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Thermal Funkiness: Explaining the Unexpected
After just one semester of college physics, undergraduate Connor Occhialini performed theoretical calculations that explain why scandium fluoride shrinks when it gets warm. His work has now been published in an elite physics journal.
New Program Immerses Teens in STEM Challenges
A new summer camp to encourage girls to pursue STEM disciplines gave teens the opportunity to build and operate underwater robots.
Social Media Addiction: Who’s Most at Risk?
A UConn researcher finds that the answer lies not in how much you tweet, but whether you post significantly more on weekends than weekdays.
Campus Bookstore Renovations Aim to Create ‘Social Hub’
With students increasingly ordering textbooks online or in digital format, the floor space can be used for public gatherings and other student needs, such as school supplies and residence hall accessories.
Student Engineers Monitoring System for Bridges
Kevin McMullen received a $40,000 grant from the UConn School of Engineering in partnership with Connecticut Innovations. to help him enter the marketplace with his bridge safety device.
Ticking Biological Clock: Migratory Birds Arriving Late to Breeding Grounds
A growing shift in the onset of spring has left nine of 48 species of songbirds studied unable to reach their northern breeding grounds at the calendar marks critical for producing the next generation of fledglings, according to a new paper in Nature Scientific Reports.
The Veins in Your Brain Don’t All Act the Same
UConn researchers, including undergraduate students, have discovered that the blood vessels in one part of the brain act differently than elsewhere in the body, in order to keep us breathing.
Engineers Bury Time Capsule
A time capsule encasing examples of technology from the past was buried on the grounds of the new Engineering and Science Building, to be opened 100 years from now.
Student Photographer Covers NASA Rocket Launch
Environmental science major Rafeed Hussain ’17 (CLAS) was selected as one of 20 members of the public to cover the launch of a NASA rocket to the International Space Station on social media.