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Daily HeadlinesApril 19, 2018

Ama Appiah '19 (CLAS), newly elected president of the Undergraduate Student Government. (Eric Yang '21 (CLAS)/UConn Photo)

Meet Ama Appiah – USG President

'I want to make sure every student reaches their maximum potential academically, socially, research-wise, and in any way I can,' says the newly elected president of UConn's Undergraduate Student Government. Read more.

Close-up of a spider web. A UConn materials science team has developed an innovative composite for healing broken load-bearing bones based on a protein found in the silk fibers spun by spiders. (Getty Images)

Spider Silk Key to New Bone-Fixing Composite

A UConn materials science team has developed an innovative composite for healing broken load-bearing bones based on a protein found in the silk fibers spun by spiders. Read more.

An 18-month-old girl is cuddled by her mother while asleep in bed. (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)

Light at Night Can Disrupt Circadian Rhythms in Children. Are There Long-Term Risks?

There are at least three reasons that too much light during the evening could matter to the health of children, and all are terrible: depression, suicide, and cancer, writes Richard Stevens of UConn Health. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

CLAS Unlocking the Genomic Mechanisms of the Atlantic Silverside

UConn in the News

Phys.org

Spider silk key to new bone-fixing composite

Washington Post

Moby caught flak for saying food stamps shouldn’t pay for junk food. But he’s right.

Phys.org

Republicans more persuasive than scientists on climate change

Laboratory

Republicans, Not Scientists, Most Persuasive on Climate Change

Chicago Tribune