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Sub-Antarctic Chile. (Bernard Goffinet/Submitted Image)

The Art of Organisms Living in the Extreme

Images of Professor Bernard Goffinet's work debuted at the Chilean embassy this week, drawing attention to the tremendous and unaccounted for biodiversity in a region of that country. Read more.

Doctor checks the blood pressure of a senior woman.

More Aggressive Blood Pressure Control Benefits Brains of Older Adults

The UConn Health study followed 199 hypertension patients 75 years of age and older for 3 years. Read more.

A cartoon illustration of two wedges of Swiss cheese

300,000 Ways to Do Time with a Federal Crime

Mike Chase '11 JD details on Twitter and a new book some of the more ridiculous ways to run afoul of the law. Read more.

Caucasian female student smiles in front of UConn sign.

Meet the Researcher: Isabella Ferrante ’19, History

A UConn student turned her childhood love of history into a research project that took her from Stamford to the British National Archives to study World War I. Read more.

The barn sits watchful by the road (or The Barn), oil by Blanche Serban.

UConn Magazine: The Shape of Storrs

UConn is UConn because glacial ice slid by 20,000 years ago and shaped the landscape that today includes our iconic Horsebarn Hill, writes Robert Thorson. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

CAHNR Students and faculty study sustainable agriculture in Cuba

CLAS Targeting Alcohol Abuse with Emotion Regulation Strategies

ENG American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elects UConn’s Dr. Cato T. Laurencin

LAW Symposium Explores Polarization and Incivility

PHR Student Profile: Andrew Vilcinskas – Keeping (His) Life in Balance

UConn in the News

National Public Radio

Your Guide To The Massive (And Massively Complex) Opioid Litigation

CNN

Top 34 Bestselling ‘Fruit’ Drinks for Kids Deemed Unhealthy

Newsweek