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Luyi Sun, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, and graduate student Songshan Zeng have created a group of ‘smart’ materials that alter their color and transparency properties in response to mechanical force Photo taken on July 20, 2016. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Novel Smart Materials Inspired by Sea Creatures

UConn researchers have created new materials that can change appearance and change back, just like squid and jellyfish. Read more.

A view of the north and south lanes of the Gold Star Bridge on April 16, 2009. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Keeping Connecticut’s Bridges Strong

The state's bridges will benefit from a new repair method developed at UConn using ultra-high performance concrete. Read more.

An artist's rendering of the student housing planned for the Stamford Campus. Expected to open for fall 2017, the apartments would house about 300 students.

Trustees Approve Historic Stamford Housing Plan

Apartments expected to open for fall 2017 would house about 300 students. Read more.

UConn Alumni welcome sign. (Defining Photo for UConn Foundation)

UConn Foundation Reports Second Largest Fundraising Total

The Foundation brought in $78.3 million in FY16. Read more.

IBM Interns: Jason Barry on June 15, 2016. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

IBM Internship Changes Student’s Career Plans

The rising junior went into his internship planning to be a software developer. Now he hopes to become a technology manager. Read more.

UConn in the News

U.S. News & World Report

10 Law Schools That Pay Off

Fortune

Two Years After Ferguson, What Has Changed?

The New Yorker

What Happened to the Ice Bucket Challenge?

Live Science

Are People More Likely to Cheat at the ‘Danger Age’ ?

USA Today

US Women’s Basketball Team Like Extended Family

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