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The 7 Stages of Graduation Grief

Melanie Deziel | Posted 05.28.2012

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Melanie Deziel

I slowly started to realize that this wasn't the death of an identity, but an opportunity to create an entirely new one on my own terms. Finally, as this stage promised, things were looking up.

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UConn Ban Prompts Congressional Probe

AP | By PAT EATON-ROBB | Posted 04.09.2012

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HARTFORD, Conn. -- Two members of Congress are planning to take a closer look at the NCAA after Connecticut's men's basketball team was banned from ne...

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What Do Professors Do, Anyway?

Susan Herbst | Posted 04.04.2012

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Susan Herbst

"Do college professors work hard enough?" There are some across-the-board myths about academic life in general, and professors sometimes seem to be a target.

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UConn's Role in Shaping the Future of Medicine

Susan Herbst | Posted 05.23.2012

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Susan Herbst

"Personalized medicine" is opening the door to a whole new world of medical care -- one that would offer a tailor-made approach to treating and preventing health problems in individual patients.

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Not A Good Way To End The Season

Posted 03.16.2012

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This isn't the way UConn wanted to end the season. Not only did the Huskies fall short in their first game of the NCAA Tournament, losing to Iowa Stat...

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Defending NCAA Champs Knocked Out

AP | NANCY ARMOUR | Posted 05.15.2012

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The national champions are one and done, thanks to Iowa State. When Jim Calhoun and Connecticut will be back in the NCAA tour...

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No. 8 Iowa State vs. No. 9 UConn

Posted 03.12.2012

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The defending champion UConn Huskies will open their bid to repeat as national champions against the Iowa State Cyclones on Thursday evening in Louisv...

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UConn Working Overtime At MSG

AP | JIM O'CONNELL | Posted 05.07.2012

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NEW YORK — Shabazz Napier scored 26 points and Jeremy Lamb added 22 to lead Connecticut to its 13th straight postseason win, 71-67 in overtime o...

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UConn Beats DePaul To Open Big East Tournament

AP | JIM O'CONNELL | Posted 05.06.2012

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NEW YORK (AP) — Jeremy Lamb scored 25 points and Ryan Boatright added 19 to lead Connecticut to an 81-67 victory over DePaul on Tuesday in the openi...

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Calhoun Returns As UConn Wins Season Finale

AP | PAT EATON-ROBB | Posted 05.03.2012

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STORRS, Conn. — Jim Calhoun was advised not to return to the bench so soon after back surgery, and was supposed to take it easy if he did. So m...

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Title IX's Impact on My Life

Swin Cash | Posted 04.24.2012

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Swin Cash

Every person who participates in sports won't become a professional athlete. But everyone should have the same opportunities to chase their dreams. I may not have the same basketball gifts as a Kobe Bryant or LeBron James, but like them I was given a chance for equal play.

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UConn Stuns Villanova In OT With 29-Footer

AP | DAN GELSTON | Posted 04.21.2012

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Shabazz Napier swished a 29-footer with 0.6 seconds left in overtime, and Jeremy Lamb scored a career-high 32 points to help Con...

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UConn Revises Policy On Abuse Claims

AP | PAT EATON-ROBB | Posted 02.21.2012

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HARTFORD, Conn. — The University of Connecticut is drafting a policy that would require all employees to report any allegation of sexual abuse t...

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HIGHLIGHTS: No. 1 Baylor Battles No. 2 UConn

AP | By STEPHEN HAWKINS | Posted 12.19.2011

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WACO, Texas -- Brittney Griner scored 12 of her 25 points during the closing run that pushed top-ranked Baylor past No. 2 Connecticut 66-61 on Sunday ...

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How Far Will They Go? UConn Student Government Courts More Controversy

HuffingtonPost.com | Hayley Miller | Posted 11.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The University of Connecticut's student government has stripped senior class senator Colin Neary of his position following an early Nove...

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WATCH: UConn Player Posterizes Columbia Defender

The Huffington Post | Chris Greenberg | Posted 01.12.2012

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According to Urban Dictionary, "posterize" is defined as a "Basketball term meaning to embarrass some one usually while slamming the ball over them. I...

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UConn Students Try To Silence Occupy Wall Street Song

HuffingtonPost.com | Hayley Miller | Posted 01.08.2012

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WASHINGTON -- When the University of Connecticut's undergraduate student government invited rapper Jasiri X to perform Monday, there was one condition...

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Could New Rule Keep UConn From March Madness?

AP | Posted 12.28.2011

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By PAT EATON-ROBB, Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. -- Changes in NCAA rules adopted Thursday would keep defending national champion Connecticut fr...

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Going Global at UCONN: A Super CIBER Experience

Stacie Nevadomski Berdan | Posted 12.26.2011

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Sixty students from 15 universities -- 12 from across the U.S. and 3 international -- participated in the 8th Annual CIBER Case Challenge this past Saturday at the University of Connecticut in Storrs.

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UConn: NCAA Rules (Still) Don't Apply to Us

Warren K. Zola | Posted 11.04.2011

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Warren K. Zola

No available scholarship? No problem. Current player, Michael Andre Bradley, a 6'10" backup center, has decided to give up his scholarship so Drummond can join his team. Wait... what?

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UConn Shuttle Driver Charged In Student Death After Accident

Posted 09.17.2011

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The driver of a shuttle bus that killed a UConn student in March turned himself on Friday, after he was charged with negligent homicide. Lukasz Gil...

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UConn President: Let's Push Endowment Past $1B

AP | STEPHANIE REITZ | Posted 09.08.2011

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STORRS, Conn. — The University of Connecticut's new president says it needs to push its endowment fund past $1 billion, more than triple its cur...

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Burglar On Mission 'From God'

Posted 11.15.2011

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A man accused of breaking into a Farmington, Conn., home used one of the oldest excuses in the book -- make that the Good Book. That's right -- sus...

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Obama Honors NCAA Tournament Champions

AP | By STACY A. ANDERSON | Posted 07.17.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is proclaiming the Connecticut Huskies as the best college basketball team in the land. Obama honored the Univ...

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Kemba To Enter NBA Draft?

AP | Posted 06.11.2011

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STORRS, Conn. — Connecticut has called a news conference for Tuesday with guard Kemba Walker, where it is expected the junior star will announce...

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