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Fernando Betancourt and Fiona Vernal smile in front of exhibit posters.

EPOCH Shares Community Histories, From Connecticut to Côte d’Ivoire

Now officially in partnership with Connecticut Humanities, EPOCH will be working with towns across the state – beginning with Bloomfield, Windsor, and Enfield – to collect their own community histories

Laure Metz making experimental bow and arrow shots with arrows armed with Neronian light points

New Study Shows Archery Appeared in Europe Thousands of Years Earlier than Previously Thought

The use of bow-and-arrow technology gave humans an edge over Neanderthal neighbors in hunting game

Gary and Phyllis Gladstein posing for a photo

Human Rights Institute Renamed After Longtime Benefactor Gary Gladstein and Family

The UConn Board of Trustees Wednesday renamed the Human Rights Institute the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute to honor the legacy and support of alumnus Gary Gladstein and his family

Former Connecticut State Sen. Antonietta “Toni” Boucher ’02 MBA and her husband, Henry “Bud” Boucher,

UConn School of Business Names Boucher Management & Entrepreneurship Department

The gift—which is the University’s first departmental naming and the largest individual gift to the School of Business—will enable the School to launch new programming for the benefit of students and businesses

Man in woods

Uprooting Invasive Plants by Honoring Family Roots

Thanks to his CAHNR education, Christian Allyn created a business that uses science to combat the invasive plants he's been tackling since childhood

UConn Research Informs Policy Debate Over Wine Sales in Grocery Stores

UConn researchers conducted a comprehensive economic analysis of the potential impact of allowing grocery stores in Connecticut to sell wine

Josh Frye, a poultry farmer in Hardy County, W.Va., churns out biochar from chicken waste and wood chips, turning it into a valuable fertilizing substance which is also environmentally clean.

An Emerging Agricultural Practice Offers New Promise for a Climate-Smart Future

'We can achieve the goal of climate-smart agriculture, and in the case of biochar, Connecticut is an ideal place for exploring and applying this approach'

Photo of Sidney Taffe and Alex Chang in Spain.

UConn Magazine: All Roads Lead Home

A storied Spanish hiking trail delivers a full-circle moment for ’90s alum Alex Chang and some lucky current students. “On the Camino, everyone writes their own story,” says Chang

The Dodd Center for Human Rights.

Dodd Impact Team Seeks ‘A More Perfect Union’ Through Community Conversation

History professor Brendan Kane and other UConn experts hosted statewide discussions on the nation’s founding documents, funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Connecticut Humanities Council

Yaowu Yuan at the EEB greenhouse

Yellow Evolution: Unique Genes Led to New Species of Monkeyflower

Research sheds light on a crucial area of evolution