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Two baseballs, one signed by the music students, the other by the baseball team. (Kenneth Best/UConn Photo)

Finding Common Ground: Opera and Baseball

The UConn baseball team and UConn's opera company spent some time on each other's turf this year, and found they have much in common. Read more.

Close-up of the Declaration of Independence. (Getty Images)

America’s Ongoing Struggle for Equal Rights

'Our contradictions are built into our political DNA,' says UConn historian Richard D. Brown. Read more.

Sandra Weller, left, and postdoctoral fellow Lorry Grady, examine a sample. (Janine Gelineau/UConn Health Photo)

Thinking like an Entrepreneur to Advance Science

Sandra Weller has adapted her decades of research on herpes simplex to address the related cytomegalovirus, which has even more serious effects. She hopes her work will lead to a treatment option with commercial potential. Read more.

MBA student Shirley Tarabochia (left), JohnDePuma (center), founder of a gluten-free pasta business, and Wayne Bragg, instructor-in-residence in the School of Business. Tarabochia helped DePuma upgrade his business practices. (UConn School of Business Photo)

Gluten-Free and Worry-Free: Pasta Business Gets Help from MBA Student

MBA student Shirley Tarabochia helped the founder of a gluten-free pasta business upgrade his business practices. Read more.

UConn Adopts Provisional FY18 Spending Plan, Pending New State Data

UConn’s Board of Trustees adopted baseline FY18 spending plans on Wednesday to carry the University into the new budget year, but will meet again later to adopt new versions once the General Assembly adopts a statewide budget. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

LAW Student Daniel Hanley Gives TEDx Talk on Market Consolidation

MED WNBA Connecticut Sun Teams with UConn Health Doctors

UConn in the News

The Atlantic

The Logic of Trump’s Sexist Attacks

Washington Post

Here’s how the country’s top coaches tackled their own kids’ sports challenges

Inside Higher Ed

Old Criticisms, New Threats

Education Week

Too Few English-Language Learners in Gifted Classes