New Findings May Lead to Sea Change in Desalination Technology
UConn Today More than 300 million people around the world rely on desalinated water for part or all of their daily needs — a demand that will only grow …
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High School Students Take Mock Trial Seriously
UConn Today Je’Quana Orr ’18 JD just graduated from UConn School of Law, but the seeds of her legal career were sown 10 years earlier, when she was a …
New Bus Routes Reflect Campus Changes, Student Needs
Campus Life – UConn Today UConn’s evolving main campus and the changing needs of its students have led to adopting new routes for the HuskyGo bus system, starting …
Ovarian Cancer Cells Hoard Iron to Fuel Growth
Health – UConn Today An unexpected link between iron and fatty acids may be juicing the metabolism of ovarian cancer cells, report UConn Health researchers in the July 1 …
Nature and Knowledge at Our Doorstep
UConn Today Notes from the field At dusk on a cool, damp evening in late spring, a group of UConn students and researchers suit up in waders and descend …
The Rivalry Returns: UConn, Tennessee to Renew Series
Campus Life – UConn Today After a 12-year hiatus, the UConn and Tennessee women’s basketball programs will resume their historic series beginning in 2019-20, as announced by the Naismith …
Bitcoin Believers
Business – UConn Today On May 22, 2010, Floridian Laszlo Hanyecz ordered two pizzas from Domino’s. It’s not the kind of thing that usually makes the history books. Yet …
Jury finds Monsanto Liable in the first Roundup Cancer Trial – Here’s What Could Happen Next
Health – UConn Today In the first of many pending lawsuits to go to trial, a jury in San Francisco concluded on Aug. 10 that the plaintiff had developed cancer from …
Synchrony Keeps the Beat
UConn Today UConn neuroscientist Ed Large built a model of the brain that can predict the future. And then he taught it to dance. Synchrony, a musical light show …
Bridging the Health Care Gap
UConn Today Wizdom Powell, director of the Health Disparities Institute at UConn Health and professor of medicine. (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health Photo)Wizdom Powell is committed to eliminating health disparities, especially …
Preserving Green Spaces in Connecticut’s Changing Landscape
UConn Today The history of land use in Connecticut is one of dramatic but ongoing change. Perhaps most strikingly, the state was once covered in forests that were clear …
Construction Update, August 2018
Campus Life – UConn Today August is set to be a month of significant change at UConn Storrs as students return in droves and construction equipment, while not disappearing …
London Symphony Orchestra Records Fifth CD by Kenneth Fuchs
UConn Today This week UConn composer Kenneth Fuchs will release the fifth album of his original compositions recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra, “Spiritualist – Concerto for Piano and …
UConn Health’s Hybrid OR Expands Surgical Capabilities
Health – UConn Today This past spring, UConn Health’s neurosurgery chief Dr. Ketan Bulsara and his team were the first to perform surgery in UConn John Dempsey Hospital’s 1,200-square-foot …
Know Thyself: The Philosophy of Self-Knowledge
UConn Today UConn philosopher Mitchell S. Green leads a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) titled Know Thyself: The Value and Limits of Self-Knowledge on the online learning platform Coursera. The …
