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Student Starts the Debate

Jennifer Chevinsky, CLAS ’11, wondered why UConn didn’t have a debate team. So she started one.

UConn Joins Ranks of Top Producers of Faculty Fulbrights

Six faculty are Fulbright Scholars this year in the prestigious international exchange program.

Ready for a Rainy Day

Umbrellas on display during a special sale at the William Benton Museum of Art on Feb. 26. Photo by Lauren Cunningham

Sounds of Africa

Béla Fleck, banjo, Anania Ngoglia, multi-instrumentalist, and John Kitime, guitar, perform at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts Feb. 25. Photo by Jessica Tommaselli

New Mural Explores Conquest, Colonization

The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies mural is consistent with a tradition of art as a form of political expression in Latin America.

Wilbur Cross at Night

A night-time view of the Wilbur Cross Building. Photo by Lauren Cunningham

Greenhouse Effect

Despite cold, wintry conditions outside, plants like this King Protea flourish in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Greenhouse. Photo by Frank Dahlmeyer

Chemist Wins CAREER Award for Research on ‘Free’ Metals

Shawn Burdette is one of four chemistry faculty to receive NSF CAREER awards in the past 18 months.

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

The University of Connecticut Women’s Center on March 3 is sponsoring a lecture by Sheryl WuDunn, best-selling co-author of Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide.

UConn Avery Point to Host National Reading Event for Kids

The University of Connecticut's Avery Point Campus will host groups of preschool children for a day of reading and getting to know ocean life in observance of Read Across America Day on March 2.