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Daily HeadlinesDecember 10, 2018

Jessica Lubell, associate professor of plant science, with hemp plants at the Floriculture Greenhouse. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Favoring Female Flowers in Hemp Horticulture

A UConn plant science professor working with hemp plants has developed a way to maximize the production of female flowers, which produce significantly higher quantities of cannabinoids than male flowers. Read more.

Conductor Paul McShee recounts a history of Margaret Bonds, a composer and activist who wrote during the 1950s and ‘60s, and whose composition “Montgomery Variations” was debuted on Dec. 6. (Lucas Voghell ’20 (CLAS)/UConn Photo)

UConn Symphony Premieres African-American Composer’s Work

The evening also highlighted the two student winners of this year's Concerto Competition. Read more.

The numbers worn by the two UConn greats will be will become unavailable in perpetuity following the ceremony in early March.

UConn to Retire the Numbers of Two Basketball Icons

Numbers 34 and 50 will become unavailable in perpetuity following a ceremony in early March. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

SSW SSW Faculty and Alumni Receive NASW Awards

OVPR Disrupting Alzheimer’s Protein BACE

ED Advancing Human Rights Education in Connecticut 70 Years After UDHR

SSW Dr. Parekh Presents on Strengths and Risk Factors of Aging Alone

UConn in the News

National Geographic

Exclusive Photos Show Deep-Sea Canyon in U.S. Waters Teeming With Life

Hearst news

Keep Bedbugs Off Your Holiday Guest List

Quartz

Apple’s Squid Emoji had Something Stuck to its Face for Two Years and No One Said Anything

Self magazine

3 Simple Things to Make Winter Running More Enjoyable

Inside Science

Rodent Study Suggests Hysterectomy May Affect Memory and Cognition

National Public Radio

Online Ads Are No Longer Paying The Bills For Journalism. What Do We Now?

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