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Stone Age Site Challenges Assumptions About Early Technology

A UConn scientist finds local innovation, not population expansion, explains the appearance of new technologies in Eurasia 300,000 years ago.

The UConn Reads 2014-15 book selection, the Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

UConn Reads: Our Book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma

This year's selection is a special match for a community ready for a wide-ranging conversation about American ways of eating.

University President Susan Herbst speaks at an event to announce the results of a study on the economic impact of the university held at UConn’s SS&C Technologies Financial Accelerator in Hartford on Sept. 17. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn’s Value to Connecticut: $3.4 Billion a Year

An independent firm reports that the University also supports more than 24,000 jobs, and provides $202 million in tax revenue.

New London Powerline (Photo by Robert Askins-Connecticut College)

Power Lines Offer Environmental Benefits: UConn Study

The landscape in the transmission corridors provides habitat for hundreds of species of native plants and animals.

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Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity Moves to UConn

A new partnership with the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity was announced today in Hartford.

An artist's rendering of the future Innovation Partnership Building to be located at the UConn Technology Park. (Image courtesy of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill)

UConn Trustees Approve Funding for First Tech Park Building

Important changes coming to North Campus with Tech Park and new roadway.

Amanda Bunce, a master's degree student in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, climbs a 30 foot ladder in order to affix a monitoring device to a red oak. (Sheila Foran/UConn Photo)

UConn Tree Program Cuts Chances of Power Outages

A new statewide program integrates sound forest management and research to reduce the damage caused by extreme weather.

Silhouette of smoke stacks smoking up to the sky at sunset (iStock Photo)

Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Law professor Joe MacDougald discusses a recent Supreme Court decision that challenges the EPA’s authority to regulate emissions from power plants.

Old Hartford Times building, site of new downtown Hartford campus. (UConn Photo)

UConn Hartford Moving from Vision to Reality

Establishing a classic urban campus helps UConn fulfill core aspects of its academic mission while complementing the capital city.

Peter Turchin, professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology in his office in the Torrey Life Sciences building. (Sheila Foran/UConn Photo)

A Mathematical Approach to History

Biologist Peter Turchin has developed a mathematical model that can accurately predict the rise and fall of major civilizations.