On mistaking the sound of bullfrogs in Windham, Connecticut, for an enemy invasion in 1754:

"Apparently, it was pretty embarrassing for the colonists back then."

Susan Herrick, herpetology professor, "PBS Newshour," Aug. 3, 2023

On her forecast model for predicting potential ocean heat waves:

"No one wants to pull up a crab trap full of dead crabs."

Samantha Siedlecki, marine sciences professor, Science, Aug. 23, 2023

On the dangers of heatstroke:

"Climate change has taken this into the everyday world for the everyday American citizen. You don't have to be a laborer working for twelve hours, you don't have to be a soldier in training. This is making it affect so many people even just during daily living."

Douglas Casa '97 Ph.D., kinesiology professor and director of UConn's Korey Stringer Institute, The New Yorker, Aug. 28, 2023

On what people don't know about him:

"I'm a theater buff. I'm on the O'Neill Theater board, on the Bushnell board. I love theater. I could go to theater almost every day."

Jim Calhoun, former UConn MBB coach, News 8, Sept. 15, 2023

On wildfires in Canada killing crops in the U.S.:

"All the native pollinators — they don't go out when there is smoke "¦ Pollination didn't happen, and the blossom dropped."

Shuresh Ghimire, UConn Extension horticulture educator, CT Mirror, Aug. 3, 2023

On the speed and efficiency with which AI discovers drugs like halicin:

"Not only can halicin kill many species of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, it is also structurally distinct from prior antibiotics. This discovery is groundbreaking because antibiotic-resistant superbugs are a major public health issue that traditional methods have largely failed to address."

Bowen Lou, business professor, Vox, Aug. 25, 2023

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