Out of the Blue

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Getting Cozy: UConn Entrepreneur Focuses on Mindful Productivity as Werth Institute Program Continues Engaging First-Year Women

'Take every opportunity you’re given and just make sure that you’re loving what you’re doing, that you want to be here, that you want to learn'

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Randy Walikonis Encourages UConn Students to Push Boundaries of Knowledge

As UConn's biology majors continue to grow, the new head of the Department of Physiology and Neurobiology aims to expand hands-on opportunities while preparing students for research and medical careers

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Ripple Effect: The Collective Power of UConn Extension’s Water Programs

From low-cost well water testing to reducing environmental threats to water safety through informed land use, UConn Extension programs seek to keep Connecticut's water clean and healthy

Wellness Concept. Wooden blocks with the eight dimensions; emotional, spiritual, intellectual, social, environmental, physical, occupational, financial. A holistic approach to health and wellbeing.

UConn’s Popular Emotional Well-Being Course Now Free and Available to the Public

UConn faculty and students launch online resource to make emotional well-being content accessible to all

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Gray Seals Perplex Scientists with Lack of Response to Flu Infection

'That’s the big question we’re trying to understand – why is there a difference in the response in two different species that occupy the same space; why is one susceptible to the disease?'

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How to Feel Your Best Self

The kids — too many of them — are not all right

Three College of Engineering researchers examine a water sensor in their lab at UConn.

Smart Water Sensors Help Preserve Clean Water Supplies

A College of Engineering research team is developing smart sensors for monitoring municipal wastewater, soil and other treatments with more accuracy and stability than existing sensor technology

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Connecticut Releases its Occupational Disease Annual Labor Day Report

Latest data analysis of UConn School of Medicine expert shows Connecticut’s occupational disease cases are over 31,000 annually

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UConn Student Represents US in UN Global Youth Statement

Youth climate leaders work together to ensure their voices are heard by the world

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UConn Engineering Associate Dean Burkey Awarded Grant to Study Engineering Ethics

The team hopes to create a fun and interesting way for engineering students to learn about professional ethical decision making.