plants reveal the secrets of survival during Earth’s darkest days?

Students look at the tall panels on display at Homer Babbidge Library displaying work from the Pandemic Journaling Project.

Picturing the Pandemic

A new exhibit drawn from the Pandemic Journaling Project (PJP) marks five years since the COVID-19 pandemic changed everything

The character Miss Huang from the Apple TV+ show "Severance" sits on a bench in front of a painting.

The Child Boss in ‘Severance’ Reveals a Devastating Truth About Work and Child-Rearing in the 21st Century

Miss Huang is, in many ways, capitalism’s ideal child

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UConn Graduate Tells the Celtics Story for HBO Series

The most storied franchise in NBA history finally gets a definitive documentary

Portrait of Noel Cazenave

‘It’s time to tell my story’: Sociology Professor Recalls 7 Decades of Racial Reckoning

Noël Cazenave says he became aware of racism within his own family, as the aunts, uncles, and cousins on his mother's side often treated him differently because his skin color was darker than theirs

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UConn Student Club Bringing Free Medical Clinic to Willimantic This Weekend

'It’s very meaningful work, and we’re all really happy and grateful that we have support to do this'

A Black father teaching sign language to his son.

Humanities Project Looks at Black American Sign Language, African American English

'It’s important to unpack how systemic structures influence the way people live'

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Super Invaders

UConn Greenhouses and the UConn Forest serve as living laboratories, where researchers are helping to determine what gives super invaders the competitive advantage

Sun setting behind the Gant Complex. Jan. 18, 2022. (Sean Flynn)

Computational Astrophysicist Daniel Anglés-Alcázar Awarded Sloan Research Fellowship

Anglés-Alcázar, assistant professor of physics, was one of 126 outstanding early-career scientists to be selected for the honor from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation this year