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UConn Health/JAX Study Gives Better Understanding of Endometriosis and How it Grows

The study builds a robust foundation for a better understanding of endometriosis and how it grows

UConn Researcher Invents Low-Abundance Biomarker Detection Platform for Early Diagnosis

Yu Lei has created a technology that holds the potential to advance early-stage disease detection using biomarkers

Saba Azam

An Immersive Experience in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Through the TIP Innovation Fellowship Program, undergraduates and grad students learn the full gamut of what it takes to run a successful startup.

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Test-Optional Applications Pilot Shows Promise, Has Been Renewed for Three More Years

UConn is seeing increases in enrollment among students from first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented populations

The Dodd Center for Human Rights.

New UConn Endowed Chairs in Human Rights Inspired by the Legacies of Dodd, Osiatyński

The new faculty positions will be part of the Human Rights Institute

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Science in Seconds: Exertional Heat Stroke

What happens when the human body gets too hot? And what can you do if someone gets too hot? Douglas Casa, professor of kinesiology and chief executive officer of UConn’s Korey Stringer Institute explains.

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Get Seeded: Demo Day supports, uplifts UConn’s aspiring entrepreneurs

Allie Davenport’s company, StarMind, was the winner of this year’s Get Seeded Demo Day. In its second year, Demo Day is the culminating event of UConn’s Get Seeded program.

Pratt & Whitney Scholar, Jadon Gomez Stafford outside UConn School of Engineering.

Pratt & Whitney Scholar Comes Into His Own at UConn

'I have the opportunity to be myself here at UConn, to be the person I always wanted to be'

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Science In Seconds: What We Can Learn from Zebrafish

UConn Health's Jean-Denis Beaudoin is studying the earliest stages of zebrafish development to better understand how defects and diseases develop in humans

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Tree Hugger: Alyssa Cleland Learns the Arborists’ Ropes

One of few females in the field, Alyssa Cleland soars to new heights in her training to be a licensed arborist