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Daily HeadlinesMay 8, 2019

UConn’s beloved 'swing tree' beside Mirror Lake, now reaching the twilight of its natural life, will live on through dozens of healthy seedlings that are being nurtured by horticulture professor Mark Brand at the Floriculture Greenhouse. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Dozens of Seedlings Thriving as Iconic ‘Swing Tree’ Descendants

UConn’s beloved 'swing tree' beside Mirror Lake, now reaching the twilight of its natural life, will live on through dozens of healthy seedlings that are being nurtured in a campus greenhouse. Read more.

The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry is celebrating Puppet Arts program director Bart Roccoberton’s career as puppeteer and educator with an exhibition of nearly 100 puppets he and his collaborators and students created. Shown here are Captain Kidd (back) and Dougie Hutchins from 'Tales of the Leatherman'. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

From Building Puppets to Building Puppeteers

The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry is celebrating Puppet Arts program director Bart Roccoberton’s career as puppeteer and educator with an exhibition of nearly 100 puppets he and his collaborators and students created. Read more.

A view of the Waugh sundial outside the Benton Museum. (Lucas Voghell '20 (CLAS)/UConn Photo)

The Hazards of Living on the Right Side of a Time Zone Border

The more we learn about circadian disruption, the better we can blunt its impact, writes Richard G. Stevens, UConn Health professor. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

DENT Outstanding Women in Medicine and Science Honored

MED On a Mission to Save Lives from Melanoma

MED Celebrating Nurses Week: Spotlight on Julie Valentine

PHR Chamberlin Receives Prestigious Award as Pharmacy Educator

UConn in the News

Hearst news

UConn’s Berger: The Proposed Eminent Domain Law Would Hurt CT

U.S. Navy

Student Projects Address Navy Needs

Everyday Health

New Study Reveals MS May Be a ‘Disease of Aging’

Associated Press

The Hazards of Living on the Right Side of a Time Zone Border

Hearst news

It’s Graduation Season. Here is Who’s Speaking

Inside Higher Ed

Commencement Speakers Announced

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