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UConn Department of Earth Sciences and Department of Marine Sciences Professor Pieter Visscher researches stromatolites, which are fossilized biofilms where Earth's earliest life forms evolved.

Microbial Slime: The Ultimate System to Understand Our Planet

'These biofilms are just remarkable. They may be the ultimate system to study to understand our planet'

A beautiful picture of an healty coral reef

A Peculiar Algae with Significant Potential

Weird aspects of a big, cactus-shaped algae could be useful for things like coral reef conservation and regenerative biology while teaching us about how organisms coped with past climatic changes

Avery Point coast

UConn Doctoral Student Awarded NOAA-Sea Grant Fellowship for Sea Scallop Research

Halle Berger is the first UConn student to receive the prestigious fellowship

"Innovation Connecticut" on a screen with a row of chairs on the stage

UConn Innovation Documentary Draws Hundreds, Prompts Insightful Panel Discussion

'UConn has been at the heart of our innovation for many years, and we need it more now than ever'

Project Oceanology, one of the sponsors for Messing About in Boats, took participants out into Long Island Sound aboard the research vessel Envirolab II to learn about marine wildlife and try catch and release sportfishing.

A Second Year of Messing About in Boats at Avery Point

'There is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats'

R/V Connecticut

UConn Researchers Set Sail for Wind Study

Faculty and graduate student researchers have embarked from Avery Point for an up-close investigation of offshore wind power and its effect on the marine environment

An aerial view of the UConn wordmark on Fairfield Way on a sunny day in Storrs

Five Faculty Members Named Fulbright Scholars For 2024-25

Fulbright Scholars are faculty, researchers, administrators, and established professionals teaching or conducting research in affiliation with institutes abroad

The UConn large letter sign at dusk on June 12, 2021.

UConn’s Regional Campuses Gear Up for Exciting New Academic Year

About 2,000 first-year students are expected to start classes Monday in Avery Point, Hartford, Stamford, and Waterbury

The UConn-branded water towers sits behind the Towers residence halls

UConn Welcomes Record-Setting New Class at Storrs, Regional Campuses

UConn is welcoming a record number of first-year students this weekend

Tom and Eileen Marston sitting on a couch, posing for a photo with the video title overlayed.

Lifelong Husky Couple Expands Scholarship by Giving Through Their Life Insurance

The scholarship has already provided financial support for 11 undergraduate students at the Avery Point campus and now it will support many more students for years to come