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There Was a Time Reparations Were Actually Paid Out – Just Not to Formerly Enslaved People
The payments went to former slave owners and their descendants, not the enslaved or their legal heirs.
March 5, 2021 | Thomas Craemer, Associate Professor of Public Policy
The Research of Difference: How UConn Researchers are Tackling Anti-Racism
Black women and heart disease. Asian Americans and plantations. Slavery and…monsters? Find out how these anti-racism scholars are tackling issues of difference at UConn.
March 4, 2021 | Christine Buckley
Groundwater Information is No Longer Out of Depth
A UConn Ph.D. candidate and a faculty member have developed a novel way of gathering data about streams fed by groundwater that provide important insights about the possible effects of climate change.
March 4, 2021 | Elaina Hancock
Testing the Success of Their Communication Class, Scientists are Surprised
How do you measure the success of a science communication class? The answer is more complex than it may seem.
March 4, 2021 | Kim Krieger
How Safe is Baby Food? Company Reports Show Arsenic, Lead, and Other Heavy Metals
Since the amount of heavy metals varies so dramatically, food choices can make a difference.
March 4, 2021 | C. Michael White, School of Pharmacy
Walking For Climate Action
After UConn grad Hannah Bacon ’15 (CLAS) lost her job at an environmental nonprofit due to the pandemic, she decided to use her time off to walk across the country to raise money and awareness for climate action.
March 3, 2021 | Thomas Rettig, and Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
Musical Influencer Ben Folds Opens Jorgensen Digital Stage Spring Season
The multifaceted musician will perform virtually at UConn on March 4.
March 3, 2021 | Kenneth Best
UConn Magazine: Humanizing Human Rights
“My clients restore my faith in humanity,” says Ellen Messali ’10 JD of her immigration work with New Haven Legal Assistance.
March 3, 2021 | Jaclyn Severance
Miguel Cardona Named 1st UConn Grad to Serve as U.S. Secretary of Education
Neag School alumnus Miguel Cardona ’01 MA, ’04 6th Year, ’11 Ed.D., ’12 ELP, was confirmed on March 1 by the U.S. Senate.
March 2, 2021 | Shawn Kornegay
UConn Researchers Collaborate with TIP Company Shoreline Biome to Study Microbiome in NICU
UConn researchers recently published their findings on the microbiome of premature infants in the Connecticut Children's NICU, work they completed through a collaboration with TIP company Shoreline Biome.