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Daily HeadlinesOctober 27, 2016

Four institutions create research alliance for inquiry into metabolic diseases.

State’s Leading Institutions Launch International Effort to Advance Metabolic Research

UConn, Yale University, and the Jackson Laboratory linked with Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel to collaborate on projects that swiftly move investigations into clinical application and commercialization. Read more.

What Do We Know about Marijuana’s Medical Benefits?

A UConn expert from the Center for Advancement in Managing Pain says the research has been sparse and the results mixed. Read more.

Jonathan the Husky sits on a replica of the Iron Throne from the TV show Game of Thrones at the Ratcliffe Hicks Arena. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

HBO’s Escape Room Comes to Campus

UConn students are tackling HBO’s 'Escape the Expected,' featuring themed rooms from popular television shows 'Veep,' 'Silicon Valley,' and 'Game of Thrones.' Read more.

Rebekah Berger, BFA Acting ’19 and Pearl Matteson, BFA Acting ’19 in NUEVO CALIFORNIA by Bernardo Solano and Allan Havis, onstage through Nov 6, 2016 in Connecticut Repertory Theatre’s Studio Theatre. (Gerry Goodstein for UConn)

‘Nuevo California’ Explores Immigration, Borders, and Building Walls

The CRT production, which opens Oct. 27, is a futuristic play that is highly relevant to today's political climate. Read more.

UConn in the News

Smithsonian

How Virtual Reality Can Help Us Feel the Pain of Climate Change

Associated Press

Amtrak Upgrades: High-Speed Proposals Could Affect 8 States

Newsweek

South Bronx Blows Up the Clichés

Health Medicine Network

Seeing the Forest Through the Trees

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