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The Hummingbird’s Tongue

National Public Radio

Puerto Rico’s Healthcare Debt Looms

PBS NewsHour

An Unconventional Principal

China Daily

Biologist’s Work to Control Bird Disease

Science

Earth Home to 3 Trillion Trees

Washington Post

Donald Trump Meet Wong Kim Ark

Associated Press

UConn’s Largest Freshman Class Starts in 2015

Unhealthy Food Advertising Targets Black and Hispanic Youth

A UConn study finds that black and Hispanic youth are disproportionately targeted with advertising for unhealthy food and beverages.

Don Quixote and other figures (mixed media) from “Master Peter’s Puppet Show” (2007) by Leslie Weinberg ’88 MFA, part of “The Work That Follows: 50 Years of UConn Puppeteers” at the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry. (Kenneth Best/UConn Photo)

Puppetry Festival a Homecoming for Alumni Puppeteers

Many alums are among the more than 500 puppeteers attending this week’s National Puppetry Festival, kicking off celebrations for the half-century of UConn puppet arts.

Biological illustration. (Angelina Reyes/UConn Photo)

The Art of Science

UConn's biological illustrator draws everything from elephants to insects, helping researchers illustrate books, reimagine extinct birds, and define new species of bugs.