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CLAS Commencement in 360 on May 6, 2018. (Bret Eckhardt/UConn Photo)

CLAS Commencement in 360° Virtual Reality

'Thank you to UConn, for loving us, pushing us, and turning us into the people we are today,' said Jill Durso '18 (CLAS), the student speaker at the CLAS Commencement ceremony on May 6. Read more.

Bliss Dasilva '10 (CAHNR), '18 (NUR) takes a selfie with classmates at the Carolyn Ladd Widmer Wing of Storrs Hall before the start of the School of Nursing Commencement procession on May 5. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Huskies Forever: Images from the 2018 Commencement Ceremonies

Recapping the caps and gowns of the Class of 2018. Read more.

A UConn landscape architecture student has applied the concept of resilience in developing a landscape plan for a test site that aims to integrate refugees into the local community, while developing resources they can use. (Giles Clarke/Getty Images)

A New Approach to Social Resilience – Through Landscape Architecture

A project led by graduate student Tao Wu aims to integrate refugees into the local community, while developing resources they can use. Read more.

A protester holding a placard saying 'We The People' in front of the U.S. Capitol Building. (Getty Images)

Better Understanding of Government Would Benefit Nation

UConn political scientist Brian Waddell says partisan battles about the proper role of government are based on a lack of understanding of what American Government actually does. Read more.

A view of the UConn Hartford campus on Aug. 14, 2017. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Honored for Preservation, Restoration of Historic Hartford Times Building

'The restoration demonstrates that preserving civic buildings can help revitalize Connecticut’s cities, while promoting interest in their history and culture,' said the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation. Read more.

Michael Pettes, left, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and Ph.D. student Wei Wu check a specially engineered device they created to exert strain on a semiconductor material only six atoms thick, on April 18, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Strain Improves Performance of Atomically Thin Semiconductor Material

UConn materials scientists have shown conclusively for the first time that the properties of atomically thin materials can be mechanically manipulated to enhance their performance. The finding could lead to faster computer processors and more efficient sensors. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

ENG DOE Grant Aims to Increase Resilience of Distributed Energy Resources

MED From Hospice to Carving Out a Future After Advanced Lung Cancer

OVPR Controlling Biofilms with Predictive Mathematical Models

CAHNR Course provides sweeping look at rise in infectious diseases

UConn in the News

TIME magazine

The Real Lesson of Kanye West’s Take on Slavery, According to an Expert

Popular Mechanics

Meet the Surprising Medical Material of the Future: Silk

The Scientist

How Bacteria Eat Penicillin