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Erin Blake celebrates at HuskyTHON, the annual dance marathon to raise money for Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

HuskyTHON Raises Record $1.3 M for the Kids

The annual student dance marathon broke another record this year, raising funds for Connecticut Children's Medical Center. Read more.

Jimmy Tang '11 (BUS), in his office at the Twitch headquarters in San Francisco. (Photo courtesy of Jimmy Tang)

Alumnus Among Forbes’ Game Industry ‘30 Under 30’

Twenty-nine year-old Jimmy Tang '11 (BUS), finance specialist at Amazon's livestreaming video platform Twitch, has been identified as one of an elite group of industry leaders. Read more.

From left, Kerry Jones '19 (ENG), Ryan Heilemann '19 (ENG), and Josh Steil '19 (ENG) look on as their drone takes off for a test flight on Horsebarn Hill in Storrs. (Christopher Larosa/UConn Photo)

UConn-Sikorsky Team Engineers Autonomous Firefighting Drone

Three senior engineering students collaborated this year with industry leader Sikorsky to build a firefighting drone. Read more.

Cal Miller-Stevens, left, and her niece Capri Frank pose for a photo inside the store at Miller Foods Inc., a fourth-generation, family-owned and operated food business located in Avon, Connecticut. Behind them is a photo taken in the early 1960s, in the same location. From left is family matriarch Margaret 'Oma' Miller and her two daughters, Sandi Trudeau (Frank’s mother) and Miller-Stevens. (Nathan Oldham/UConn Photo)

Generation 2.0: Growing the Family Business

Family businesses face a unique set of issues, a fact that is recognized by the UConn School of Business, which revamped and re-introduced its program for family entities a year ago. Read more.

Jonathan XIV and Tildy of the UConn Police Department share a first date on Horsebarn Hill and at the UConn Dairy Bar. (Tom Rettig/UConn Photo)

Puppy Love: A UConn Love Story

Jonathan XIV and Tildy of the UConn Police Department share a first date on Horsebarn Hill and at the UConn Dairy Bar. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

BUS UConn Business’ 2019 Hall of Fame Inductees Announced

CAHNR Researchers study the link between food insecurity and obesity in Connecticut

CLAS Humanities House Helps Students Connect The Dots

DENT Spotlight on Services: Orthodontics

ED $240K Grant to Advance Ongoing Neag School Student Diversity Efforts

ENG Addressing America’s Failing Infrastructure through Education

LAW Second Circuit Brings Federal Cases to UConn Law

MED Power of Possible: Surviving Cardiac Arrest

PHR Pharmacy Preceptors Honored for Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring

UConn in the News

Salon

Charter Schools Exploit Lucrative Loophole That Would Be Easy To Close

Inverse

There’s a Scientific Reason a Snake’s “Tongue Flick” Is So Creepy

Fortune

The Human Rights Campaign: Black LGBTQ Youth Feel Depressed and Unsafe

Forbes

STEM-Focused Summer Programs For Ambitious High School Students

Associated Press

Proposed CT Energy Drink Ban for Kids Would be First in Nation

Hearst news

UConn’s 1999 Championship ‘Shocked the World’ and Gave a State Reason to Believe

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