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A patient in a blue shirt stands with a doctor examining his wrist

Stronger Than Ever

A Gaelic football player overcame a serious bicep tendon injury and has returned to play thanks to the support and expertise of his orthopedic team at UConn Health

Photo of a tree with an outline of the state of Connecticut with the words "seeds of the constitution state" overlayed

Deep Roots

Worthley is working in partnership with the nonprofit Connecticut Humanities and its America 250 Connecticut program to distribute the the 100-or-so baby white oak tree seedlings, many the direct descendants of the original Charter Oak, to community partners around the state later this year

Students tagging horseshoe crabs outside

Choose Your Own Adventure: The Tagging of the Horseshoe Crab

Getting muddy to discover more about a species older than dinosaurs

A woman in a white lab coat sitting at a computer with the words "New Materials: New Possibilities" overlayed on the photo

New Materials: New Possibilities

From smartphones and computers to medical devices and clean energy technologies, the future depends on materials that are faster, smarter, and more efficient

A close up photo of a butterfly on a stick

DEEP and UConn Researchers Working to Help Rare Butterfly Recover on Campus

Rare species don’t only exist in remote places. They’re sometimes surviving right here on campus

A woman staring at a screen with data on it with red light in the background

Science in Seconds: Improving GLP-1

A UConn Health researcher explains how her lab is focusing on how GLP-1 medications affect the brain and how they can be improved for the future

A picture of a forest with the words "Silent Invaders: Invasive Plants at Home" superimposed.

New Program Trains CT Residents to Manage Invasive Plants

A new UConn Extension certificate program helps residents tackle the 100+ invasive species spreading throughout our state

Sean Reilly, owner and operator of New England Oyster Farm

Shucking Success: The Next Generation of Connecticut Shellfish Farmers

UConn Extension and Connecticut Sea Grant prepare aspiring entrepreneurs to navigate the challenges of shellfish aquaculture and sustain Connecticut’s historic working waterfront

Plant science researchers and the UConn Fire Department conduct prescribed burns

From Flames to Fungi: Prescribed Burns and Soil Restoration

Plant science researchers and the UConn Fire Department are using prescribed burns to mitigate brush fires and study the role of microbes in soil recovery to generate new insights to help Connecticut manage rising wildfire risk

UConn National Match Day 2026

UConn Medical Students Meet their Match

Over 100 future doctors enjoyed the exhilarating thrills of National Match Day revealing where they will train next for residency across Connecticut and the U.S.