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Daily HeadlinesAugust 5, 2020
A football game at the Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field. (Stephen Slade '89 (SFA) for UConn)

UConn Football Announces Cancellation of Fall 2020 Season in Response to Pandemic

UConn Athletics has cancelled all its games for the Fall 2020 season, citing ongoing public health concerns stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more.
UConn researcher Steven Kinsey hopes to find new chemicals inside the cannabis plant that could help relieve people's pain without the risk of addiction or abuse.

UConn Researcher Searches Cannabis Plant for New, Non-Opioid Pain Treatments

The goal of Steven Kinsey's grant-funded study is to find new chemicals inside the cannabis plant that could help relieve people's pain without the risk of addiction or abuse. Read more.
a student sitting on a bench

Summer Undergraduate Researcher Emma Burleigh ’21 (CLAS)

UConn rising senior Emma Burleigh is looking for a better understanding of the neuro networks for psychiatric disorders such as anxiety, PTSD, and depression. Read more.
Nurse standing outside emergency room door.

UConn Magazine: Baptism by Fire

“I’m not just learning how to be a good nurse, but how to be a good nurse in the middle of a pandemic,” says Mia Hrabcsak ’19 (NUR). Read more.

UConn in the News

Connecticut Public Radio

Giving The New Normal The Old College Try

Hearst Connecticut Media

The Future of Genetics: UConn Professor Building ‘Encyclopedia’ of Human Genes

Smithsonian Magazine

Should Plants and Animals That Relocate Because of Climate Change Be Considered Invasive?

Illinois Public Media

Should Lincoln’s Statues Come Down?

Inverse

Sarah McAnulty Has a Tentacle in Every Pot

Local 12 (Cincinnati)

A Living Legacy: Korey Stringer Institute Works to Prevent Sudden Death in Athletes

Wag

Whither Tokyo’s Summer Olympics?

The Hartford Courant

UConn Researcher Awarded $10M USDA Grant for Project to Decrease Use of Antibiotics in Poultry

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