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Daily HeadlinesMarch 6, 2018

UConn students on an Alternative Break trip to Birmingham, Alabama, help fix up a house in a low-income neighborhood. (Community Outreach/UConn Photo)

Alternative Spring Break Trips Offer Opportunities to Give Back

'People think college students don’t care in general, but this is a chance to show that they do,' says Alternative Break participant Megan Boyer '18 (CLAS). Read more.

Glenn Thierfeldt, a sophomore electrical engineer, at the Willis Nichols Hawley Armory for fencing practice on March 4, 2018. (Garrett Spahn/UConn Photo)

Touché! UConn’s Fencing Club

Fencing, a club sport at UConn, is a fast-paced form of swordplay that requires lightning-quick responses. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

PHR Who is Keeping Track of All Those Pills?

MED Parent Mentors Improve Latino Children’s Health Insurance Coverage Rates

UConn in the News

The Atlantic

Captive Orangutans Are Curious (But Wild Ones Are Not)

National Public Radio

A New Guide to Walden Pond

Associated Press

UConn still top team in AP women’s basketball poll

Broadway World

UConn’s Ballard Institute Presents “Spy Butterfly”

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