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Governor, Lawmakers Visit UConn Health to Celebrate University’s Record-Breaking Research Funding

University-wide, researchers received more than $375M in external funding in the last fiscal year

Bizzarri carefully collecting tiny mites from the beak of a hummingbird.

Boarding Pass: Deciphering the Travel Habits of ‘Mite-y’ Nectar Robbers

How human transportation habits help explain the behavior of tiny critters

Pratt & Whitney Scholars will receive $10,000 per year in financial aid, in addition to several other benefits.

New Pratt & Whitney Scholars Program to Benefit UConn Engineering Students

Applications are now open; First cohort awardees will be announced in January 2022

UConn Health and JAX Commemorate Joint Fight Against COVID-19

Speakers at ceremony reflect on collaborative JAX/UConn Health accomplishments, which include administering more than 1.5 million SARS-COV-2 tests and over 40,000 vaccinations

President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress are looking for ways to fund their legislative priorities, but a UConn researcher says a proposed tax on the assets of billionaires likely won't accomplish that goal.

Q&A: A Tax on Billionaires’ Assets?

While politically popular, the proposal could be wide of the mark

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UConn Professor Advises Hallmark Channel Holiday Movie

"You, Me and the Christmas Trees” has a distinct UConn vibe, despite being filmed on the other side of the continent

Relief of ancient assyrian warriors in a horse drawn chariot.

The Horse Bit and Bridle Kicked Off Ancient Empires: A New Giant Dataset Tracks the Societal Factors that Drove Military Technology

Within this cascade of innovation we see the origins of the world’s first megaempires, as well as the rise world religions practiced by billions of people today

InCHIP Researcher’s Book Promotes Understanding, Prevention of Harmful Incidents Between Residents with Dementia

Eilon Caspi has written a book to dispel misconceptions about people with dementia and give care providers better tools to prevent and de-escalate incidents

Stuart Brown has an encyclopedic knowledge of the Broadway stage.

UConn Magazine: Off Broadway

The recently retired director of student services at UConn Waterbury brings the stage to more than 40,000 listeners a month

Jon Contaxis '25 (PHARM) left, his father Bill Contaxis '90 (ENG) of Milford, Rebecca Leelman '24 (ENG) and Nikita Karasik of Salem Mass. pick up trash around Mirror Lake on Oct. 17, 2021.

UConn Considers Mirror Lake Improvements to Address Flood-Control Measures, Other Issues

The iconic campus spot hasn't been dredged in decades