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Session Cookies:
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Used for things like keeping you logged in during a single session
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First-Party Cookies:
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Page views and time spent on pages
Click paths (how users move from page to page)
Bounce rate (users who leave without interacting)
User demographics (location, language, device)
Referring websites (how users arrived at the site)
Here’s how you can disable cookies in common browsers:
Open Chrome and click the three vertical dots in the top-right corner.
Go to Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data.
Choose your preferred option:
Block all cookies (not recommended, can break most websites).
Block third-party cookies (can block ads and tracking cookies).
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Go to Settings > Privacy & Security.
Under the Enhanced Tracking Protection section, choose Strict to block most cookies or Custom to manually choose which cookies to block.
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Go to Preferences > Privacy.
Check Block all cookies to stop all cookies, or select options to block third-party cookies.
Open Edge and click the three horizontal dots in the top-right corner.
Go to Settings > Privacy, search, and services > Cookies and site permissions.
Select your cookie settings from there, including blocking all cookies or blocking third-party cookies.
For Safari on iOS: Go to Settings > Safari > Privacy & Security > Block All Cookies.
For Chrome on Android: Open the app, tap the three dots, go to Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies.
Disabling cookies can make your online experience more difficult. Some websites may not load properly, or you may be logged out frequently. Also, certain features may not work as expected.
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
4-6 p.m.
Storrs Hall, Room WW16 (Storrs Campus)
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As part of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminar series on Quantum Technology Applications for Engineering Systems, the School of CEE, and the Eversource Energy Center have co-invited Prof. Bing Yan, from Rochester Institute of Technology to give a guest lecture on “A Novel Integrated Quantum Computing Approach for Unit Commitment”, this Wednesday November 19 at 1 PM. The lecture will be held virtually. Please see the attached flyer for more information!
The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) is launching the first annual Featured Research Art & Media Exhibit (FRAME) Contest to highlight striking research images, graphics, or artwork; winning entries will be displayed in OVPR spaces. The competition runs from September 8 to December 31 (extended deadline). For more information, visit the FRAME Contest page from OVPR.
Visit the Benton Museum of Art on the UConn Storrs campus for the special panel A Discussion at the Intersection of Art, Science, and Engineering on Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 4:30pm!
The panel is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Clouds: A Collaboration with Fluid Dynamics. The exhibition is a collaboration between the Benton Museum and the UConn College of Engineering (Professor George Matheou, recipient of a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award focusing on clouds), and is on view until December 14, 2025.
Panelists are:
For more information about the event and the panelists, visit the event's calendar listing. For any inquiries, please contact Prof. George Matheou (matheou@uconn.edu).
