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Older woman and her caregiver embracing

UConn Health Selected by CMS to Guide an Improved Patient Experience for those Living with Dementia

UConn is first health system in Connecticut to pilot the national GUIDE Model Program for patients with dementia and their caregivers for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Reichgelt spotted this rock polygpody fern in Gay City State Park in Connecticut where a deciduous hardwood forest has overgrown the old waterworks. He says as evident from the graffiti, there's still quite a bit of human disturbance there, but the rock polypody seems to be ok with that, as long as it has the cover of the forest canopy.

City Fern, Country Fern: Citizen Science is Helping to Study Why Some Plants Love the City Life

If you want to create a diverse urban ecosystem, you want to include a diverse array of species because an ecosystem builds from the ground up

A woman and man hike through woods, with a warning sign about ticks on the trail ahead of them.

Tick Bite? Don’t Panic

UConn Health’s Dr. Henry M. Feder Jr. on what to expect — and what to question — this tick season

Keith Bellizzi.

UConn Magazine: Living With Chronic Illness

Gerontology professor Keith Bellizzi makes the study of chronic illness, death, and dying a spiritually uplifting one

Trees down after a storm, causing a power outage.

Bracing for Impact: UConn, Partners to Improve Grid Resistance

The Department of Energy is awarding two significant grants to UConn, UAlbany, and other partners as institutions lend strengths to enhancing efforts to safeguard communities in the Northeast

William Ouimet, associate professor of geography at UConn, and a team of students collect a soil core on Grannis Island in New Haven with a 24-foot-long pipe.

UConn Undergrad Digs Deep to Uncover Environmental History of a New Haven Archaeological Site

Research that requires skill, finesse, and a whole lot of muscle

Dr. Rory McGloin

Engineering Strong Teams Through Communication and Personal Growth

The Excellence in Engineering Communication Program is helping engineering professionals strengthen their communication and leadership skills and build stronger teams

Quantum Seed Grants Are Funding Solutions to Real-World Problems

'We are realizing a faster pace of quantum innovation—and advancing our state’s role as a leader in quantum science and technology'

Enrichment Ensures Woodchuck Wellness

James Brennan, Animal Care Services (ACS) program manager, has published a paper providing guidance on best practices for keeping woodchucks in laboratory research settings.

Bottlenose dolphin

New Model Identifies Shortcut for Understanding Dolphin Health

After decades of research, a group of scientists have found a new way to use blood samples to evaluate the health of an entire dolphin population