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Rob Landolphi prepares vegan crab cakes at the Dining Services test kitchen in the Student Union.

New and Traditional Favorites Among Top 10 Campus Foods

North's Crepe Bar, South's Buffalo Chicken Wraps, and Towers' Cubano Sandwiches rank among the top 10 most-loved campus meals. Read more.

Barack Obama at a campaign stop in 2007. AP Photo/Nati Harnik

Op-ed: How Obama’s Presidential Campaign Changed View of Black Candidates

Black politicians throughout U.S. history have struggled to overcome deep, negative stereotypes held by white Americans. Obama succeeded at the highest level. Here's how. Read more.

The alcohol industry still makes ads appealing to youth. Girl in shopping cart image via www.shutterstock.com.

Op-ed: Joe Camel in a Bottle

Two researchers at UConn Health say alcohol companies failed to follow their own ad rules during the 2017 Super Bowl. Read more.

Conceptual image of a broken heart. (elusivemuse via Getty Images)

Can You Really Experience a Broken Heart?

A UConn Health cardiologist discusses whether someone can experience physical symptoms of a broken heart after the death of a loved one. Read more.

Mostafa Analoui, executive director of venture development., right, speaks with Ying Liu of ReinEsse LLC at the Cell and Genome Sciences Building in Farmington on Feb. 8, 2017. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Growing New Ventures at UConn

UConn's new director of venture development says Connecticut has all the right ingredients for success in commercializing university research. Read more.

Katie Koshes, freshman softball pitcher. (Athletic Communications Photo)

Connecticut Native Ready for Softball Season

Katie Koshes, a former two-sport athlete at Amity Regional High School, will wear a UConn uniform for the first time in a regular season game this Friday. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

ENG Engineering Grad Students Working To Improve Bridge Monitoring

CLAS 2017 ‘Leadership Legacy’ Students

BUS 2017 Business Hall of Fame

CAHNR CLEAR receives Provost’s Award for Excellence in Public Engagement

SFA UConn Collegium Musicum Set for Rare Performance of Brockes-Passion

PHR In Memoriam …

UConn in the News

Washington Post

This is what we learned by counting the women’s marches

Boston Globe

In ‘The Price for Their Pound of Flesh,’ black bodies matter

Washington Post

A young boy, a devastating brain tumor and parents who ‘will do anything’

Health Medicine Network

Cold and Flu Myths: Best, Worst Ways to Treat Winter Viruses

WebMD

The Shame of ‘Fat Shaming’

ESPN

UConn women roll past Cincinnati to pick up 98th straight win

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