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Seaweed is on the Menu with Connecticut’s Sugar Kelp Industry

A team from UConn is using innovative research and community outreach to help make this novel food more accessible for consumers and more profitable for producers

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‘It Shouldn’t Have to Be So Hard’: UConn Team Creates Software to Revolutionize Nursing Clinical Scheduling

Bringing innovation to a field where spreadsheets and paper still dominate

WiSFiRE 2020

‘WiSFiRE’ Sparks Connections for Women Students and Faculty in STEM

Second edition of conference features UConn faculty, alumnae, and leaders who have blazed a trail in STEM careers

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Tolerate Tapeworms or Resist? For Stickelback Fish, Resistance is Pricey

Gaining insight into how immune systems respond to infection with potential lessons for human beings

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Police Chief Gerald Lewis Departs UConn; Deputy Chiefs Fournier, Silver Splitting Role

Interim co-chiefs bring a wealth of UConn experience to their roles

Maria de los Angeles Garcia serving food she cooked through the Commercially Licensed Co-operative Kitchen in Willimantic.

A Kitchen for the Community

UConn researchers are studying the importance of food and how to build more just, equitable, and sustainable communities by focusing on a unique facility called the Commercially Licensed Co-operative Kitchen or CLiCK.

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UConn to Test Campus Emergency Systems on Tuesday

UConn will conduct its Fall 2022 emergency alert system test on Tuesday, September 13

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Seeking Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Research

OVPR’s JEDI amplifies efforts to initiate social change.

Four men giving the stiff-armed fascist salute at an anti-immigration rally in Italy.

A Darker Shade of Green: Understanding Ecofascism

A UConn expert explains how environmentalist ideas can be weaponized in pursuit of a fascist political agenda

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What You Need to Know About Your Next COVID Booster

The new COVID-19 vaccines recently authorized for use as boosters generate an immune response not only to the original strain, but also two omicron subvariants. UConn Health’s Dr. David Banach explains