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A book by UConn associate professor of political science Evelyn M. Simien, Historic Firsts: How Symbolic Empowerment Changes U.S. Politics on Jan. 22, 2016. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

A Candidate Like Me: Historic Firsts in U.S. Politics

Before Obama and Hillary Clinton came Chisholm and Jackson. A look at how trail-blazing candidates bring people into the electoral process.

Student-athlete Kyle Huson studying at the Homer Babbidge Library on Jan. 12, 2016. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Student-Athlete Strong: Kyle Huson

For ice hockey player Kyle Huson, to be a Husky is to be part of an outstanding athletic and academic tradition.

Bobtail squid. (Copyright Mattias Ormestad, www.kahikai.com, reproduced with permission)

The Science of Symbiosis and the Search for New Drugs

UConn researchers are studying bacteria living inside the Hawaiian bobtail squid in the search for new drugs to fight pathogens in humans.

UConn autism expert Deborah Fein suggests everyday activities for parents that help children during their critical early years. (iStock Photo)

New Book Helps Parents Help Kids at Risk of Autism

UConn autism experts suggest ways parents can adapt everyday activities to help children during their critical early years.

A student rests under a tree on the Great Lawn at the Storrs campus. (UConn File Photo)

A Look Back at 2015: Research at the Forefront

Twelve stories about UConn research that advances our understanding of the world around us.

Student-athlete Margaret Zimmer in a biology lab on Dec. 11, 2015. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Student-Athlete Strong: Margaret Zimmer

Zimmer, a member of the Women's Ice Hockey team, says UConn Athletics creates a culture that values the 'student' half of student-athlete.

Tom Scheinfeldt, associate professor of digital media. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Mellon Grant Puts Digital Publishing at the Front-line

A new Scholarly Communications Design Studio, funded through the Mellon Foundation, will help expand digital scholarship at UConn.

Election 2016 button with US flag map in map silhouette. (iStock Image)

Faculty Weigh In on 2016 Presidential Race

At a recent panel in Hartford, President Herbst and other political scientists predicted the winners of the GOP and Democratic primaries.

Images representing the Public Discourse Project. (Humanities Institute)

Research Projects Explore Meaningful Public Discourse

The Humanities Institute has funded 12 projects probing the nature of meaningful public discourse and identifying barriers to achieving it.

Linguistics researchers at UConn are asking children – with the help of a puppet – just how they learn to speak their native language. (Christine Buckley/UConn Photo)

A Child and a Puppet: How Children Learn Language

UConn linguistics researchers are using puppets to study how children learn a native language.