WEEKLY HEADLINES

UConn chemistry department head Christian Brückner puts some of the items resembling elements in the interactive periodic table display being installed in the Chemistry Building

Chemistry Building’s Interactive Periodic Table Tells Stories, One Element at a Time

A collection decades in the making Read more.

UConn students John Durham and Mariel Beebe salute the Ultimate Sacrifice Memorial on the Storrs campus.

Veterans Day Provides Opportunity to Recognize UConn’s Military Community

Educating, training, and celebrating the 800 military-affiliated students at UConn Read more.

Screen shot of Zofia Baumann working with oysters in hopes to help restore Connecticut’s oyster populations.

Science in Seconds: Oyster Restoration

UConn Marine Science researcher Zofia Baumann has her eyes set on restoring Connecticut’s oyster populations Read more.

How Pathogens Hijack Immune System to Cause Vaccine-Enhanced Disease

UConn researchers are working to unlock a decades-long mystery that has hampered development of a walking pneumonia vaccine Read more.

Three different types of insect together on a wild flower, illustrating the kind of biodiversity and role in the food web that insects play.

‘Insects Need Our Help in a Warming World, Now’

If no action is taken to better understand and reduce the impact of climate change on insects, scientists warn we will drastically limit our chances of a sustainable future with healthy ecosystems Read more.

UCONN MAGAZINE

G-Man: Frank Figliuzzi's FBI Story

Frank Figliuzzi '87 JD, host of the podcast "The Bureau with Frank Figliuzzi," MSNBC analyst, and author of "The FBI Way," maintains a "fidelity, bravery, integrity" mission despite retirement. Read more.