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UConn Public Policy Interns Serve Connecticut
Forty students from the Department of Public Policy are currently interning in public agency and nonprofit offices across Connecticut, including Hartford City Hall and the Department of Children and Families.
Scientists Discover Evidence of Early Human Innovation, Pushing Back Evolutionary Timeline
A UConn anthropologist was part of a team that discovered evidence of relatively sophisticated human activities dated tens of thousands of years earlier than previous evidence in eastern Africa.
Op-ed: While Mexico Plays Politics with Water, Some Cities Flood, Others Go Dry
Mexican officials frequently treat water distribution and treatment not as public services but as political favors, observes a UConn political scientist, based on her research.
The Parkland School Shooting: Keeping Memory Alive
'These days, people often think not just of permanent memorials on the ground, but of living memorials, efforts that will serve as education, that will motivate change,' says Ken Foote, a geography professor who studies the aftereffects of tragedy.
Brain Awareness: Can Caffeine Save the Tiniest Babies’ Brains?
Two UConn researchers are exploring ways to mitigate the effects of extended development outside the mother's womb on the brains of pre-term babies.
Brain Awareness: Brainstorming Better Seizure Treatments
UConn researchers are studying the complex science of seizures, with the ultimate goal of developing new, more targeted, anti-seizure treatments.
What Trump Should Know About Kim Jong Un
'If he does indeed meet with Kim Jong Un, President Trump will need to understand what makes the North Korean leader tick,' says political scientist Stephen Dyson.
Brain Awareness: Soccer Players May Offer Clues to Collective Movement
Flocking as a behavior is found among inanimate objects as well as living beings. Does that mean the brain doesn't have to think about it?
Coveted Class: Asian American Literature
'I try to make the experience of Asian American people relevant to non-Asian Americans,' says English professor and Asian American studies director Cathy Schlund-Vials.
Very Special Snowflakes
If you have a theorem in mind you believe holds true for all possible curves, you may want to test it against a snowflake, according to UConn mathematician Vyron Vellis.