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Daily HeadlinesMarch 14, 2018

Today, students all over the country took part in 17-minute protests, one minute for each person who died in the high school massacre in Parkland, Florida. In this photo, students protest in front of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) office to urge Congress into changing gun laws on March 7 in Washington, D.C. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

The Parkland School Shooting: Keeping Memory Alive

'These days, people often think not just of permanent memorials on the ground, but of living memorials, efforts that will serve as education, that will motivate change,' says Ken Foote, a geography professor who studies the aftereffects of tragedy. Read more.

Tiffany Johnson of Bloomfield holds her son, Quincey, who was born at 25 weeks, weighing one pound 14 ounces. (Peter Morenus/UConn File Photo)

Brain Awareness: Can Caffeine Save the Tiniest Babies’ Brains?

Two UConn researchers are exploring ways to mitigate the effects of extended development outside the mother's womb on the brains of pre-term babies. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

OVPR Meet the Researcher: Diane Burgess, School of Pharmacy

MED 39-Year-Old Woman Beats Colon Cancer

UConn in the News

Ms. Magazine

The 2018 Women’s Marches by the Numbers

Newsweek

New Video Game Described as ‘Absurdly Sexist’

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