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Rudd Center researcher Jennifer Harris says reducing children’s consumption of nutritionally poor fast food will require much more than just not listing unhealthy items on the menu. (Bret Eckhardt/UConn Photo)

Will Holding the Cheese and Chocolate Milk on Happy Meals Make a Difference?

'There's an enormous challenge for parents to select healthy options when the environment inside fast-food restaurants makes the unhealthy options so much more appealing,' says UConn researcher Jennifer Harris.

Jonathan the Husky delivers an admission letter to a student, feted by members of the UConn Marching Band. (Bret Eckhardt/UConn Photo)

Special Delivery: UConn Acceptance Letter

Accepting our incoming class is not something we at UConn take lightly. Watch Jonathan XIV, Jonathan the Husky, and the UConn Pep Band welcome newly accepted students to UConn Nation.

The snow is rapidly disappearing from Gampel Pavilion and the steps of the School of Business. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Splish, Splash Goes Saturday’s Snow

With temperatures headed into the 60s today, the snow that fell Saturday will not be around long.

UConn's time-honored tradition of eating ice cream outside in the middle of winter dates back to the 1970s. (Eric Yang '21 (ACES)/UConn Photo)

Tons of Ice Cream

UConn's time-honored tradition of eating ice cream outside in the middle of winter.

Scenes from a winter snowstorm on campus. (Bret Eckhardt/UConn Photo)

Snowfall in Storrs

Scenes from a winter snowstorm on campus.

Jonathan is giving out kisses under the mistletoe to members of UConn Nation this holiday season. (Angelina Reyes/UConn Photo)

Under the Mistletoe

You never know who you’ll meet under the mistletoe. Watch as UConn Nation's very own Jonathan gets into the holiday spirit.

Spectrophotometry is the science of measuring chemical absorption and reflection of light. Illustration by Jessica Ortegon ’18 (CLAS)/(SFA), a double major in chemistry and art and art history. The animation was developed by Alexandra Sailer ’19 (SFA), a digital media and design major.

Animating Biological Concepts

Biology majors enrolling for next semester in the lab section of Biology 1107 will be among the first to benefit from a series of five instructional animations developed by students in digital media and art.

Stepping it up: Husky Bhangra

A student team performs Bhangra, an energetic form of dance from Punjab, India, at a variety of locations in Storrs.

Physiology and neurobiology assistant professor-in-residence Geoffrey Tanner explains to a class that the physical characteristics of both substances vary, based on how fast a force is applied on them. (Bret Eckhardt/UConn Photo)

How Silly Putty is Like Bone

A physiology and neurobiology professor explains that the physical characteristics of both substances vary, based on how fast a force is applied on them.

Storrs Center. (Ryan Glista/UConn Photo)

A Day in the Life of UConn Storrs

A hyperlapse journey through UConn's Storrs campus.