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Restoring streams near homes can increase resale value by up to 15%, according to a new study (Adobe Stock).

New Study Finds Stream Restorations Increase Home Values

Streams that were once filled with trash can be restored to increase homeowners' bottom line and reduce pollution

January 17, 2022 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources

Research & Discovery
Gateway UConn sign surrounded by snow

UConn Interim President Andrew Agwunobi to Depart for Private Sector

UConn VP for Research Radenka Maric to Serve as Interim President

January 14, 2022 | Stephanie Reitz - UConn Communications

University News
Carson Hill ’21 (CLAS), on the quarterdeck at the rear of the ship at sunset. The island of Maui is behind me. (Photo courtesy of Sea Education Association | SEA Semester ®)

One Student’s Transformative Experience at SEA

'The whole goal of the trip is to do ship-based oceanographic research. So being able to accomplish that as an undergrad is pretty special'

January 13, 2022 | Elaina Hancock - UConn Communications

Alumni
UConn researchers Thanh Nguyen, left, and Yang Liu, with the tissue scaffold made out of a biodegradable polymer that they say holds promise for treating ailments like arthritis.

Regrowing Cartilage in a Damaged Knee Gets Closer to Fixing Arthritis

A new 'tissue scaffold' that holds the potential for a bioengineering breakthrough

January 12, 2022 | Kim Krieger - UConn Communications

Research & Discovery
Elizabeth He '22 (CLAS) and André Mastrandrea '23 (SFA) plan to release their album on streaming services free for use by the UConn community.

UConn is the Muse for Students Recording Songs Inspired by Campus Spots

'We just need an idea, a reason to make an album'

January 12, 2022 | Angelina Reyes - UConn Communications

UConn Voices
Winter means road salt, which means a range of effects on our environment, according to UConn researchers (Adobe Stock).

Too Much Salt: Good for Winter Travel, but with Consequences for Environmental and Human Health

An overuse of road salt in the winter has potentially harmful effects for everything from wildlife to groundwater

January 11, 2022 | Elaina Hancock - UConn Communications

Research & Discovery
The coronavirus’s spike protein helps it against even effective vaccines. The spikes coat the virus, and are so wiggly and flexible that they slip through the clutches of antibodies (Adobe Stock).

Catching the Covid Wiggle

Visualizing the way spike protein shows off its moves

January 11, 2022 | Kim Krieger - UConn Communications

Nurse bandages a patient after shoulder injection

UConn Health: 100,000 COVID Shots and Counting

UConn Health reaches milestone in the ongoing public health effort to minimize COVID-19 infection and illness

January 10, 2022 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS) - UConn Health

Community Impact UConn Health
Volunteers help with Operation Community Impact, a UConn Extension program that assists Connecticut dairy farmers and food pantries (Contributed photo).

UConn Extension Cares for Community in Ways Both Obvious and Little-Known

UConn is part of all 169 Connecticut towns and cities, thanks to Extension

January 10, 2022 | Kimberly Phillips

Alumni Community Impact
A UConn Health mobile vaccine clinic in East Hartford.

COVID-19: UConn’s Chief of Infectious Diseases Explains What You Need to Know Right Now

Omicron, masks, quarantine periods, and more

January 7, 2022 | Lauren Woods - UConn School of Medicine

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