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Daily HeadlinesOctober 17, 2018

Engineering doctoral student Reza Amin presents the QRFertile concept to a panel of judges during the Wolff New Venture Competition. (Eric Olson for UConn)

Male Fertility Test Developers Win Venture Competition

Through the Wolff New Venture Competition, a pair of biomedical engineering doctoral candidates won $20,000 to further develop an in-home device to measure male fertility. Read more.

Timothy Folta, professor of management, leads a class at the Graduate Business Learning Center in Hartford. (Peter Morenus/UConn File Photo)

Industry-Academic Program to Grow Entrepreneurial Know-How

The new program will provide aspiring entrepreneurs working as academic or industry researchers with customized training to help turn their technologies into businesses and products. Read more.

Animal science majors Maddie Dupre '22 (CAHNR), Erika Gilleran '22 (CAHNR), Gabriella Santiago '22 (CAHNR), and Emily Graham '22 (CAHNR) hose off Zeus, a 1-year-old German Shepherd. (Lucas Voghell '20 (CLAS)/UConn Photo)

Wash ‘n’ Wag

UConn's Pre-Vet Club welcomed area canines to a dog wash at the Ratcliffe Hicks Arena as a fundraiser on a recent Saturday. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

CAHNR Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture: an overview

ENG UConn Engineering Professor Laurencin Gives Plenary Lecture at MS&T 18 Conference

UConn in the News

The Scientist

Huge Arthropod Declines Documented in Puerto Rican Rainforest

Everyday Health

Are Interactions of Social Media Busting or Boosting Your Stress?

ReachMD

Infants More Likely to Learn When With Peer

Science Daily

Infants are More Likely to Learn When With a Peer

Hearst news

Chenoweth coming to UConn’s Jorgensen Center Saturday

Everyday Health

Chocolate Relieves Your Stress? Now Science Provides Some Backup

Research & Development

Calm the Immune System, Halt Premature Birth

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