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Study Highlights Food Sustainability Initiatives in CT Schools

The study found that 98% of schools reported sometimes or always purchasing local produce, while 91% purchase local dairy

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Faculty-to-Industry Summer Fellow Program to Create Direct Impact and Lasting Partnerships

Select UConn engineering professors will work in business during summer months to apply their expertise to solve industrial challenges while learning from industry

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UConn Faculty, Alum Help Bring Story of Tortured Renaissance Composer to Life

'Death of Gesualdo,' which premieres in the U.S. on Feb. 13 in New York City, is being staged as a tableau vivant, in which the actors strike poses to tell a story

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Building Energy Resilience by Understanding Nuances of Power Outages Across the US

UConn research gives insights into regional weather differences that complicate grid resilience

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Toughen Up, Kidney, the Damage is Temporary

A brand new way to understand kidney repair

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A Better Way to Measure Body Fat for Athletes

Jennifer Fields, assistant professor of nutritional sciences, has developed an equation to allow coaches, trainers, and anyone else working with athletes to gain a more accurate, accessible measurement of body composition

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A Research-Based Roadmap to Meaningful Work

UConn School of Business helps students build clarity and confidence in career-seeking

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Manganese Helps Reduce Agricultural Nitrogen Pollution in Air, Water

Until this study, no research had directly tested how manganese affects nitrogen cycling under agronomically relevant conditions

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Can Venezuela’s Oil Bring Down Gas Prices? A UConn Economist Explains

Erik Katovich, assistant professor of agricultural and resource economics, discusses the perceived benefits and real costs of the Trump administration's military intervention in Venezuela

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Connecticut Children’s and UConn School of Medicine name Dr. Rachel M. Stanley as Physician-in-Chief and Chair of Pediatrics

Dr. Stanley's leadership appointment is a homecoming back to UConn, where she completed her pediatric residency training