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Photos from the Homer Babbidge Library's conservation lab where books are repaired.

The Art of Preserving Books

Babbidge Library's preservation service repairs thousands of rare texts and damaged books each year.

Dayton Horvath, a rising senior majoring in chemistry, just returned from Fudan University in Shanghai, China where he attended the Universitas 21 Undergraduate Research Conference. During his stay in Shangai, Horvath snapped skyline photos of the city taken in both daylight and after dark.

U21 Conference Draws Three UConn Students to Shanghai

The Shanghai skyline at dusk, taken by one of three UConn students attending the Universitas 21 Undergraduate Research Conference at Fudan University, China. (Dayton Horvath for UConn)

There’s Something for Everyone at the Surplus Store

The Surplus Store recirculates, recycles, and resells items that departments no longer want.

UCANN Cook, Too!

UCANN Cook Camp provided youngsters with a chance to polish their cooking and baking skills. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Young Scientists Get Their Feet Wet With Project Oceanology

Project Oceanology gives young marine scientists a chance to explore their environment. (David Colberg/UConn Photo)

Summertime Asthma Triggers – What You Can Do to Prevent an Attack

Summertime can be prime time for asthma attacks. More Americans than ever before say they are suffering from asthma. In fact, asthma and allergies impact 1 out of 4 Americans. It is one of this country’s most common and costly diseases. Health Center pulmonologist, Dr. Jennifer Kanaan, says certain summertime triggers can prompt an asthma […]

Mary Edwards, A Whale ship was her Ivy league.

A Whale Ship Was Her Ivy League

A maritime studies professor shows us the ropes of turn-of-the-century whaling ships.

Celebrating Life

[flickr-gallery id=”72157627217471349″]   Norma Greene was first diagnosed with breast cancer and treated at the UConn Health Center in 1993. Thirteen years later, her breast cancer came back and she was once again treated at the Health Center. Today, Norma is cancer free and a true definition of the word survivor. Greene and more than […]

Managing Pain Caused by Summer Sports

People who are sedentary most of the winter may overdo it once the nice weather arrives. Dr. Thomas DeBerardino, sports medicine expert at the Health Center’s New England Musculoskeletal Institute, says you need to take seriously the soreness and pain caused by summer sports activities. So what do you do to feel better? The basics […]

2011 Summer Edition – UConn Magazine

Protecting the World of Ideas: The legal wrangling over who came up with the idea for Facebook is just one legal issue arising today in the burgeoning field of intellectual property law. The Anthropology of Feasting: Humans gathering together for a sumptuous feast can be traced to the Middle East, according to a UConn anthropologist […]