Out of the Blue

A mural depicting the slave Fortune, commemorated in November 2024

OLLI Program: Remembering Our Past Helps Others Navigate the Future

A Juneteenth event at UConn Waterbury, hosted by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, celebrated diversity and historical reflection

Two scientists looking at a tray of specimens

Science in Seconds: Eating Away at Disease

UConn Health researchers are studying how phagocytes feel, taste, digest and respond to eating and clearing away debris or foreign particles inside the body

Ph.D. candidate Francis Vásquez and thermal imaging equipment

Making Electronic Devices Faster, More Powerful, and Better at Staying Cool

In a paper published as an Editor's Pick in Applied Physics Letters, College of Engineering's Georges Pavlidis outlines ways to manage heat in high-speed electronics

UConn Board of Trustee Andy Bessette posing with a red umbrella behind him

UConn Magazine: The Ace

We all have this UConn Trustee and All-American Husky hammer thrower to thank for giving Connecticut its Travelers Championship

Thanh Nguyen, associate professor of mechanical engineering and biomedical engineering, and his team of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows

Nguyen’s Injectable Piezoelectric Gel Could Treat Osteoarthritis without Surgery

Backed by a $2.3M grant from the NIH and NIH/NIBIB, Thanh Nguyen will stimulate cartilage regeneration in large animal models

Portrait of Andrea Chapdelaine (left); and Lawrence Ward in commencement regalia (right)

UConn Magazine: Educating the Educators

A conversation with the new presidents of Connecticut College and the University of Hartford — both hold degrees from the University of Connecticut

Portrait of UConn President Radenka Maric in front of a table and a glass wall

President Radenka Maric Named a Fellow of The Electrochemical Society

Maric is a world leader in electrochemistry at surfaces and interfaces

Eggs in a carton with faces drawn on showing different emotions

Eating Your Feelings? A New Study Offers Hope for Emotional Eaters

With a focus on weight gain prevention and appetite awareness, SATISFY study participants reported significantly lower emotional eating

Jonathan the Husky mascot laying on the Rt. 195 UConn entry sign

UConn Magazine: Being Jonathan

We asked a dozen former UConn mascots to tell us some stories about their time inside The Suit

Man and woman near an urban farming plot

Improving Urban Land Access for Agriculture in Connecticut

'Secure land access is one of the greatest challenges that urban producers grapple with in Connecticut'