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Mission to Mars

Getting to the Red Planet is a lot more than just rocket science. Management professor John Mathieu ’80 (CLAS) is working with NASA on the human mechanics. Read more.

Assistant professor of physiology and neurobiology Jianjun Sun on Nov. 4, 2016. (Bri Diaz/UConn Photo)

Reproductive Biologist Wins Gates Foundation Grant for Contraceptives Research

Jianjun Sun will test existing drugs for contraceptive properties that could eliminate mental health side effects. Read more.

Mashed potatoes with gravy for Thanksgiving. (bhofack2/Getty Images)

Talk Turkey? Nah, Focus on the Trimmings on Thanksgiving

UConn botanist Pamela Diggle offers some plant factoids you can serve up as a conversation piece at Thanksgiving. Read more.

Statins and stethoscope. (Shutterstock Photo)

At 40, It May Be Time For a Cholesterol-Lowering Drug

A UConn Health cardiologist discusses new prevention guidelines that could dislodge heart disease as the #1 killer of Americans. Read more.

Structures called 'Terasaki ramps,' consisting of stacked sheets connected by helical ramps, have been found in cell cytoplasm (left) and neutron stars (right). The original structures were first identified by UConn Health cell biologist Mark Terasaki. (University of California, Santa Barbara Photo)

Of Parking Garages, Nuclear Pasta, and Cosmic Connections

A unique cellular structure named after a UConn professor may also exist in the outer crust of neutron stars thousands of light-years away. Physicists are trying to figure out why. Read more.

The 1934 survey was recommended by Governor Wilbur L. Cross as an essential planning tool for Connecticut. It was a time of incredible development and growth. New York urbanization was expanding, modern roads for the automotive boom were spreading into Connecticut and the use of new heavy machinery allowed transformations to the landscape at a scale never seen before. (Connecticut State Library)

Worth a Thousand Words: Connecticut’s Coastline Changes

From early hand drawings and aerial photos to today's drone images, a new website tells the story of changes in the Connecticut coastline over the past century. Read more.

UConn in the News

New York Times

Hartford Kicks Open Its Doors to Innovators

New York Times

A Lost World of Shipwrecks is Found

The Guardian

UConn’s Prof Ladha and Architects Imagine Trump’s Wall

UPI

Public Health Campaign Cut Consumption of Sugary Drinks

Chronicle of Higher Education

Endowed Chairs: The Foolproof Recruiting Tool

Broadway World

Terrence Mann To Lead CRT’s Nutmeg Summer Series

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