Out of the Blue

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Scientists Can Now Measure the “Urban Pulse” from Space

A new framework developed by researchers at UConn and Yale uses high-frequency satellite data to track the vital signs of global cities in near real-time, fundamentally changing how we understand urbanization

A brightly colored illustrated caricature of Gameday Conor, depicted as a smiling bearded man in marathon gear, with a basketball twirling on his finger that is also the sun. He is at a UConn Huskies game and runs across the court with a Huskies microphone in his other hand.

UConn Magazine: Gameday Conor is Everywhere

If you’ve been to a UConn basketball, football, or baseball game since 2018, you’ve likely cheered, sung, waved, and screamed along with the ubiquitous Conor Geary aka GameDay Conor

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Plant and Soil Center Opens to the Public

UConn celebrated the opening of the George Leigh Minor Plant and Soil Health Center, bringing together research, diagnostics, and community engagement and advance plant and soil health across Connecticut

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Celebrating Mothers and Fathers, but Who Cares?

UConn sociologist Kim Price-Glynn took a look at the organizations that parents turn to when they themselves need care

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Helping Huskies Rise

Can belonging be the breakthrough?

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Covid-Era Assistance Policies May Have Reduced Food Insecurity, Housing Instability

Pandemic-era safety net programs revealed new insights into the complex relationship between wages, housing, and food insecurity

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Doubling the Data Gathered from Dark Patches of Space

UConn Ph.D student’s program selected for observation time on our most powerful space telescope

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UConn John Dempsey Hospital Named a 2026 Best Maternity Hospital by Newsweek

Only Hospital in Hartford County to Earn Five Blue Ribbons

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UConn, Three Other Partner Universities to Host International Conference on Real Estate and Sustainability in 2027

“This is an exciting opportunity to be in a cohort of prestigious universities and signals how highly valued our real estate work is internationally,’’ said professor Jeffrey P. Cohen, one of the principal investigators for the conference.

Sean Reilly, owner and operator of New England Oyster Farm

Shucking Success: The Next Generation of Connecticut Shellfish Farmers

UConn Extension and Connecticut Sea Grant prepare aspiring entrepreneurs to navigate the challenges of shellfish aquaculture and sustain Connecticut’s historic working waterfront