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Stephen Hawes '17 (ENG) holds a 3-D printed prosthetic hand on Feb. 1, 2016. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Helping Hand: Student Designs Prosthetic Limb

Undergraduate Stephen Hawes used an IDEA grant to design a low-cost customizable prosthetic hand, using 3-D printing and open source software. Read more.

Megan Chapman, left, Odrine Belot, and Alana Pearl on the track at the Sherman Family Sports Complex on Sept. 18, 2015. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Good-Luck Charms and Game-Day Rituals

What some UConn student-athletes do to get their heads in the game. Read more.

Nursing professor Angela Starkweather at the School of Nursing, with a sensory analysis test underway in the background, on March 1, 2016. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Understanding Pain, from Cells to Systems

A new center at UConn is devoted to finding answers to chronic pain. Read more.

Children eating breakfast at school. (Shutterstock Photo)

School Breakfasts Support Healthy Weight, Study Shows

Researchers say middle schoolers who eat breakfast at school are less likely to be overweight or obese than those who skip breakfast. Read more.

UCTV. (Ryan Glista '16 (CLAS)/UConn Photo)

On Air: UCTV

A peek behind the scenes at UConn's student-run television station. Read more.

UConn in the News

ESPN

President Obama Predicts UConn Will Retain Women’s Title

USA Today

Experts Lobby for Policy Change in H.S. Injury Prevention

National Geographic

Gut Microbes Can Quickly Evolve From Foe to Friend

ESPN

Bilas: You Have to Appreciate What UConn is Doing

New York Times

Googling is Believing: Trumping the Informed Citizen

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