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President Susan Herbst will step down in summer 2019, after eight years as president of the University of Connecticut. (Peter Morenus/UConn File Photo)

Herbst to Step Down as President in Summer 2019

Herbst is the 15th president of the University, and the first woman to hold the position since the school was founded in 1881. Read more.

The lighter citrus plants have been edited using CRISPR to alter the phytoene desaturase (PDS) gene, which gives them a white color. (Yi Li/UConn Photo)

These CRISPR-modified Crops Don’t Count as GMOs

Plant science professor Yi Li discusses a strategy for editing the DNA of plants that holds promise of countering a devastating citrus disease and creating easy-to-maintain lawns. Read more.

A sad little boy in a Syrian refugee camp in Turkey. (Getty Images)

Many Migrants Can Take Nothing for Granted

As a growing number of host nations raise concerns about national security, migrants are often denied their basic human rights, says sociology professor Bandana Purkayastha. Read more.

Small bronze plaques in memory of victims of the Holocaust are seen between the paving stones of the Jewish Ghetto in Rome, Italy. The Roman Jewish Ghetto was originally established by Pope Paul IV in July 1555 as a walled quarter with its gates locked at night and survived until the walls were torn down in September 1870 when it the neighborhood remained the heart of the city's Jewish community. In October 1943 the Holocaust reached Rome when German Nazi troops entered the area and deported over 2,000 Jews, of which only about 100 survived the war. The quarter today is a bustling neighborhood famous for its ethnic Jewish food and restaurants. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)

Op-ed: We Need to Rethink How to Teach the Holocaust

Twenty-two percent of millennials have not heard of, or are not sure if they have heard of the Holocaust. Why this matters. Read more.

Senior man controlling his blood pressure at home. (Getty Images)

Improving Heart Health Could Prevent Frailty in Old Age

Many think frailty is an inevitable consequence of aging, but a new study found that severe frailty was far less likely in those with low heart disease risk factors. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

BUS Innovation Quest (iQ) Sets Participation Record

CLAS Meet the Researcher: Jacqueline Loss, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

CLAS Industry Grant Funds New Active Learning Classroom

MED UConn Health’s Allergy Nurse to the Rescue

UConn in the News

Associated Press

Taking on the System: ‘Dreamers’ are Getting Law Degrees

WIRED magazine

Congress is about to Learn Just How Little Science Knows about Tech Addiction

Playbill

Terrence Mann and Liz Larsen Will Star in Sweeney Todd in Concert