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Close up of woman pushing full shopping cart in grocery store. (Dan Dalton/Getty Images)

Food Decisions Can Reduce Greenhouse Emissions, Study Says

A new UConn study finds that if Americans direct their food purchases away from meats and other animal proteins, they can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Merlon Pinnock '15 MBA, center, and Oneil McCaulsky, both of Poughkeepsie New York with Jonathan the Husky at a New York Mets baseball game at Citi Field in Queens New York on June 3, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Nation in Force at Citi Field

More than 500 alumni attended the Mets game Sunday in Queens, New York, which began with Dan Hurley, head coach of UConn Men's Basketball, throwing the ceremonial first pitch to an alum.

UConn alum Orley R. 'Chip' Taylor ’66 MS, ’70 Ph.D., wants everyone to plant a little milkweed and bring back the quickly disappearing monarch butterfly. (Photo courtesy of the University of Kansas/Marketing Communications)

Saving the Monarch

Monarch numbers have plummeted 90 percent. Plant some milkweed, says Chip Taylor ’66 MS, ’70 Ph.D.

Antonio Costa, assistant research professor of pharmaceutical science, right, explains the apparatus for continuous processing of liposome drug products to Katherine Tyner and Su-Lin Lee, both of the FDA’s Office of Pharmaceutical Quality, at the Pharmacy/Biology Building. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Researchers Lead National Effort to Improve Drug Manufacturing

Researchers in the School of Pharmacy are adapting the techniques of continuous manufacturing used in the electronics, chemical, and automobile industries to the production of complex drugs.

Shot of two surgeons analyzing a patient’s medical scans. (Getty Images)

Supervisors: Learning on the Job is Key, says Study

Informal learning on the job plays a crucial role in many work environments, but supervisors don’t always recognize the benefit, according to UConn researchers.

Michael Pettes, left, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and Ph.D. student Wei Wu check a specially engineered device they created to exert strain on a semiconductor material only six atoms thick, on April 18, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Strain Improves Performance of Atomically Thin Semiconductor Material

UConn materials scientists have shown conclusively for the first time that the properties of atomically thin materials can be mechanically manipulated to enhance their performance. The finding could lead to faster computer processors and more efficient sensors.

A UConn landscape architecture student has applied the concept of resilience in developing a landscape plan for a test site that aims to integrate refugees into the local community, while developing resources they can use. (Giles Clarke/Getty Images)

A New Approach to Social Resilience – Through Landscape Architecture

A project led by graduate student Tao Wu aims to integrate refugees into the local community, while developing resources they can use.

Crystal R. Emery, Commencement speaker for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) Commencement ceremony at Gampel Pavilion on May 6, 2018. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Crystal Emery ’85 (SFA) an Inspiration to CLAS Graduates

Speaking from a wheelchair, Commencement speaker Crystal Emery (SFA) invited graduates of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to 'use me as an example of how you can move forward in life.'

Richard A. Robinson '79 (CLAS) has been appointed as the next chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court. Here he is pictured as a speaker on a panel at UConn Law in 2016. (Spencer Sloan for UConn)

UConn Alum Named State’s First African-American Chief Justice

'Make sure that your reach exceeds your grasp,' Richard A. Robinson '79 (CLAS), once advised students.

Vince Pistritto '18 (CLAS, SFA), one of six current UConn undergraduates who have won NSF Graduate Research Fellowships, at the Chemistry Building. Pistritto plans to pursue a Ph.D. in chemical catalysis. (Ellen Yang '18 (CLAS)/UConn Photo)

A Dozen UConn Students, Alums Win NSF Graduate Fellowships

UConn students in fields as varied as chemical engineering, physics, and political science, have earned support from the National Science Foundation for their graduate work.