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Daily HeadlinesFebruary 21, 2019

From left, Kerry Jones '19 (ENG), Ryan Heilemann '19 (ENG), and Josh Steil '19 (ENG) look on as their drone takes off for a test flight on Horsebarn Hill in Storrs. (Christopher Larosa/UConn Photo)

UConn-Sikorsky Team Engineers Autonomous Firefighting Drone

Three senior engineering students collaborated this year with industry leader Sikorsky to build a firefighting drone. Read more.

Op-ed: Charter Schools Exploit Lucrative Loophole that Would Be Easy to Close

The charter school industry is engaging in questionable business practices that allow people who own and run charter schools to make large profits. The time has come for oversight, says education professor Preston Green. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

ENG Javidi Wins 2019 C.E.K. Mees Medal from The Optical Society

UConn in the News

Associated Press

UConn’s Mark Drought: The ‘Surprisingly Sensible’ 28th Constitutional Amendment

Newsday

The Point: What will Crowley do now?

Desert News

Politicians get panned for offering ‘thoughts and prayers’ instead of policy action. What about faith leaders?

Fortune

The Human Rights Campaign: Black LGBTQ Youth Feel Depressed and Unsafe

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