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Meet the Researcher: Caitlin Caspi, College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources

Caspi champions collaboration as the key to her success in researching food security and diet-related health outcomes.

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Provost Lejuez, Eight Other Faculty Named As Inductees to CASE

Those elected to CASE were lauded for significant contributions made to their respective fields.

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UConn Offers New Online Master Program in Personalized Nutrition

The Master of Science in Personalized Nutrition will prepare students for promising careers in health care, academia, and industry

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Returning the Favor: UConn Researchers Presented With PPE Supply

UConn researchers who donated personal protective equipment for emergency use early in the pandemic had the favor returned this week.

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There Was a Time Reparations Were Actually Paid Out – Just Not to Formerly Enslaved People

The payments went to former slave owners and their descendants, not the enslaved or their legal heirs.

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The Research of Difference: How UConn Researchers are Tackling Anti-Racism

Black women and heart disease. Asian Americans and plantations. Slavery and…monsters? Find out how these anti-racism scholars are tackling issues of difference at UConn.

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Groundwater Information is No Longer Out of Depth

A UConn Ph.D. candidate and a faculty member have developed a novel way of gathering data about streams fed by groundwater that provide important insights about the possible effects of climate change.

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Testing the Success of Their Communication Class, Scientists are Surprised

How do you measure the success of a science communication class? The answer is more complex than it may seem.

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How Safe is Baby Food? Company Reports Show Arsenic, Lead, and Other Heavy Metals

Since the amount of heavy metals varies so dramatically, food choices can make a difference.

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Walking For Climate Action

After UConn grad Hannah Bacon ’15 (CLAS) lost her job at an environmental nonprofit due to the pandemic, she decided to use her time off to walk across the country to raise money and awareness for climate action.