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As many as 44 percent of LGBTQ teens report weight-based bullying from both peers and family members, says a new UConn study. (Shutterstock Photo)

LGBTQ Teens Face High Rate of Weight-Based Bullying

As many as 44 percent of LGBTQ teens report weight-based bullying from both peers and family members, says a new UConn study.

Mac Cerullo ’12 (BUS), Andrew Callahan ’13 (CLAS), Kevin Duffy ’09 (CLAS), left to right. (Submitted photo)

Super Bowl Press Box Has A UConn Feel

Three UConn alums will be in the press box when the New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams take the field Sunday at 6:30 p.m.

Andrew Stillman uses radio-telemetry to track the movements of black-backed woodpeckers in post-fire areas. (Photo by Jean Hall)

The Birds Who Seek Out Goldilocks Fires

Black-backed woodpeckers prefer forests that are burned just right – not too hot, not too cold. But as wildfires become more intense, megafires are not creating a sufficient diversity of habitats.

Bryan Huey’s lab used the tip of an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) as a chisel to scrape away the surface of bismuth ferrite and map the electric landscape of the interior. (Image courtesy of the Huey Lab)

A Microscope as a Shovel? UConn Researchers Dig It

Using a familiar tool in a way it was never intended to be used opens up a whole new method to explore materials, report UConn researchers in a recent study.

Richard Robinson, chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court on July 18, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Richard Robinson ’79, State Supreme Court Chief Justice

The first African-American Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court will be keynote speaker at the 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation on Jan. 24. Read his profile in UConn Magazine.

Stacks of Environmental Microcontroller Units (EMUs) that were developed by UConn researchers to facilitate the collection of fine-scale data. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

More Data, Lower Cost – DIY Electronics Tackle Global Change

UConn researchers developed low-cost environmental sensor units to facilitate the collection of fine-scale data. Now they're making them available to others.

Interior view of the Burton Family Football Complex. (Stephen Slade '89 (SFA) for UConn)

UConn Football Receives $1 Million Gift

The gift from alumnus Chris Fraser '80 will fund new lockers in the Burton Family Football Complex and other enhancements to the program.

Napheesa Collier faces off in a red-white scrimmage for USA Basketball. (USA Basketball Photo via UConn Athletic Communications)

Path to USA Women’s Basketball Gold Goes Through Storrs

Ken Best of UConn 360 podcast checks in with Geno Auriemma, Napheesa Collier, and some familiar names from UConn women's basketball.

Court-appointed special advocate Susan Brillhart with one of her charges, Anthony, on the day he was adopted. His new family stays in touch. (Photo courtesy of Susan Brillhart)

Susan Brillhart ’84 (NUR), A Voice for the Most Vulnerable

Hers is a voice for the most vulnerable among us.

Reducing your greenhouse gas emissions can be as easy as changing the types of food you buy and eat, according to a recent study led by UConn researchers. (Bret Eckhardt/UConn Photo)

Climate Change: It (Doesn’t Have to Be) What’s for Dinner

Reducing your greenhouse gas emissions can be as easy as changing the types of food you buy and eat, according to a recent study led by UConn researchers.