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A "Tan for a Cause" celebrity mixer event hosted by Jackie Warner of Bravo's "Workout" held at Sunstyle Tanning in West Hollywood, California.

Tanning Beds: A Carcinogen at the Gym

'Indoor tanning is the same class of carcinogen as tobacco, radon, and arsenic,' says UConn psychologist Sherry Pagoto. Read more.

American legal system challenge as a flag with stripes tangled with a justice scale. (wildpixel/iStock/Getty Images Plus)

Post-Filibuster: Confirming a Supreme Court Nominee in the New Era

Political scientist David Yalof discusses the process of selecting a Supreme Court Justice now that established norms have changed. Read more.

A new UConn study provides proof that tiny levels of antibiotics found in the environment can result in antibiotic-resistant bacteria. (Elizabeth Caron/UConn Photo)

Leeches Help Solve Antibiotic Mystery Spanning Two Continents

A new UConn study provides proof that tiny levels of antibiotics found in the environment can result in antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Read more.

Nicole LaPierre '11 (ED), '12 MA, works with students in a classroom during her student teaching practice. Pierre is now an elementary teacher at Cider Hill School in Wilton, Conn. (Paul Horton for UConn)

UConn Responds to Need for K-12 Mandarin Teachers

The program will be taught on two different levels – in the five-year Integrated Bachelor’s and Master’s Program and the post-graduate Teacher Certification Program. Read more.

A female deer and her fawn are captured on camera by UConn researchers, part of a project to gather abundance data on the state's deer population. (Jennifer Kilburn/UConn Photo)

Camera Traps, Citizen Science, Help Track State’s Animal Populations

In order to conserve the species that are here, we have to know more about what we have. UConn researchers are collecting data on animals and birds in the state. Read more.

Board Names Presidential Search Advisory Committee

The advisory committee will interview final candidates and share their evaluations of them with the Board of Trustees, which is ultimately responsible for voting to name the president. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

ENG UConn Bridge Repair Could Save The Connecticut Taxpayer Millions of Dollars

ENG Molten-Salt Reactors: Paving the Way for Future Nuclear Research

MED Tracking Opioid Overdoses in Real-Time to Save More Lives

UConn in the News

Newsweek

Flying Train that Travels at 400 Miles Per Hour Unlikely to Take Flight

National Public Radio

UConn’s Mike Stanton Talks Boxing Legend Rocky Marciano

Vox

3 Book Recommendations on the Problems of Globalism

Associated Press