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UConn Featured in Episode of New ‘College Tour’ Series’ First Season

An Amazon Prime show that highlights the whole UConn experience, from academics to the Dairy Bar Read more.

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UConn Professors Tell Cicadas’ Story to the World

Whenever Brood X appeared in the news this spring, Christine Simon and John Cooley were right there with them Read more.

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Summer Undergraduate Researcher Sam Degnan-Morgenstern ’22 (ENG)

Engineering major is studying drug transport in solid tumors using computational methods derived from physics Read more.

Dr. Cato T. Laurencin in white coat with anatomic model

NAACP to Present Prestigious Spingarn Medal to UConn’s Dr. Cato T. Laurencin at 112th Annual Convention

Laurencin joins such previous Springarn recipients as Martin Luther King Jr., Maya Angelou, George Washington Carver, and more Read more.

Pain from the temporomandibular joint (TMJ, joint of the lower jaw) might be eased by destroying old cells, according to new research.

Killing Off Old Cells Might Mean Relief from Persistent Jaw Pain

'Senescent cells' resist the body's normal process of removing damaged cells Read more.

UCONN MAGAZINE

Farms = Food = Life

When alum Steven Were Omamo sees someone planting, he sees hope. The Nobel Peace Prize Committee seems to agree. Read more.

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

OVPR

UConn Health Researcher Establishing Research Mentorship Program for Underrepresented Students in STEM

MED

Podcast: Play Without Pain, Perform at Peak

MED

UConn Health Minute: Don’t Put Your Health on Hold

MED

Advanced Treatment for DVT

MED

Profile: Dr. Srimathi Manickaratnam

UCONN IN THE NEWS

The New York Times

How Swarms of Fireflies Sync Their Flashes

National Geographic

An Illegal Gold Rush is Igniting Attacks on Indigenous People In the Amazon

The New York Times

Happy? Sad? Stressed? How Drinking Became the Answer to Everything

Glamour

Maya Moore Isn’t Finished Working

The Hartford Courant

Agwunobi Was a Rising Star as CEO of UConn Health. He Now Takes Over at UConn Just As the University Returns to Full-Capacity

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