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The class of fifth graders from Commodore MacDonough STEM Academy in Middletown, Connecticut who excitedly built with UConn experts a "Corsi-Rosenthal" air purifier device to be tested by EPA scientists. It is decorated with rainbows and their school’s owl mascot.

UConn Road Trip to EPA Launches DIY Air Filter High-Tech Biochamber Testing

A letter from a Middletown fifth-grader to a UConn researcher started it all: Now, EPA scientists will test the power of the low-cost DIY 'Corsi-Rosenthal' box air purifier against infectious aerosols, like the virus that causes COVID-19. The device being tested on July 26 was made and decorated by the 9-year-old and her classmates

Lew Perkins celebrates the 2003 women's basketball national championship with Diana Taurasi and Geno Auriemma at Gampel Pavilion.

In Memoriam: Former Director of Athletics Lew Perkins

Perkins directed the athletics department to unprecedented success both academically and athletically as the school won six NCAA Division I Championships during his time at UConn

Joe La Puma hanging out with his sneaker collection

UConn Magazine: Kicks

Why does everyone — count Lil Nas X, Matt Damon, Alicia Keys, and Penny Hardaway — want to shop for sneakers with Joe La Puma?

A notepad showing the chemical diagram of the artificial sweetener aspartame next to a bowl of it.

Tackling the Aspartame Argument with a UConn Health Expert

Natalie Ranelli, registered dietitian in UConn Health’s Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center, weighs in on synthetic sweetener’s safety

Seal pup in pond

UConn Researcher Gets a Bite of Upcoming Documentary

After years of researching grey seal pups off the coast of Cape Cod, Milton Levin's research and art shine in new film on human-animal interactions

Vanessa Scanlon, Ph.D. assistant professor in the Center for Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Biology, works in the lab at UConn School of Medicine.

Science in Seconds: Banking on Blood

UConn Health researchers are working to reinforce the nation’s blood supply

Seth Marnin, UConn School of Law alumnus.

UConn Law Alum Blazes Trail as Transgender Judge

Seth Marnin '06 JD is believed to be the first openly transgender male judge in the nation

U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm speaks at a press conference at the Center for Clean Energy Engineering

UConn Selected to Lead Clean-Energy Project to Help U.S. Industries in Decarbonizing Efforts

'Investments in net-zero-carbon technologies and industry decarbonization can strengthen U.S. and Connecticut manufacturing competitiveness, which then creates new jobs and economic opportunities that improve quality of life'

William Aho, a UConn natural science professor emeritus and currently the oldest living UConn professor at 105 years old, poses for a photo in his home in Mansfield

‘I Often Feel Lucky’: UConn Retiree William Aho, 105, Reflects on Poultry Science Legacy

'Being the chicken specialist took me around the world,' says UConn's oldest retiree

New Grant Evaluates Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island Initiative

UConn researchers are evaluating innovations Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island is implementing to determine their efficacy and provide data to support their expansion