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Daily HeadlinesApril 5, 2019

Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS) at London Bridge during her Education Abroad experience in summer 2018.

Education Abroad: Anna Zarra Aldrich ’20, London, England

People 'asked me a lot of questions about American politics and we talked a lot about Brexit. Working and meeting with different people was a huge part of the experience,' says Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS). Read more.

Angeline Nunez, left, and Tiffany Nguyen from Two Rivers Magnet Middle School in East Hartford were among the nearly 240 8th-grade girls from middle schools around the state who came to campus Wednesday for a one-day conference aimed at exposing them to female role models in the STEM fields. (Christopher LaRosa/UConn Photo)

Multiplying Their Options

Nearly 240 8th-grade girls from middle schools around the state came to campus Wednesday for a one-day conference aimed at exposing them to female role models in the STEM fields. Read more.

Elic Weitzel, examines some bones in the lab at Beach Hall. (Roxanne Lebenzon/UConn Photo)

Food for Thought: Why Did We Ever Start Farming?

Findings support the idea that domestication happened in times when there was less than an ideal amount of food, says Elic Weitzel, a Ph.D. student in anthropology. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

OVPR Meet the Researcher: Isabella Saraceni, SFA ’19

UConn in the News

Broadway World

UConn’s Ballard Institute Presents ‘Holy Puppets: Performing Objects in the Middle Ages’

NBC New York

Fact Check: Trump’s Wind Power Claims

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