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Daily HeadlinesMarch 16, 2018

Law School’s DACA Clinic Advises Clients of Their Rights

The clinic offers consultations to young people affected by the discontinuation of the DACA immigration policy and provides valuable work experience for law students. Read more.

Cover image for UConn Health Journal, The Brain Issue. (Getty Images)

The Most Complicated Object in the Universe

UConn Health Journal: UConn Health pioneers explore new frontiers to better understand one of humankind’s perpetual mysteries. Read more.

In this Olorgesailie Basin excavation site, red ocher pigments were found with Middle Stone Age artifacts. The light brown and gray layers provide evidence of ancient soils and of landscapes affected by earthquakes and other seismic activity, factors that rapidly altered the environment and resources on which human ancestors depended for survival. (Human Origins Program, Smithsonian)

Scientists Discover Evidence of Early Human Innovation, Pushing Back Evolutionary Timeline

A UConn anthropologist was part of a team that discovered evidence of relatively sophisticated human activities dated tens of thousands of years earlier than previous evidence in eastern Africa. Read more.

UConn in the News

Washington Post

Prince of Providence: Notorious mayor gets stage treatment

Associated Press

Book about notorious Rhode Island mayor to be made into play

Health News Digest

Brain Awareness: Toward Growing an Artificial Mind

CNBC

4 ways the March Madness athletes can teach you to win at work

Science Daily

Scientists discover evidence of early human innovation, pushing back evolutionary timeline

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