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Daily HeadlinesMarch 13, 2019

Ashley Jacques '20 (BUS), right, in Ireland, with a friend in the program, Isabelle Lee from Fordham University. (Submitted Photo)

Education Abroad: Ashley Jacques ’20, Dublin, Ireland

'I am now kicking myself that I did not do a full semester,' says Ashley Jacques '20 (BUS), as she recalls the summer she spent with an Education Abroad program in Ireland last year. Read more.

A severed 3D-printed shoe pad repairing itself (Submitted Photo/An Xin and Kunhao Yu)

Where the Rubber Hits the Road, Breaks, and Repairs Itself

Researchers at UConn and USC put the rubber objects through strength tests that proved not only was regeneration possible, but regeneration at nearly 100 percent strength. Read more.

Meaghan Perdue, a developmental psychology graduate student, who gave birth to a child in November.

First Steps: UConn Partners on Child Care Fellowship

A new private-public fellowship program is intended to make it easier for new UConn parents to return to research. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

LAW Former U.S. Solicitor General to Speak at Commencement

UConn in the News

National Public Radio

Computers Behind The Wheel: The Promises And Perils Of Autonomous Vehicles

Associated Press

Thoreau’s great insight for the Anthropocene: Wildness is an attitude, not a place

Huffington Post

A Law Named After A Brutally Murdered Boxer-Pit Bull Becomes A Model For Fighting Animal Abuse

Science Codex

Revamping Science: Social Justice Voices Want a Place at the Evidence Table

CBS News

How “Big Data” Gives Insurers a Giant Edge Over Consumers

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