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A fence topped with razor wire outside York County Detention Center in York, Pa.

UConn ‘Angels’ Bring Legal, Mental Health Aid to Asylum-Seekers

UConn students, faculty members, and alumni from across a range of disciplines come together each year to provide aid to asylum-seekers at two federal detention centers in Pennsylvania. Read more.

CIRCA 1987: Larry Bird #33 of the Boston Celtics playing the Pistons. (Photo by Jerry Wachter/Sports Imagery/Getty Images)

‘Trash Talk’ Really Can Put Players Off Their Game, UConn Researcher Finds

A study of 200 adults conducted by a graduate student confirmed the ability of trash talk to negatively affect the game performance of a competitor. Read more.

President Donald Trump stands before a portrait of President Andrew Jackson in the Oval Office.

Op-ed: Trump Wasn’t the First President to Confront the Supreme Court – And Back Down

A conflict between President Andrew Jackson and the U.S. Supreme Court yields lesson for contemporary politics, writes UConn School of Law Professor Bethany Berger. Read more.

Associate extension professor Tom Worthley sitting next to an established hackberry tree, a native species, outside the Young Building . (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Planting New Trees in the Wake of the Gypsy Moths

A good way to identify a new plant is by looking around your neighborhood or your property to see what is thriving, says Thomas Worthley, UConn Extension. Read more.

An aerial view of consruction work along North Eagleville Road that shows deep trenches and exposed pipe

Piping Up: Recent UConn Projects Benefit Economy and Environment

UConn's recent infrastructure improvements have both saved the school money and been good for the environment. Read more.

SURF student Grace Nichols '20 (CLAS) using software to measure response rates of mice with hopes of understanding Tinnitus. June 27, 2019. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Summer Undergraduate Researcher Grace Nichols ’20 (CLAS)

"A topic you might learn about in one slide or one lecture, you are now going in depth on and on the front lines," says Grace Nichols '20 (CLAS). Read more.

Schools and Colleges

CAHNR Pathobiology Lab Developed Test for Apollo 11 Moon Rocks

CAHNR Meet Alumnus Luigi Sartori

DENT Top Honors for Dental Faculty, Alumni at General Dentistry Meeting

ENG UConn’s New HuskyJet Brings 3D Printing to the Next Level

MED Ways to Naturally Lower Your Cholesterol

OVPR Nieforth Researcher Robert Mownn ’21 Looks to Identify the Molecular Mechanisms that Drive Drug Use

UConn in the News

Reuters

Bayer Could Benefit from Home Advantage in St. Louis Roundup Cancer Trial: Experts

The Atlantic

They Tried to Start a Church Without God. For a While, It Worked.