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Husky Baseball Fans Have Much to Root for This Year

Three UConn graduates are playing in the big leagues now.

iPad art by Professor Olu Oguibe (Photo courtesy of Olu Oguibe)

Creating Art with the iPad

Art professor Olu Oguibe is creating large scale art using an iPad.

Charitable Giving Hinges on Perception of ‘Worthiness’

Charities assisting people perceived as responsible for their plight may have difficulty attracting donations, says a new study.

UConn officials, clinical staff, and elected officials join UConn President Susan Herbst (center) and Dr. Frank Torti, UConn Health executive vice president for health affairs (to Herbst’s right), for a ribbon cutting to mark the presence of UConn Health medical, dental, and urgent care services in Storrs Center. (UConn Health Photo)

A Celebration of UConn Health in Storrs Center

UConn leaders, elected officials dedicated local medical, dental, and urgent care services on June 26.

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.

Deandre Daniels, left, and Shabazz Napier are the first UConn players drafted to the NBA since Kevin Ollie became head coach in 2012-13, 39th and 40th since 1964. (Stephen Slade '89 (SFA) for UConn)

Napier, Daniels Drafted to NBA

Shabazz Napier and DeAndre Daniels became the first UConn players drafted to the NBA since Kevin Ollie took over as head coach in 2012-13.

UConn Reads 2014-15: ‘A Book That Changed My Life’

The UConn Reads Steering Committee is seeking nominations of books that have truly mattered to the UConn community.

UConn Health July Programs, Events

Here’s what’s happening at UConn Health in July and early August 2014.

Building a Diverse Organization, One Prayer at a Time

A UConn researcher finds that religious practices can bind groups with diverse members.

A rendering of the spacecraft that will take the time capsule to Mars. (Courtesy of MIT Space Propulsion Lab)

UConn Students to Help Build Time Capsule to Mars

UConn engineering students will partner with peers at Duke, Stanford, and MIT on a project that’s literally out of this world.