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Rob Landolphi prepares vegan crab cakes at the Dining Services test kitchen in the Student Union.

New and Traditional Favorites Among Top 10 Campus Foods

North's Crepe Bar, South's Buffalo Chicken Wraps, and Towers' Cubano Sandwiches rank among the top 10 most-loved campus meals. Read more.

This artist's concept appeared on the Feb. 23, 2017 cover of the journal Nature announcing that the TRAPPIST-1 star, an ultra-cool dwarf, has seven Earth-size planets orbiting it. (NASA Image)

The Seven New Planets Next Door

UConn astronomy experts discuss NASA's recent revelation that astronomers had discovered a nearby star with seven Earth-like planets, three of them potentially able to support life. Read more.

Seaweed collected by reaching down to the bottom and pulling up the rake. The branching red seaweed and the amount collected in just one pass indicate that a large amount of nutrients are fertilizing the growth of seaweed in this bay. (Jamie Vaudrey/UConn Photo)

Researcher Unveils Tool for Cleaner Long Island Sound

A UConn ecologist has identified specific sources of nitrogen pollution along Long Island Sound, and shows municipalities what they can do to alleviate it. Read more.

Conceptual image of a broken heart. (elusivemuse via Getty Images)

Can You Really Experience a Broken Heart?

A UConn Health cardiologist discusses whether someone can experience physical symptoms of a broken heart after the death of a loved one. Read more.

An elderly man taking his pills. (Getty Images)

When Pills are the Problem: The Movement to Deprescribe

Do you still need all the meds you're taking? Clinical professor Sean Jeffery recommends reviewing your medications with your physician every year. Read more.

UConn 100 straight wins and counting graphic

100 Facts About the Historic 100th Win by Women’s Basketball

# 9. ESPN’s Rebecca Lobo hooped it up on an empty Gampel court in the morning – like she had played there before. Read more.

Nearly 2,000 students took part in the HuskyTHON dance marathon at the Greer Fieldhouse on Feb. 18, raising $836,174 for Connecticut Children's Medical Center. (Ryan Glista/UConn Photo)

HuskyTHON Puts the Fun in Fundraiser

This year's 18-hour dance marathon raised more than $836,174 for the Connecticut Children's Medical Center. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

BUS 2017 Business Hall of Fame

CAHNR CLEAR receives Provost’s Award for Excellence in Public Engagement

ED Del Siegle Named Neag School Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs

ENG Engineering Grad Students Working To Improve Bridge Monitoring

LAW Professor James Kwak’s New Book Explains Dangers of ‘Economism’

MED Love and Exercise Go Together for Long-Time Powerful Aging Participants

NUR School of Nursing Receives Prestigious Nursing Scholars Grant

PHR In Memoriam …

UConn in the News

Newsweek

Obama and Race: Color-blind Rhetoric Helped Forge Winning Coalition

The Atlantic

How a True-Crime Podcast Became a Mental-Health Support Group

STAT

Scientists, fishing for significance, get a meager catch

Smithsonian magazine

In the Congressional Fight Over Slavery, Decorum Went Out the Door

CNN

Silencing Elizabeth Warren: Gag rules have a long, dark history

Bloomberg

Bill Targeting Class Actions, MDLs Sent to House

Washington Post

A young boy, a devastating brain tumor and parents who ‘will do anything’

Science & Enterprise

Grid Computing Harnessed for Childhood Cancer Research

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