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Weekly Headlines

Food Ads Target Black and Hispanic Youth with Unhealthy Products

Black children and teens each viewed an average of more than 16 food-related ads per day in 2017, compared to 8.8 ads-per-day for white children and 7.8 ads for white teens. Read more.

Senior brother tending to boy in hospital bed, Commenting on a recently published report by the Health Disparities Institute at UConn Health, its director says addressing health equity is not just a matter of social justice but, for Connecticut, may be a matter of economic survival. Among other statistics, the report notes that 11 percent of black boys report being threatened with a weapon at school in the past year, compared with less than 8 percent of Hispanic and white boys. (Getty Images)

Health Disparities Damage Men and Boys of Color and CT’s Economy

Commenting on a recently published report by the Health Disparities Institute at UConn Health, its director says addressing health equity is not just a matter of social justice but, for Connecticut, may be a matter of economic survival. Read more.

Erin Young, assistant professor of nursing, center, responds to a question during a UConn Science Salon on pain. Sittting at left is her husband and fellow pain researcher, assistant professor Kyle Baumbauer. (Peter Morenus/UConn File Photo)

Looking to the Day When Being a Woman in STEM Won’t Be an Issue

Pain researcher Erin Young can't wait for people to stop asking what it's like to be a woman in her field. Read more.

Sally Reis, left, and Rachel Rubin in the South Reading Room of Wilbur Cross Building on Jan. 3, 2019. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

UConn Joins BOLD Women’s Leadership Network

Each year, seven female UConn students will benefit from opportunities for career development and support, thanks to a grant from Helen Gurley Brown’s Pussycat Foundation. Read more.

Grace Pelletier '19 (CLAS), a cashier at the Union Central Exchange, loads a reusable tote bag with a purchase on Jan. 15, 2019. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Dining Services Ends Use Of Plastic Bags

The change supports the University’s ongoing sustainable efforts and is the result of a joint effort between Dining Services and the Zero Waste Campaign of UConnPIRG. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

MED Why Parents Might Rethink Raising Their Voice

CLAS All in the Family: Parental Influence on Language Acquisition in Children with Autism

BUS Online MSA Program Among Nation’s Top 10—Again

CAHNR Mechanical/Glass: Design and Fabrication Facility

PHR Shreya Kulkarni, Ph.D. candidate, awarded Baxter Young Investigator Award

UConn in the News

Inside Higher Ed

To Add Black College Students, Recruit Black Schoolteachers, Study Says

Hearst news

What Goes Out to DC Doesn’t Always Come Back to CT

The Atlantic

When It’s Time to Sell the Family Home

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