Trouble viewing this email? View in Browser

Daily HeadlinesMay 4, 2018

Richard A. Robinson '79 (CLAS) has been appointed as the next chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court. Here he is pictured as a speaker on a panel at UConn Law in 2016. (Spencer Sloan for UConn)

UConn Alum Named State’s First African-American Chief Justice

'Make sure that your reach exceeds your grasp,' Richard A. Robinson '79 (CLAS), once advised students. Read more.

Vince Pistritto '18 (CLAS, SFA), one of six current UConn undergraduates who have won NSF Graduate Research Fellowships, at the Chemistry Building. Pistritto plans to pursue a Ph.D. in chemical catalysis. (Ellen Yang '18 (CLAS)/UConn Photo)

A Dozen UConn Students, Alums Win NSF Graduate Fellowships

UConn students in fields as varied as chemical engineering, physics, and political science, have earned support from the National Science Foundation for their graduate work. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

DENT Board of Directors Honors Dr. Douglas Peterson

SFA A Playwright’s Process: an Interview with Michael Bradford

UConn in the News

CNN

Move over, ‘sit still’! Why kids need to move in school

Washington Post

Pruitt’s EPA denies climate science. Republicans can correct him. Will they?

Vox

Did Rudy Giuliani just get Trump in legal trouble? 11 legal experts respond

Futurity

If sea slugs take ‘eternal energy’ from algae, can we?

University Communications

University of Connecticut

34 North Eagleville Road, Unit 3144

Storrs, Connecticut 06269

universitycommunications.uconn.edu