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New Materials: New Possibilities

From smartphones and computers to medical devices and clean energy technologies, the future depends on materials that are faster, smarter, and more efficient

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Two From UConn Named Fulbright U.S. Student Program Finalists

The program provides grants for individually designed study and research projects or for English teaching assistantships around the world

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Preventing Religious Charter Schools is Simple. Let Local School Boards Govern Them

Getting buy-in to do that could be difficult, but UConn’s Preston Green warns that private school students might not have the same constitutional protections as their public school counterparts - and that’s the crux of the issue

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New Global Early Warning System Forecasts Biodiversity Exposure to Extreme Heat

'With El Niño expected to occur this summer, we expect another year of extreme threats to biodiversity'

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Veterans and UConn Work for Access to Advanced Stroke Rehab

'As our country approaches its 250th birthday, it is fitting to give quality care to the vets who struggled and sacrificed'

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UConn Magazine: The Yogi Inside

“A practice like this is meant for a place like this"

Maternal-fetal medicine expert Dr. Andrea Shields is principal investigator for a clinical trial at UConn School of Medicine.

UConn Predicting Risk of Gestational Diabetes Early, Before it Strikes

Ten percent of pregnant women develop gestational diabetes by the third trimester.

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Series of Historical Markers Celebrate America’s 250th Through a Connecticut Lens

And while UConn wasn’t around in 1776, its fingerprints are all over the project

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There May Be Three Times as Many Insect Species as Previously Thought

A new estimate of insect species globally finds that there may be 8 to 14 million more species than people thought

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From Detection to Measurement: NIH Funds UConn Research to Expand CRISPR’s Diagnostic Potential

Liu has received a prestigious grant to develop a next-generation diagnostic platform capable of accurately measuring cancer-related biomarkers in blood samples