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2017 UConn tassel and graduation book

Commencement 2017

Clad for the first time in blue, the Class of 2017 will soon collect their diplomas. Read about the diverse students who make up the class, the commencement speakers who will address them, the historical moments that marked their UConn years, and the careers that await them. Read more.

UConn Health researchers have found a connection between chili peppers and marijuana that could lead to new therapies for gastrointestinal disease. (Yesenia Carrero/UConn Illustration)

Chili Pepper and Marijuana Calm the Gut

UConn Health researchers have found a connection between chili peppers and marijuana that could lead to new therapies for gastrointestinal disease. Read more.

Mark Driscoll holds the product that Shoreline Biome is developing -- a kit for identifying and quantifying the bacteria in the human microbiome. This kit takes 96 samples, such as human stool, cracks open the bacteria, and selects a 'fingerprint' region of the bacterial DNA to send off to DNA sequencing. The fingerprint region allows the bacteria to be identified down to the subspecies level. (Janine Gelineau/UConn Health Photo)

UConn Incubator Companies Raise $39.9 Million in 2016

The University’s Technology Incubation Program experienced record growth last year. Read more.

Prof. Mike Stanton’s newswriting class on 'Journalism in the Age of Trump' at the Konover Auditorium on April 10, 2017. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Now is a Good Time to Be Training Young Journalists

With hostility toward the press at a historic high and public trust in the media low, why are UConn journalism professors so excited to be teaching the next generation of reporters? Read more.

Sweet Dimension: 3-D Printed Chocolate

UConn engineering students 3-D printed customized chocolates for their senior design project. Read more.

OOzeball at North Campus on April 22, 2017. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

OOzeball: When the Mud Sticks

Students immersed themselves in mud and Husky tradition with the annual game of mud volleyball this past weekend. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

MED Recruitment Begins for World’s First Ovarian Cancer Vaccine Trial

PHR Loyalty to UConn and their Profession Characterize Funaro Family

CAHNR UConn Dairy Science Home to One of Nation’s Top Dairy Herds

SFA ‘Star Crossed Lovers’ to be Final Symphony Performance

UConn in the News

University Chronicle

UConn Makes Top 5 Greenest Colleges for 2017

Money Magazine

The 25 Best Public Colleges for Big Paychecks

Money Magazine

Social Security Is Mailing Statements. Here’s Why That’s a Problem

Associated Press

UConn Husky Jonathan assists with wedding proposal

Glamour

Kia Nurse one of Glamour’s 2017 College Women of the Year

NBC Today Show

This woman’s Fitbit didn’t simply encourage her to walk — it saved her life

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