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Why You Should Never Flush a Tick

Taking it to be tested at UConn instead could reap some pretty significant rewards. Read more.

The syphilis-causing bacteria T. pallidum sports this protein on its outer surface. The gold ribbons show the barrel-shaped portion. The green, red, blue, and purple sections stick out and can be recognized by the immune system. They, or similar portions of other surface proteins, are potential targets for a vaccine. (UConn Health Spirochete Lab Illustration)

Syphilis Discovery Raises Possibility of Vaccine

UConn Health researchers have identified proteins on the outside of the bacteria, opening up the possibility of the world's first vaccine. Read more.

Chip leader Jamie Gold, left, of California and second place chip holder Allen Cunningham of Nevada compete during the World Series of Poker no-limit Texas Hold 'em main event in Las Vegas in 2006. The top prize was $12 million. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Poker Has a ‘Tell’ About Strategic Thinkers

A new study on high-stakes poker reveals how people process information in competitive settings. Read more.

UConn Faces Challenges in Setting FY19 Budgets

Reflecting reductions in state financial support and rising fringe benefit costs, UConn’s proposed FY19 budget was released today, prior to a Board of Trustees vote on June 27. Read more.

The Engineering and Science Building will open in the fall, with researchers moving beginning in July. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

UConn Celebrates Opening of Innovative New Engineering & Science Building

The new building addresses a pressing need for space within the School of Engineering, where enrollment has doubled over the past decade. Read more.

Launch of New Hartford Passenger Line Part of ‘Train Renaissance’

UConn finance and real estate professor Jeffrey Cohen on the new Hartford Line train service, which debuts on Saturday. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

BUS xCITE Conference Fosters Camaraderie Among Women Entrepreneurs

CAHNR UConn Hosts Inaugural Brain Research Symposium

CAHNR CAHNR provides many undergrad research opportunities

UConn in the News

Bloomberg

Disasters Are Getting Costlier, So the U.S. Government Is Buying Reinsurance

The Atlantic

How to Tame a Zombie Fungus

Brookings TechTank

UConn’s Yaraghi: A case against the General Data Protection Regulation

Washington Post

The U.S. diet is a climate disaster. Here are 4 fixes.

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