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Daily HeadlinesApril 9, 2019

Drug Discovery Partnership with AI Biotech Company Reaps Promising Early Results

At UConn Health, the technology is being used to pursue therapeutic treatments for strokes, for which there is “an urgent need for novel therapies that can move rapidly into clinical trials,” says Rajkumar Verma. Read more.

Prader Willi stem cells. (Yaling Liu/UConn Photo)

UConn and Foundation for Prader-Willi Research Create Stem Cell Biobank

The biobank will be able to supply induced-pluripotent stem cells for Prader-Willi syndrome to researchers throughout the world. Read more.

From left, Ajshe Zulfi ’21 (BUS), Catherine Qiu ’21 (CLAS), and Helen Bian ’21 (CLAS) won the 2019 Wellness Case Competition on April 5 with their proposal for 'Wellness Points' to foster student well-being. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

‘Wellness Points’ Plan Wins Campus Competition

Three sophomores won the 2019 Wellness Case Competition with a proposal to offer points to UConn students for attending various wellness programs on campus. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

LAW Professor Alexandra Lahav Wins Teaching Award

PHR UConn and Yale Researchers Collaborate to Cure Deadly Glioblastoma Multiforme

CLAS Sample Some Nightshade or Belladonna at this ‘Toxic’ New London Taproom

ENG Meet The Researcher: Sina Shahbazmohamadi, REFINE Center at UConn Tech Park

BUS Student Consulting Group Earns First-Place in Region

UConn in the News

Bloomberg News

New York Lawmakers Could Trigger Release of Trump Tax Returns

Business Insider

NASA Selects Two New Space Tech Research Institutes for Smart Habitats

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