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Adjunct professor Ryan O’Connor consults students enrolled in an Internet of Things course that uses emerging technology to improve plant life at UConn’s Spring Valley Farm. Students, from left, are Nicole Hamilton '19 (BUS), Tara Watrous '19 (CLAS), and Radhika Kanaskar '18 (BUS). (Claire Hall/UConn Photo)

Students Use High-Tech Analytics to Optimize Plant Growth

A course on the Internet of Things is introducing students to the use of data analytics and emerging technology in managing specialized facilities at UConn's Spring Valley Farm. Read more.

John Salamone, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Psychology, in the lab at the Bousfield Building. (Peter Morenus/UConn File Photo)

Moving the Motivation Meter

UConn researchers led by behavioral neuroscientist John Salamone have found that two experimental drugs boost motivation in rats, pointing the way to potential treatments. Read more.

White pharmaceutical pills spilling from prescription bottle over American map. (Stuart Richie/iStock/Getty Images)

The Opioid Crisis: Litigation, Gifts, and the Drug Companies

Law professor Alexandra Lahav discusses the significance of donations from drug companies to communities and organizations that had sued them over the opioid epidemic. Read more.

Christian Escotto-Rosado '19 (BUS), at the Stamford Campus. (Nathan Oldham/UConn Photo)

Stamford First-Generation Student Maximizes Opportunities

Stamford business major Christian Escotto-Rosado '19 (BUS) is soaking up every experience he can, including an internship at IBM and the chance to take part in the Student Managed Fund. Read more.

UConn defeated Liberty 5-3 to win the Big East Field Hockey Championship on Nov. 4, 2018. (Joel Coleman for UConn)

UConn Field Hockey to Face Rutgers in NCAA First Round

After winning its seventh straight Big East Tournament championship Sunday, UConn heads to Maryland to face Rutgers on Friday. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

ED The Power of Positive: UConn Co-Directs National Education Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions

ENG Senior Design Resources: Departmental Leads

ENG UConn, UMass Lowell, Georgia Tech to Collaborate with Industry on 3D Printing Research Supported by NSF

OVPR $3.8 Million Grant to Study Interpersonal Violence Exposure and Young Children

SSW Social Work Alumni Notch Wins in CT Legislative Races

UConn in the News

CNN

Your Grandma May Be Old, But That Doesn’t Mean You Will Be, Researchers Say

Self magazine

Does Work/Life Balance Exist in the Gig Economy?

Hearst news

Opinion: Hate Speech Flourishes When We Allow It

Science Daily

Alcohol industry health campaigns miss the mark by a longshot, study finds

Electronic Component News

Researchers Apply Human Ethics to Autonomous Machines

ESPN

Former UConn Volleyball Player on Breaking into Breaking News at CNN

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