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UConn Health geneticist Blanka Rogina studying in her lab
Science in Seconds – Eating Less, Living Longer

A UConn Health geneticist is studying whether it's ever too late to improve a person's health and diet Read more.

close-up of sprouting plants

New Research on Plant Stem Cells Shines Light on How Plants Grow Stronger

We shouldn't ignore the potential of stem cells in plants, according to new UConn research Read more.

Chopping herbs to be included in a salad dressing during a competition held at the UCann Cook Camp at Gelfenbien Commons on July 18, 2019.

Plans for UConn’s Food Innovation Center Heat Up

With need confirmed by industry, the Food Innovation Center would aim to support new and existing businesses in the state Read more.

R/V Connecticut

UConn Researchers Set Sail for Wind Study

Faculty and graduate student researchers have embarked from Avery Point for an up-close investigation of offshore wind power and its effect on the marine environment Read more.

Image of vast permafrost

Arctic Capillaries: An Eye-Opening Symptom in a Swiftly Changing Landscape

'We identified more than 1 billion individualized ice wedge polygons, and there are billions left to be mapped, but this is the first effort' Read more.

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

CLAS

Meet New Director of Africana Studies, Evelyn Simien

CLAS

Guozhen Lu named Fellow of the Association for Women in Mathematics

DENT

Recent Awards in the School of Dental Medicine

ED

Meet the Neag School’s 2024-25 Alumni Board

LAW

UConn Law Welcomes Exceptional Incoming Class

MED

Connecting for Sickle Cell

NUR

UConn Nursing Hosted its Annual Ceremony for Juniors Transitioning to Clinical Practice

UCONN IN THE NEWS

National Geographic

This Little Bird Tells the Story of the East Coast’s Disappearing Marshes

Vermont Public

How a Connecticut Law is Tackling Endometriosis, a Common, Painful Disease That’s Hard to Diagnose

Scripps News

Cash-Back Fees at Dollar Stores and Other Retailers Are Steep, Affect Some Communities Disproportionately

Fox 61

Team of UConn Students Create Underwater Robot Known as ‘Bigo Bot’

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