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UConn's Peter Auster helped write a new UN report assessing the status of the world's oceans.

UN World Ocean Assessment: The Ocean is in Trouble, but We Still Have Time to Act (if We Want To)

A holistic look at the global ocean offers areas for further study and reasons for concern

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Winchester Town Manager Is UConn MPA Graduate With Youthful Perspective

Life might seem simple in Litchfield County, but running a town there on a day-to-day basis is not

Connecticut's medication-assisted treatment programs for opioid addiction have impressive retention rates, according to a new study, although more research is needed on related questions.

UConn Study: Connecticut’s Medication-assisted Opioid Treatment Programs Retain Patients at Higher Rates

New strategies are needed to help boost retention rates among younger people

An out of service bag covers a pump handle at a gas station May 12, 2021 in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack a Warning of Infrastructure’s Vulnerability

Organizations need to shift thinking from 'if we get attacked' to 'when we get attacked'

Associate Professor of Physics Cara Battersby talks to attendees at a solar eclipse viewing on Horsebarn Hill in 2017. Her work uses high-performance computing to understand astronomical questions

The Study of Big Data: How CLAS Researchers Use Data Science

UConn researchers are using big data to attack issues of climate, space, genetics and public health

Nanotube bundles (yellow) containing RNA enter a cell. From left to right, the images show the endosomes (red) surrounding the nucleus (blue) of the cell begin to swell. Around the 3 hour mark, the endosomes burst and spill the RNA payload (green). The RNAs spread throughout the cell over the next two days.

Escape From the Endosome!

An innovative approach that prove valuable for developing new medicines

Six winners of Fulbright Program Grants

Six UConn Students Receive Fulbright Program Grants

UConn had an all-time high of 17 semifinalists for the Fulbright Student Program award, which includes the six finalists and three alternates.

Rachael Manzer, with her husband Ken, receives a 4-H leadership award in 2019. Manzer, a STEM educator who has worked with NASA, is a doctoral candidate in the Neag School of Education. (Courtesy of Defining Studios)

For 4-H Leader and Neag Student, Learning is a Lifelong Process

'To me as a kid, UConn was this big, amazing place'

young woman in medical face protection mask indoors on blue background.

Are Graphene-Coated Face Masks a COVID-19 Miracle – or Another Health Risk?

Balancing risk with uncertain rewards

The oak leaf seal of the University of Connecticut.

Message from Board of Trustees Chair Daniel Toscano

Board of Trustees Chair Daniel Toscano addresses the resignation of President Katsouleas