UConn scientists are working with a biomarker to enable earlier detection of a condition that leads to age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in the U.S. Read more.

On this day in 1880 – Dec. 15 – brothers Charles and Augustus Storrs publicly announced a gift of land and cash to start an agricultural school that would become the University of Connecticut. Read more.

Under the agreement, UConn will maintain two of the nine houses previously slated for demolition and move forward with demolishing the remaining seven. Read more.