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Anglea Grant and Lt. Col. Erik Goepner in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Teaching in Wartime

Two family members' careers took them to wartime Iraq and Afghanistan to teach.

In A Good Place

The Up & Atom café at the BioPhysics Building is a nice place to work while waiting for a meeting. (Michael Garcia/UConn Photo)

UConn Scientist Develops Sterile Variety of Invasive Plant

Scientific breakthrough could help restore the popular ornamental shrub Euonymus alatus, otherwise known as burning bush, to prominence in commercial marketplace Professor Yi Li’s Laboratory  in the University of Connecticut’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources has developed a seedless variety of the popular ornamental shrub Euonymus alatus, also called  ‘burning bush,’ that retains the […]

Rajiv Chandawarkar, at his lab at the UConn Health Center.

Improving Surgical Residents’ Communication Skills

A UConn study finds that training may improve surgical residents’ patient communication skills.

Photos from the Homer Babbidge Library's conservation lab where books are repaired.

The Art of Preserving Books

Babbidge Library's preservation service repairs thousands of rare texts and damaged books each year.

Dockside

Project Oceanology’s research vessel Enviro-Lab III waits to get back out on the Sound. (Sheila Foran/UConn Photo)

Jenna Van Dugteren '12 (CLAS).

In WiMSE, Van Dugteren Experiences Everything

A woman making a difference with math, science, and engineering.

Career Research Award Named After Health Center’s Dr. Laurencin

The first recipient was recognized at a recent meeting of the National Medical Association.

"The Rock" never looked more inviting ... who is the clever artist?

A Slice of Summer

'The Rock' never looked more appetizing. (Sheila Foran/UConn Photo)

Bradley Wright, associate professor of sociology.

Busting Myths About Religion

A UConn sociologist and author of two books discusses religion in America.