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Accurately Diagnosing Ectopic Pregnancy

In this week’s JAMA, a UConn Health Center physician researches how an early correct diagnosis can reduce maternal mortality.

Michael Accorsi, senior associate dean for the University of Connecticut's School of Engineering, talks to students about an Airbus aircraft flap assembly recently delivered to the University's Depot Campus. Airbus, the world's leading commercial aircraft manager, donated the flap to UConn for research and training. (Chris LaRosa/UConn Photo)

Airbus Donates Flap Assembly to UConn for Research and Training

The aircraft manufacturer has donated an aircraft flap assembly worth more than $770,000 to the School of Engineering for use in labs and classes.

Jesse Rifkin '14 (CLAS) in the Auriemma Reserve Reading Room in the Homer Babbidge Library on April 19, 2013. (Ariel Dowski/UConn Photo)

Jesse Rifkin Writes on ‘What Makes Gatsby Your Classic?’

Read the prize-winning essay in the first annual UConn Reads Student Essay Contest.

Frank Cervo '13 (CLAS) on April 8, 2013. (Ariel Dowski/UConn Photo)

Class of 2013: Frank Cervo, Future Environmentalist

For Frank Cervo '13 (CLAS), field research in Costa Rica shaped his future goals: to earn a Ph.D. in environmental science and help improve the environment.

Michael Hren, assistant professor of integrative geoscience, outside of Charles Lewis Beach Hall on April 19, 2013. (Ariel Dowski/UConn Photo)

New Geochemical Method Highlights Links Between Terrestrial Climate and Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

In a new study led by UConn's Michael Hren, evidence from 34 million years ago lend weight to predictions of future profound climate change.

2013 White Coat Gala

White Coat Gala Supports Bioscience Connecticut

The fourth annual White Coat Gala raised more than $1.2 million for the UConn Health Center’s renovation and expansion.

Connecticut State Police spokesperson Lt. J. Paul Vance, right, was the officer whose role was to communicate with the press during the aftermath of the Sandy Hook school shootings. At left is Bill Leukhardt, a longtime Hartford Courant reporter and stepfather of Lauren Rousseau, a 2004 UConn graduate and Sandy Hook Elementary teacher who was killed in her classroom during the shootings. (Christien Buckley/UConn Photo)

Covering Newtown

Panelists, including one of the first journalists on the scene and the police spokesperson, discussed their experience of covering the Sandy Hook tragedy as it unfolded.

Tim Tussing points to micro filtration apparatus at the water reclamation acility on April 3, 2013. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Water Reclamation Facility Coming Online at Storrs Campus

Water treated at the facility will be used for power generation, saving hundreds of thousands of gallons of drinking water.

Students listen to talks at the first Professional Development Conference for seniors. (Alysha Elliard '13 (SFA)/UConn Photo)

Students Earn First University Professional Development Certificate

The certificate, recognizing attendance at four or more career events in a year, signals to employers that students are well prepared for the marketplace.

UCONN for Boston: Thanking Heroes

Students Collecting Messages of Gratitude for Boston’s First Responders

Three UConn students are collecting personal messages they will take to Boston's City Hall to those who responded in the wake of Monday's bombing.