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Sorting Through the Noise of Mental Health Apps

Sherry Pagoto offers guidance on how to navigate the thicket of 10,000 (and counting) mental health apps available online

The iron lung on display at the Carolyn Ladd Widmer Wing of Storrs hall on April 3, 2018. These mechanical respirators were familiar sights in the US before the development of the polio vaccine.

Polio Vaccination Rates in Some Areas of the US Hover Dangerously Close to the Threshold Required for Herd Immunity – Here’s Why that Matters

The US recently recorded its first case of polio in nearly a decade

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Championship Labs x NIL: Athletes Becoming Entrepreneurs

Whether turf or court, track or ice (and everything in between), Championship Labs is here to support UConn students-athletes surrounding Name, Image and Likeness

Norman Berman with his parents, Bluma and Misha, on their poultry farm in Moosup.

Finding Refuge from War and Persecution in Connecticut’s Quiet Corner

How Jewish families left behind a shattered Europe to build a thriving community in the Yankee heartland

View from the car behind orange highway maintenance truck spreading de-icing salt and sand, crystals dropping on the ice covered asphalt road.

Connecticut Institute of Water Resources Expands Groundwater Safety Efforts

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is funding an effort to lessen contamination of groundwater and enable more frequent testing of rural wells

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Biodegradable Plastic Mulch: A Climate Smart Agricultural Practice

UConn is working with growers in the state to find alternatives to plastic mulch without eliminating the benefits it brings

Mentors Quinn Barron, a senior psychological sciences major, and Angela Chen, a senior history major, were leaders at the UConn FIRST Storrs fields trip in Spring 2022.

Campus Change Mentoring Program Grows from CLAS Faculty Fellowship

The new mentoring program for regional campus students moving to Storrs is one way the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is empowering faculty to make impactful change

Lake Tanganyika

UConn Research Team Awarded $2.5 Million for ‘Biodiversity on a Changing Planet’

The grant will allow them to research the effects of climate change on Lake Tanganyika, which millions of people depend on as a food supply

Artist's rendering of the Toscano Family Ice Hockey Arena, currently under construction.

UConn Will Name New Hockey Arena the Toscano Family Ice Forum

State-of-the-art facility expected to host first events in early 2023

UConn-Led Racial Equity Summit Seeks Ways for Higher Ed to Bolster Anti-Racism Efforts

Multi-university effort offers global perspective on issues of justice and equity