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Golf Tourney Boosts Cancer Research at Health Center

The tournament raised nearly $130,000 to support the Neag Cancer Center's DNA sequencing program.

Brothers Willam Bok '08 (CLAS), left, and William Bok '04 (BUS), owners of Froyo World at Storrs Center on July 23, 2013. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Alums Living the Sweet Life as Founders of FroyoWorld

Entrepreneurs Dennis ’04 (BUS) and William Bok ’08 (CLAS) launched Connecticut's first self-serve frozen yogurt chain in 2010.

Luke Belval '14 (ED), undergraduate student in kinesiology. (Shawn Kornegay/UConn Photo)

Kinesiology Undergraduate Receives National Research Award

Luke Belval ’14 (ED) has been recognized as a 2013 Undergraduate Research Excellence Fellow by the American Physiological Society.

Topping Off the Outpatient Care Center

As the building and adjacent parking garage take shape on the UConn Health Center’s lower campus, plans reveal which clinical services will be where.

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UConn Reads: The Long List

The UConn Reads Committee's Long List includes the most frequently nominated books and some the committee suggested.

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UConn Selects Connecticut Water Co. as Preferred Option to Provide Additional Water Supply

The option is the most environmentally friendly and least costly of the three considered.

George Bollas, assistant professor of chemical materials and biomolecular engineering at his lab at the UConn Center for Clean Energy Engineering on July 24, 2013. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Petroleum Researcher Awarded American Chemical Society New Investigator Grant

Chemical engineer George Bollas has received ACS funding for his research on making the synthesis of fuel more efficient.

The Diet that Everyone Should Try

The prediabetes diet consists of small changes to your daily menu that can significantly lower your risk of developing diabetes.

Summer Camps Groom Tomorrow’s Scientists and Engineers

Summer programs help build the pipeline of future STEM students at UConn, who will in turn become the scientists and engineers the state needs.

JAX, UConn Collaborators Awarded $3.2 Million Grant

Dr. David Rowe and Cheryl Ackert-Bicknell are working to better understand bone genetics and function.