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Olivia Narciso '17 (SFA) discusses how to develop her ornament with assistant professor of art Alison Paul. (Garrett Spahn/UConn Photo)

Students Design Ornaments for National Christmas Tree Display

Twelve ornaments created by UConn students will adorn the Connecticut tree that is part of this year's National Christmas Tree display in Washington, D.C. Read more.

Senate pages carry bound wooden boxes containing the Electoral College votes from the 50 states into the House of Representatives chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 4, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The Electoral College Vote: A Ritual of American Democracy

Looking ahead to Dec. 19, when electors in each state will cast their ballots, a UConn political scientist discusses the constitutional anomaly that the person elected as U.S. President may not be the winner of the popular vote. Read more.

Shipwreck from the medieval period. (Courtesy of Kroum Batchvarov)

Black Sea Project Discovers Unseen Medieval Ship

UConn nautical archaeologist Kroum Batchvarov says seeing the medieval shipwreck for the first time was 'a truly thrilling moment.' Read more.

Pramod Srivastava (left), director of the Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center at UConn Health, oversees students Nandini Acharya (foreground) and Stephanie Floyd in his lab. (Carolyn Pennington/UConn Health Photo)

Divining Tumor Markers from DNA

UConn Health researchers are part of a cutting-edge initiative to discover cancer markers known as neoantigens, that will further the search for cancer immunotherapies. Read more.

A collage made up of newspaper clippings pertaining to the December 2012 school shooting massacre in Newtown, Conn. (Allkindza/Getty Images)

UConn Student Navigates New Role in Years After Sandy Hook

Elizabeth Charash '18 (CLAS) was a high school student in Newtown at the time of the Sandy Hook school shootings. The tragedy has shaped her academics and activism. Read more.

UConn in the News

New York Times

Fake News and the Internet Shell Game

Wall Street Journal

Can’t Get to Sleep? Lay Off the Drugs

Washington Post

I love your family. But I dread your joyous holiday letters.

PBS Newshour

Using Ecstasy to treat PTSD: ‘I felt like my soul snapped back into place’

Christian Science Monitor

This American Sparrow Could be Gone in 50 years

Vox