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Weekly Headlines

20th Culinary Olympics Showcases Skills of Dining Services Chefs

UConn’s Department of Dining Services will hold its 20th Culinary Olympics on Tuesday, Jan. 14 at the Rome Ballroom in Storrs. Read more.

UConn Students Behind New State Law to Help Verbally Impaired

Materials from students in the UConn Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities are helping emergency responders communicate. Read more.

UConn Startup Brings Collaborative Robotics to Children with Special Needs

Movia Robotics, Inc. (Movia), based in Bristol, Connecticut, has developed technology that helps children on the autism spectrum with social skills, learning readiness, and academics. Read more.

UConn Ranked No. 11 in Sustainability University Rankings

UConn is just one of two United States institutions to be ranked in top 20. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

CAHNR Meet undergraduate student Dante Vittor

CAHNR Plant Diagnostic Lab’s leader solves biological puzzles

MED Profile: Dr. Setareh Alipour

MED UConn Empowering the HIV Community

MED UConn Physicians Among Hartford Magazine’s 2019 ‘Best Docs’

MED UConn Health Minute: Rapid Recovery After Joint Surgery

UConn in the News

The Hartford Courant

‘Mighty’ Mice Back on Earth Via SpaceX

The Washington Post

Major Drugstore Chains Sue Doctors in Sprawling Federal Opioid Case

Yahoo! News

Trump Walks Back Threat To Commit War Crimes Against Iran’s Cultural Sites

CNN

Meet The Scientist Trying to Travel Back in Time

Fox Business

Gyms Across America Promote Risky Tanning Beds

FairWarning

Concerns Raised Over Capacity to Inspect Overseas Drug Makers

Healio Primary Care

Kratom’s Risk Obscured By ‘Soft Data’

The Hartford Courant

50 Things To Do To Get You Through A Connecticut Winter (Nos. 29, 45)

Chemical and Engineering News

Mentoring For Excellence

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