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Chemistry Ph.D. student Islam Mosa holds an ultrathin implantable bioelectronic device he developed that is powered by a novel supercapacitor capable of generating enough power to sustain a cardiac pacemaker. It is more biocompatible and lasts much longer than existing pacemaker batteries. (Photo courtesy Islam Mosa)

Innovative Device Could Offer New Hope for Heart Patients

A UConn graduate student is developing a new micro-scale power source that is significantly smaller and more efficient than the batteries used in most cardiac pacemakers today. Read more.
Winter has arrived in Standing Rock at the Oceti Sakowin Camp in North Dakota, the day after the Army Corps of Engineers denied the easement needed to build the pipeline. Despite driving snow and 40-plus mile an hour wind a group of 700-plus veterans and water protectors marched toward the barricade on highway 1806. (Photo by Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

UConn Expert on the Pipeline Protest at Standing Rock

Professor Barbara Gurr calls Sunday's ruling in the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's battle to defend their land, their water, and their treaty rights, a "pause." Read more.
Through a virtual architectural design, a UConn professor takes an ironic look at the relationship between border walls and the philosophical concept of a state. (Image by Augustin Avalos, Estudio Pi S.C., Hassanaly Ladha)

What Might a Wall with Mexico Look Like?

Through a virtual architectural design, a UConn professor takes an ironic look at the relationship between border walls and the philosophical concept of a state. Read more.
EM Drive in forward thrust configuration. (NASA Photo)

To Mars in 70 Days. Science Fiction or Fact?

Radical new propulsion system researched by NASA violates physics. UConn expert Brice Cassenti discusses whether the 'impossible' EM Drive is possible. Read more.
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Review of Student Fees Announced

A committee will review undergraduate and graduate fees that pay for non-academic programs ranging from student health services to transportation, room and board, and technology infrastructure. Read more.
A UConn a cappella supergroup sings 'Winter Wonderland.' (Elizabeth Caron/UConn Photo)

Happy Holidays, UConn Nation!

An a cappella supergroup – comprising more than 100 students from UConn’s nine a cappella groups – sings 'Winter Wonderland.' Read more.

UConn in the News

Fortune magazine

Here’s Why CNN Became a Lightning Rod for Accusations of Media Bias

Education Week

‘Fake News,’ Bogus Tweets Raise Stakes for Media Literacy

The Atlantic

Are Jews White?

Associated Press

UConn Not Sanctuary Campus But Will Help Immigrant Students

Reuters Health

Costs Vary for Moisturizers Used to Ease Eczema in Babies

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