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Scientific American

School’s Out. Should You Worry about the ‘Summer Slide’?

The Washington Post

What’s In Your Food? Find the Artificial Sweeteners in These Sugar-Free Grocery Items.

Dr. Francine Zeng, Dr. Nurudeen “Lucky” Osumah, and Dr. Jessica Mary posing in the hospital during their residency.

UConn Magazine: First-Years

Three UConn School of Medicine graduates take us through year one of residency —with its fast-and-furious rotations meant to teach the finer points of chosen specialties and the broad realities of what it means to be a practicing doctor

two men playing ping pong

UConn Health Patient Starts ‘Parkie Pong’ in Her Community

Ping pong shown to benefit motor function; social work, as a component of Parkinson’s disease care, emphasizes importance of socialization and community resources

A young entrepreneur works on her laptop, with papers and a tablet computer on the table beside her.

CCEI Research Team Publishes Report on Early-Stage Entrepreneur Needs

University accelerators, that provide coaching, mentoring, and funding, have long measured success by long-term business stability and revenue generation

Andre Jackson Jr. after winning the NCAA championship

UConn Magazine: Basketball Capital of The World

We might as well just change Storrs’ name to this. As Jim Nantz writes here, “People don’t say Duke and UConn in the same sentence often enough, but they need to now.”

Researchers have identified the most distant active supermassive black hole to date in the James Webb Space Telescope’s Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) Survey. The black hole, within galaxy CEERS 1019, existed just over 570 million years after the big bang and weighs only 9 million solar masses.

‘Hidden Little Monsters:’ Researchers Find the Most Distant, Active Black Holes Yet

'I think of it as a "chicken-or-egg" problem of which comes first, the black hole or the galaxy'

The Washington Post

What to Know About Prime and Other Caffeinated Energy Drinks

UConn Expert Member of Global Commission Calling on World to Improve Sickle Cell Disease Care

Global mortality from sickle cell disease may be nearly 11 times higher than recorded, says new Commission of world experts published in The Lancet Haematology journal.

The New York Times

Review: Protecting and Defending Ukraine’s Cultural Identity