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Daily HeadlinesApril 26, 2019

The Keney Memorial Clock Tower in Hartford. (Tom Rettig/UConn Photo)

Students Use Modern Engineering to Restore Historic Hartford Tower

Keney Memorial Clock Tower's original chimes are now ringing again, thanks to a partnership between UConn and the City of Hartford. Read more.

Matt Kenny takes a slide during the 1996 Oozeball tournament, a part of Spring Weekend. (Jonathan Cohen/UConn File Photo)

Oozeball: Thirty-six Years of Getting Dirty

Oozeball is an activity that spans generations of UConn students. This year's tournament will be played on Saturday, April 27. Read more.

Aaliyah Habeeb (King Henry) and Sebastian Nagpal (Hal) in Shakesepeare’s HENRY IV onstage at Connecticut Repertory Theatre through May 5. (Gerry Goodstein for UConn)

‘When a Woman Can Be King’: CRT’s Production of Henry IV

Aaliyah Habeeb plays King Henry and Michele Tauber Falstaff in Shakespeare's epic coming-of-age story of privilege, politics, and power, at the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre April 25-May 5. Read more.

Finches enjoying human junk food on the Galapagos Islands. A new UConn study found that finches drawn to junk food experience changes in their gut microbiota as compared to finches that don't encounter human food. (Kiyoko Gotanda, University of Cambridge)

Junk Food Irresistible, Even for Birds

A new UConn study found that finches drawn to junk food experience changes in their gut microbiota and body mass as compared to finches that don't encounter human food. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

BUS Prudential Immersion Bootcamps Offer UConn Students Real-World Exposure

LAW Law Associate Dean Darcy Kirk Receives Library Association Award

CAHNR Meet The Researcher: Analyse Giordano, CAHNR ’20

MED New Chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Celebrated

UConn in the News

Washington Post

A Sneaker that Fixes Itself? It Could be Coming Soon.

Dentistry Today

Topical Anesthetic Improves Oral Mucositis Pain Treatment

LA Times

A Sixth-Grader Sick of Coloring Skipped Six Grades to Attend Cal State L.A.