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The recommissioning ceremony for the R/V Connecticut held at the Avery Point campus on Sept. 13, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Research Vessel Recommissioned at UConn Avery Point

The 19-year-old R/V Connecticut has been upgraded over the past year and now has capacity for research missions at sea of up to two weeks. Read more.
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UConn’s Academics Remain Strong, but Finances Hamper New U.S. News Ranking

Consistent cuts in UConn’s state grant aid over the past several years helped to pull down the university's overall ranking. Read more.
The giant swallowtail butterfly, a newcomer to Connecticut, is one representative of increased biodiversity among insect species in the Northeast due to climate change. (Getty Images)

Insects Coping with Climate Change

Entomologist David Wagner says the number of insect species in Connecticut is increasing due to climate change. That's good news and bad. Read more.
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UConn Engineers Seek to Validate Methods of Testing Pyrrhotite in Concrete

The study, funded by UConn, aims to establish a rigorous framework for standardized testing. Read more.
Morton Katz '51 attending a UConn School of Law reunion event in 2015. (Spencer A. Sloan for UConn)

99-year-old Law School Alum Finds Purpose as Public Defender

WWII veteran Morton Katz '51 is still putting the lessons he learned at UConn Law to good use as a special public defender at Hartford Superior Court. Read more.
Aspiring young artist Nikhil, age 3, works on a façade of Game of Thrones’ Daenerys Targaryen accompanied by his father Arun.

Puppet Workshop Spotlights Local ‘Sheroes and Heroes’

UConn held two days of puppet-building workshops in preparation for the parade and pageant "Sheroes, Heroes, and other Champions of the Mansfield Community" that will take place Sunday in Dowtown Storrs. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

BUS UConn Prominent in Stamford Innovation Week 2018

OVPR Treating Acute Pain in Prehospital Settings

SFA Choral Concert Commemorates Those Lost to Gun Violence

SSW One Woman Makes a Difference

UConn in the News

TIME magazine

Fortnite Is a Huge Success — And a Sign of What’s to Come in Gaming

MSN

Purdue Pharma Is Offering Free Opioid Treatment in Legal Talks

National Geographic

UConn’s Scott Wallace: Revealing Uncontacted Tribes May Help Save Them

San Diego Tribune

Are You Drinking Enough Water?

Northeast Public Radio

On 75th Anniversary, A Fresh Look At Rockwell’s Four Freedoms

IEEE

The Prohibition-era Origins of the Police Radio

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