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Four institutions create research alliance for inquiry into metabolic diseases.

State’s Leading Institutions Launch International Effort to Advance Metabolic Research

UConn, Yale University, and the Jackson Laboratory linked with Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel to collaborate on projects that swiftly move investigations into clinical application and commercialization. Read more.

Phoebe Szarek '17 (ENG) helps eighth grade students from Carmen Arace Middle School in Bloomfield build robotic hands at the Student Union Ballroom on Oct. 5, 2016. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn a Leader in Closing the Engineering Gender Gap

A recent report in The Washington Post says UConn saw the largest five-year gain in female engineering graduates among 90 public institutions nationally. Read more.

A bird's eye view of Hartford, showing the site of the new Downtown Campus in relation to other resources in the city. (Elizabeth Caron/UConn Photo)

UConn Returns to Downtown Hartford

UConn will soon return to the heart of the city, with a brand new downtown campus that is expected to open for classes in August 2017. Read more in the ongoing series 'Look to the Future: UConn Hartford.' Read more.

Lead radiology tech, Sharie Whittley, guides a patient through a mammogram. The Beekley Imaging Center at UConn Health has two advanced 3-D mammogram (tomosynthesis) machines. (Paul Horton for UConn)

Eliminating the Wait and Worry of Breast Cancer Screenings

'Our goal is to get each woman their screening results in 15 minutes,' says the head of women's imaging at UConn Health. Read more.

UConn's Kia Nurse on the court. Nurse has been honored in the preseason by the American Athletic Conference. (Stephen Slade '89 (SFA) for UConn)

UConn Junior Named Preseason Player of the Year

Women's basketball player Kia Nurse has been honored in the preseason by the American Athletic Conference. Read more.

Jonathan the Husky sits on a replica of the Iron Throne from the TV show Game of Thrones at the Ratcliffe Hicks Arena. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

HBO’s Escape Room Comes to Campus

UConn students are tackling HBO’s 'Escape the Expected,' featuring themed rooms from popular television shows 'Veep,' 'Silicon Valley,' and 'Game of Thrones.' Read more.