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Adam Wilson's hand rests on a clipboard with field notes, holding a plant sprig, against a backdrop of brush flora.

UConn Researchers Join NASA-Funded International Biodiversity Monitoring Project

The BioSCape project is NASA’s first-ever biodiversity field program combining airborne spectroscopy, LIDAR, and field observations across South Africa's Greater Cape Floristic Region, home to two global biodiversity hotspots rich with flora and marine species found nowhere else on Earth

A closeup of three ants standing on a mound of dirt.

Researchers Sniff Out How Ants Weed their Fungus Gardens

Chemicals called peptaibols help ants keep diseased fungus out of their habitat

WFSB-TV

Educators and Parents Share How They Teach About Juneteenth

The Hartford Courant

A Connecticut Man Didn’t Know He Had Cancer. Then He Got a Call That Helped Him Get Treatment and Pay For It

Exterior views of the Public Safety Complex, Police/Fire Departments Complex.

Gene Labonte Selected as UConn’s Next Chief of Police

Labonte, currently chief of police at Salem State University, brings more than three decades of law enforcement experience to UConn

Scripps News

‘Feel Your Best Self’ Puppets Help Kids Understand, Express Feelings

A group of women pose with the 'Fearless Girl' statue after a ceremony to unveil the statue's new location across from the New York Stock Exchange, December 10, 2018 in New York City.

New ‘Women in Finance’ Course Strives to Introduce More Women to the Industry

Closing the gender gap in an industry where only six of the 107 largest financial institutions in the US were run by female CEOs in 2019

Students walking in the UConn Forest

Mapping Connecticut’s Understory from Outer Space

UConn researchers have performed one of the largest understory species mapping projects to date, and the findings are both surprising and promising

The Concord (Mass.) Bridge

Irish Ancestry Among Black Students Sparks Interest in Literature Class

A family poses together during the Chicago Peace March on June 19, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois.

Celebrating Juneteenth – a Holiday as American as Apple Pie

The first formal observation of the holiday in Connecticut history coincides with celebrations of hip-hop's golden anniversary