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At right, Vanessa Rosa ’19 (CLAS) and April play Connect Four in Sprague Residence Hall. Vanessa and April are part of the Best Buddies/STAAR program where undergraduate students are mentors to young adults with developmental disabilities. April 26, 2019. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

STAAR: The Unique Class in the Basement of UConn’s Sprague Hall

'We benefit just as much from this interaction ... as the S.T.A.A.R. students do,' says Inge-Marie Eigsti of UConn's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

'Life changing' is how the families of kids with serious, chronic illnesses describe their experiences with UConn athletic teams through a program known as Team IMPACT. (Jason Reider/UConn Athletic Marketing Photo)

Team IMPACT: A Winning Way to Heal

'Life changing' is how the families of kids with serious and chronic illnesses describe their experiences with UConn athletic teams through a program known as Team IMPACT.

Meaghan Perdue, a developmental psychology graduate student, who gave birth to a child in November.

First Steps: UConn Partners on Child Care Fellowship

A new private-public fellowship program is intended to make it easier for new UConn parents to return to research.

MRI service manager Elisa Medeiros prepares a patient for functional MRI testing at the BIRC in the Phillips Communication Sciences Building. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Health Patients Can Now Get MRIs at UConn in Storrs

Thanks to a collaboration between UConn Health physicians and UConn researchers, sophisticated MRI scanning equipment originally purchased for research use will now be used for diagnosing patients of UConn Health in Storrs.

Professor Alexander Russell, director of UConn’s Voting Technology Research Center. Both before and after the November election, UConn’s Voting Technology Research Center will run forensic analyses on memory cards in the state’s voting equipment. (Christopher LaRosa/UConn Photo)

UConn’s Key Role in Ensuring Integrity of State Elections

Both before and after the November election, UConn’s Voting Technology Research Center will run forensic analyses on memory cards in the state’s voting equipment.

Students, teachers, and parents look on as UConn firefighters atop their ladder truck drop eggs with creative forms of protection developed by students at Goodwin Elementary School in Mansfield on Sept. 21, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Fire Department Adds Excitement To Elementary School Egg Drop

The department's ladder truck added to the students' challenge of keeping a raw egg intact.