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Jeanne Collins posing for a photo inside a home

UConn Magazine: Designing a Take-2 Career

Tips for designing a serene space — and a new profession — from exec-turned-interior designer Jeanne Collins ’05 MBA

April 11, 2024 | Claire Hall

Alumni
The melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet could contribute up to 21 meters of sea level rise. There are many questions about the dynamics of the region’s glacial history and an international team of researchers is working to answer those questions to help inform our future as the ice sheet melts.

Snapshot: Miles of Mud Yield Clues About Our Climate Future

'The program has contributed massively to our understanding of Earth's climate history'

April 11, 2024 | Elaina Hancock

Research & Discovery
Entryway sign lit up green for St. Patricks Day and for Sustainability.

UConn Sustainability Action Plan Taking Wide-Ranging Approach to ‘Green’ Future

A framework for environmental responsibility, social equity, and economic viability

April 10, 2024 | Stephanie Reitz

University News
Harry the Giant, the 15-foot-tall puppet featured in “Taurus,” interacts with Blue, one of the rod puppets featured in the show, during tech week rehearsals in the Nafe Katter Theater on Saturday, April 6, 2024. Many of the characters in the show, created by puppet arts student Joanie Papillon, are portrayed through various forms of puppetry.

Ambitious ‘Taurus’ Production Has Been Years in the Making

Blend of music, puppetry, design, and drama will run from April 12 through April 14

April 10, 2024 | Sydney Herdle, and Kimberly Phillips

The UConn Huskies hoist the NCAA national championship trophy.

Twice as Nice

Back-to-back champions for UConn Nation

April 9, 2024 | Tom Breen

Athletics
Daniela Bedoya '25 (SFA) spent last summer photographing underwater rugby games and interviewing professional female sports photographers thanks to funding from the BOLD Women's Leadership Network. Her exhibition, "Women in Sports: Behind the Lens," was on display in February.

UConn Senior More Than Just a Player; She Photographs Underwater Rugby Too

Other photographers might find it strange to jump in a pool with a snorkel and a camera: Not Daniela Bedoya

April 9, 2024 | Kimberly Phillips

UConn Voices
Circuitry superimposed over electrical pylons.

UConn Leading Federally Backed Regional Initiative to Defend Electric Grid from Cyberattack

CyberCARED will take UConn’s cybersecurity research and development into a new domain

April 9, 2024 | Jaclyn Severance

Research & Discovery University News
After an extensive collaborative effort and restoration process by UConn faculty, facilities staff, and students, Connecticut’s oldest planetarium will soon be back in action.

UConn’s Old Planetarium Gets a New Upgrade

UConn faculty, students, and facilities staff are working to reawaken Connecticut’s oldest planetarium

April 8, 2024 | Elaina Hancock

University News
Maria B. Antony ’19 (CLAS/CAHNR) walks along the paved pathway around the pond at the lower campus of UConn Health.

In Fine Feather

Birdwatching is more than just a hobby for UConn School of Medicine student

April 4, 2024 | Jaclyn Severance, and Sydney Herdle

UConn Health UConn Voices
UConn researcher Brian Willis holding up nano technology in front of solar panels with the video title "Solar Nanodevice" overlaid

Solar Nanodevices

UConn researcher Brian Willis is harvesting parts of sunshine to expand the use of sunlight for energy and making clean – and climate friendly – energy more affordable

April 2, 2024 | Thomas Rettig