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Puppeteers rehearsing “Spacebus 9” at the television studio at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts

Children’s Hospital the Set for Student Puppetry Performance

While the design and building of puppets is a familiar task for Noel Williams MFA, creating them from materials that can be cleaned and sanitized under hospital infection control protocols was not. Read more.

Left to right, two members of the Galdamez family; Franklin René Ruano Galdamez; Adam Kuegler (back) law student; Valeria Gomez, William R. Davis Clinical Fellow at UConn Law; Alexandria Madjeric, law student; and Thais Ortolaza, UConn School of Social Work student intern. (Camille Chill/UConn Photo)

Law Students Make a Case for Asylum

The Asylum and Human Rights Clinic at UConn Law has handled more than 125 cases in a 15-year period. Typically, 20 law students participate in the intensive program each year. Read more.

Thomas Craemer, associate professor of public policy, at the UConn Hartford campus. (Bri Diaz/UConn Photo)

One Professor’s Journey to the Past Through Reparations

A key figure in the national dialogue about slavery reparations, Thomas Craemer has also examined how his own family figured into past events. Read more.

Matt Cremins ʼ13 (ENG), '14 MS.

Building a Successful Startup with UConn Support

"I was an engineering student, and that program gave me the confidence to know how to run a business," says Matt Cremins ʼ13 (ENG) '14 MS, who recently sold the beverage tech company that he began at UConn. Read more.

Kurt Schwenk, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, in the field with students. (Thomas Rettig/UConn Multimedia).

Witnessing Evolution’s Great Truths

UConn's Kurt Schwenk uses high-speed video to fully expose hidden details within evolution and life. Read more.

UConn’s beloved 'swing tree' beside Mirror Lake, now reaching the twilight of its natural life, will live on through dozens of healthy seedlings that are being nurtured by horticulture professor Mark Brand at the Floriculture Greenhouse. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Dozens of Seedlings Thriving as Iconic ‘Swing Tree’ Descendants

UConn’s beloved 'swing tree' beside Mirror Lake, now reaching the twilight of its natural life, will live on through dozens of healthy seedlings that are being nurtured in a campus greenhouse. Read more.

Soon to be graduates pose with the new UConn sign along Route 195. From left are Kailin Lu '19 (CLAS), Kai Lu '19 (CLAS), Harun Malik '19 (CLAS), Carley Corbo '19 (ENG), Sidayah Dawson '19 (CLAS), Zhenhao Zhang '19 (CLAS), and Debra Peel '19 (CAHNR). (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

New Sign Greets All Upon Arriving On Campus

The sign was inspired by the ‘LAX’ letters that greet traffic arriving at Los Angeles International Airport. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

CLAS Marine Knowledge is Power: Predicting Ocean Resources for Coastal Communities

DENT Outstanding Women in Medicine and Science Honored

ED Preparing Teacher Ed Grads for a Successful Job Search

ENG UConn to Launch Stamford Computer-Coding Program

MED Advances in Bladder Cancer Detection

PHR Urban Service Track Scholars Care for Underserved in Hartford

UConn in the News

PBS NewsHour

The Homemade Sunscreen on Social Media is a Recipe for Sunburn

Inc.

Want to Be More Persuasive? A New Study Says Do This 1 Simple Thing

U.S. News

10 Medical Schools With the Most African Americans

National Geographic

How These Mysterious Fireflies Synchronize their Dazzling Light Shows

Newsweek

The Death of Antibiotics: We’re Running Out of Effective Drugs to Fight Off an Army of Superbugs

Extreme Tech

Astronomers Assemble the Most Detailed Picture of the Universe Ever

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