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Husky Finds His Way Home — to UConn Sports Medicine
Dr. Corey R. Dwyer, who spent 14 years as a UConn student or resident, returns to join the School of Medicine faculty as an orthopedic surgeon with expertise in complex shoulder cases
December 14, 2023 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Kuhn Develops Patent-Pending Process to Create Comfortable Prosthetics for Breast Cancer Survivors
Professor of Biomedical Engineering Liisa Kuhn uses a 3D bioprinter to fabricate breast prosthetics that are lightweight, flexible, and porous
December 14, 2023 | Olivia Drake
Dollar Store Expansion Pushes Out Independent Grocery Stores, Decreases Local Employment Opportunities
A new study finds one out of every 20 independent grocery stores will go out of business within a few years of a dollar store arriving in their area
December 14, 2023 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
Fat Flies Live Longer On a Diet At Any Age
Switching the flies’ diet to a low calorie one remained a reliable way to extend lifespan even for old flies in ill health
December 13, 2023 | Kim Krieger
Taking On Stigmatization and Body-Shaming in the Media
Rebecca Puhl of the UConn Rudd Center was a panelist along with national media figures to discuss the ways in which body weight and obesity are covered and portrayed in the press
December 12, 2023 | Carson Hardee, UConn Rudd Center
Human Rights Close to Home: A Unique Civics Education Program for K-12 Students, Supported By the Redstone Family Foundation, Launched at UConn
'I think we fundamentally underestimate how much our kids can learn even about the biggest and most important issues of today. We just need to teach them in ways that are relatable'
December 12, 2023 | Jaclyn Severance
UConn Earns High Marks in Global Sustainable University Ratings
GreenMetric releases global higher education sustainability rankings for 2023
December 12, 2023 | Betsy Mortensen and Amanda McCard '25 (CLAS), Office of Sustainability
Ask UConn Extension: From Harvest to Feast with Home Food Preservation
Here are a few essential tips to ensure food safety when preserving foods at home
December 11, 2023 | Indu Upadhyaya, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources and UConn Extension
Key Events Push QuantumCT Forward
Development grant in hand, the UConn and Yale-led partnership is laying the foundation for a regional innovation engine
December 11, 2023 | Matt Engelhardt
Five Faculty Named Highly Cited Researchers
The list of Highly Cited Researchers is drawn from the highly cited papers that rank in the top one percent by citations for field and publication year in the Web of Science citation index over the past decade
December 8, 2023 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications