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Erosion along the banks of Wamassee Creek on St. Catherines Island caused a tree to fall in 2013, exposing a burial ground from the period just before and just after European contact. Intensive excavations followed to recover and protect burials threatened by erosion. Following consultation with appropriate Indigenous representatives, the St. Catherines Island Foundation partnered with multiple research groups to explore the archaeology, bioarchaeology, ancient DNA, stable isotopes, geophysics, radiocarbon dating, geoarchaeology, and ancient proteomics at the Fallen Tree site. Photo by Caitria O’Shaughnessy.

Snapshot: Deborah Bolnick, St. Catherines Island

A glimpse into a UConn research project located off the coast of Georgia, on an island inhabited by Indigenous peoples for thousands of years.

In Honor of St. Patrick’s Day: A Bit About Irish Fashion

English professor Mary Burke discusses the success of Irish fashion exports to post-World War II America.

Ashley Jacques '20 (BUS), right, in Ireland, with a friend in the program, Isabelle Lee from Fordham University. (Submitted Photo)

Education Abroad: Ashley Jacques ’20, Dublin, Ireland

'I am now kicking myself that I did not do a full semester,' says Ashley Jacques '20 (BUS), as she recalls the summer she spent with an Education Abroad program in Ireland last year.

A hearing before the Appropriations Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly. (Ariel Dowski for UConn)

UConn Students Testify at the State Capitol

'From the minute I first stepped foot on this campus, I have not only been taken seriously as a student, but I’ve also been challenged to be the best version of myself, as a scholar and leader,' said Truman Scholar and Marshall Scholar Akshayaa Chittibabu '19.

Jonathan V. (University Library Archives & Special Collections)

Students Today … Yankees Forever?

This podcast explores how in the 1960s, the University toyed with the possibility of a future without Jonathan.

Parkland Shooting Survivor David Hogg Speaks at UConn

David Hogg, who survived the 2018 Parkland School shooting, discussed gun violence and youth activism as part of this spring's Metanoia.

A three-year-old horseshoe crab in the lab at UConn's Institute for Systems Genomics. (Angelina Reyes/UConn Photo)

Horseshoe Crabs: How Did They Get an Exception?

How they've managed to stay the same is a great mystery. Now, researchers at UConn are assembling a detailed map of the horseshoe crab’s DNA, to learn why these 'living fossils' seem frozen in time.

#UConnBound: Storrs Freshman Admissions Decision Day Arrives

Acceptance letters are in the mail and will start arriving in mailboxes as early as today. Applicants can log into the admissions website and check their status.

Vibrant color and exuberant dance moves lit up the stage at Jorgensen last week, when the African Students' Association hosted their annual Fashion Show. (Lucas Voghell '20 (CLAS)/UConn Photo)

Fashion with an African Flair

Vibrant color and exuberant dance moves lit up the stage at Jorgensen last week, when the African Students' Association hosted their annual Fashion Show.

From left, Kerry Jones '19 (ENG), Ryan Heilemann '19 (ENG), and Josh Steil '19 (ENG) look on as their drone takes off for a test flight on Horsebarn Hill in Storrs. (Christopher Larosa/UConn Photo)

UConn-Sikorsky Team Engineers Autonomous Firefighting Drone

Three senior engineering students collaborated this year with industry leader Sikorsky to build a firefighting drone.