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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Sugary Drink Consumption Exacerbated by Exposure to Neighborhood Fast Food and Convenience Stores

A county-wide campaign targeting sugary drinks was associated with overall decreases in youth consumption, according to a new study

A view from above of the Wilbur Cross building on the Storrs campus.

UConn Distributing Federal Emergency Grants for Qualifying Students

UConn has received $28.4 million in emergency grants for students to help with unexpected and urgent needs that arose due to the coronavirus

UConn Lab Helps Track and Manage New Songbird Sickness

The Connecticut Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory is working with CT DEEP to track and manage a new sickness affecting the state's songbirds

UConn Researcher Adapting Mindfulness Program for LGBTQIA+ Youth for Online Use

Gio Iacono is translating a program to support LGBTQIA+ youth into an accessible virtual platform

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Jonathan XIII, UConn’s Beloved “Mascot Emeritus,” Dies at Age 14

Remembering Jonathan XIII: mascot, mentor, best friend, and all-around good boy

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Summer Undergraduate Researcher Etem Beskovic ’22 (CAHNR)

Etem Beskovic ‘22 (CAHNR) is spending his summer researching how to improve a promising treatment for osteogenesis imperfecta

Phillips in her regalia in the UConn Forest.

UConn Magazine: This Land

Sage Phillips ’22 (CLAS) is unearthing more of UConn’s origin story

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UConn Alum Turns Up the Heat with NBC Sports at UConn’s Korey Stringer Institute

NBC Sports Medicine Analyst Mike Ryan put himself through the same heat acclimation protocol as the US Women's National Team to prepare for Tokyo 2020

A scientist taking soil samples in a field. Field stations and marine laboratories are vital for scientists and the public, but the COVID-19 pandemic has jeopardized many of them.

Q&A: We Cannot Afford to Lose Global Sentinels of Environmental Change

The COVID-19 pandemic has endangered vital research outposts around the globe

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Ask UConn Extension: What Do the Food Labels “Organic,” “Natural,” and “Non-GMO” Actually Mean?

A UConn Extension expert breaks down all those confusing food marketing labels