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An aerial view of UConn's Wastewater Treatment Plant and Reclaimed Water Facility
Waste to Resource: How A State-of-the-Art Facility Helps UConn Save Water

Since the Reclaimed Water Facility came online, it has reclaimed hundreds of millions of gallons of wastewater for reuse on campus Read more.

Vanessa Esquivel headshot

Giving Latine Families an ‘Early Head Start’

Vanessa Esquivel, a Ph.D. student in the department of human development & family sciences, has received a major federal grant to study early childhood services for Latine families Read more.

1948 UConn Men's Soccer National Champions

UConn Firsts: First National Championship

The 1948 UConn men’s soccer team won the first national championship in school history in any sport Read more.

MRI or magnetic resonance image of head and brain scan.

New Approach Could Help Alzheimer’s Research

Clues that a different than expected type of cell is involved in the earliest stages of the disease Read more.

Cristina Colón-Semenza, assistant professor in UConn’s Department of Kinesiology, talks with Clare Benson, a former UConn assistant professor of photography, at the Nov. 7 opening of their exhibition, "On the Move: Photographic Interventions in the Future of Parkinson's Disease," at the Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art at UConn Avery Point.

Exhibition Pairs the Unlikely – Photography, Physical Therapy – to Help Those with Parkinson’s

'Not enough people know that even though this is a progressive neurological disease there is something that can be done to help you manage it, live your life with it, maintain a high quality of life, and find some level of joy, happiness, engagement in spite of it' Read more.

UCONN MAGAZINE

Waxing Entrepreneurial

For Michelle Wax '12 (BUS), happiness means embracing the pivot. Read more.

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

CAHNR

Evaluation Enhances UConn Extension’s Commitment to Serving Connecticut

CAHNR

CAHNR Annual Scholars Celebration Brings Together Students, Donors, and Families

LAW

Graduate Finds Fulfillment as UConn Law’s First Supreme Court Fellow

MED

UConn John Dempsey Hospital Achieves Five-Star Ratings from Healthgrades

MED

UConn Health Takes Center Stage at Connecticut Public Health Association Annual Conference

MED

UConn Health’s Dr. Ketan Bulsara Elected to the American Academy of Neurological Surgery

MED

Emphasizing HIV Prevention

NUR

School of Nursing and UConn Foundation Hosts Alumni Reunion

UCONN IN THE NEWS

Fast Company

Why So Many Doctors Are Becoming TikTok ‘Dermfluencers’

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The Honorable Shyne

The Root Center for Advanced Recovery

Dr. Yifrah Kaminer Explains Research on Drug Overdoses and Suicidality

NBC Connecticut

DOT Signs Are ‘Dark’ Reminder of Deadly Traffic Trend

NBC Connecticut

Expert Has Tips On How Parents Can Handle the Pressures On Them

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