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Daily HeadlinesMay 4, 2017

On the day before the mission, we were able visit the launchpad. This was NASA Orbital ATK's seventh mission as part of the Commercial Resupply Services Program for the International Space Station. The Cygnus Spacecraft, which held supplies along with several experiments to be conducted on the Space Station, rested on an Atlas V 401 rocket. Cygnus docked onto the International Space Station, and will be there until July 17, 2017. After its time is up, the Cygnus spacecraft will perform a controlled destructive reentry back to Earth. (Rafeed Hussain/UConn Photo)

Student Photographer Covers NASA Rocket Launch

Environmental science major Rafeed Hussain ’17 (CLAS) was selected as one of 20 members of the public to cover the launch of a NASA rocket to the International Space Station on social media. Read more.

Graduating senior Brian Kelleher '17 (SFA), right, checks his phone for text messages. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Get Plugged in for Commencement

A new texting tool gives UConn a new way to reach soon-to-be graduates and their families coming to campus for graduation. Read more.

Soon-to-be-graduates visit some familiar places on campus for photo opps wearing their caps and gowns. (Ryan Glista/UConn Photo)

Class of 2017 Ready for the Big Day

Soon-to-be-graduates visit some familiar places on campus for photo opps wearing their caps and gowns. Read more.

This year, for the first time, the UConn Office of Alumni Relations will distribute legacy medals to graduating seniors who have a parent, grandparent, or sibling who graduated from UConn.

New Legacy Medals for Students with UConn Parents

The engraved, pewter medals recognize students who have made UConn part of their family tradition. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

MED Law Changer Among UConn Health’s Nightingale Nurses

MED Patient ‘Feels Like New Woman’ After Minimally Invasive Procedure

CAHNR Researcher studies dietary bioactive compounds and their impact on chronic disease

UConn in the News

Associated Press

Perception of racism a shadow cast over Boston

Associated Press

Eversource Center at UConn, Plymouth State partner for outage prediction

New York Daily News

Civil War revisionism still shames America

Associated Press

Former UConn star Toby Kimball dead at 74; played in NBA

MSN

Could Eating a Second Breakfast Help You Lose Weight?

Broadway World

Jamie LaVerdiere to Lead 1776, Helmed by Terrence Mann at CT Repertory Theatre

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