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Costa Rica's President Oscar Arias arrives at the inauguration ceremony of El Salvador's Presdient Mauricio Funes in San Salvador on June 1, 2009. Funes, the first leftist president elected in the country in 20 years, has said he wants to establish full diplomatic relations with Cuba, ending El Salvador's status as the last Latin American holdout to normalization with Havana. AFP PHOTO/ Jose CABEZAS (Photo credit should read Jose CABEZAS/AFP/Getty Images)

Oscar Arias to Give Human Rights Talk at UConn

Today's talk by the Nobel Peace Laureate will be live streamed.

Kaitlin Roig ’05 (ED),’06 MA in Sandy Hook on July 11, 2013. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Sandy Hook Teacher to Speak on Campus

Alumna Kaitlin Roig-DeBellis will give a public lecture in the Student Union Theatre this evening at 7 p.m.

Pam Diggle, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Plant Biologist Pamela Diggle Joins UConn Faculty

Diggle, current president of the Botanical Society of America, comes to UConn from the University of Colorado.

Raising Colon Cancer Awareness Among Minorities

Dr. Jose Orellana, internal medicine physician at UConn Health, discusses why some minority groups are at increased risk of the disease.

Credit Card Data Theft: Stopping the Hackers

Is it time for the U.S. to switch to more advanced credit cards?

JJ Bivona, left, and friend having lunch at the Student Union. Instagram Takeover, Feb. 2014

A Day in the Life

When student JJ Bivona took over UConn's Instagram account recently, there was no need for concern.

Ignite Logo (Courtesy of the UConn Foundation)

Igniting Student Philanthropy at UConn

An award-winning student giving competition is back for a second year, with teams competing for more than $25,000 in prize money.

Art Spiegelman Lecture Rescheduled for March 24

This week’s UConn Reads event featuring acclaimed cartoonist Art Spiegelman has been rescheduled from today to Monday, March 24.

The Man in the Crane

Wayne Miller spends his work day in a small compartment 250 feet in the air helping to construct UConn Health’s new hospital tower.

An exhibit of Frank Ballard's rod puppets at the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at Storrs Center on Feb. 27, 2014. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Puppetry Museum Opens at Storrs Center

The Grand Opening event for the Museum, the UConn Co-op Bookstore, and Le Petit Marche Cafe will take place on Saturday, March 1.