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Daily HeadlinesAugust 17, 2017

Thousands gather with candles to march along the path that White Supremacists took the prior Friday with torches on the University of Virginia Campus in Charlottesville, United States on August 16, 2017. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Charlottesville: A Message to the UConn Community

'It is my commitment – it is my promise – that this will always remain a university that stands firmly for the virtues of democracy, equality, civil discourse, and human rights,' says President Herbst. Read more.

This illustration from 1879 depicts the reaction of a group of indigenous people in South America when the lunar eclipse Christopher Columbus predicted actually happened on Feb. 29, 1504. (Camille Flammarion (Astronomie Populaire 1879) via Wikimedia Commons)

Eclipse as Omen: The Human Response

A UConn philosophy professor who has studied early astronomy across cultures discusses how humans have interpreted eclipses in history. Read more.

David Martinelli (standing), assistant professor of neuroscience, works with Rohit Makol '20 (ENG), an undergraduate in the UConn Health summer internship program. (Frank Barton/UConn Health Photo)

New Program Pairs Undergraduates with UConn Health Researchers

Forty UConn undergraduates in the Health Research Program worked with scientists at UConn Health this summer to explore different fields of medical research. Read more.

UConn in the News

Washington Post

Heather Heyer is part of a long tradition of white anti-racism activists

The Hill

Adequate healthcare starts in our communities

American Theatre

Looking In: Teen Theatre That Keeps It Real

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