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WEEKLY HEADLINES      

Breaking Barriers – the First Patient in the World Receives Moderna mRNA Trial Infusion for Glycogen Storage Disease at UConn Health

Loveah Hernandez, a brave 20-year-old from Texas, is contributing to science as the first person in the world to receive the Moderna mRNA infusion as part of the Ba1ance Trial for GSD-Ia at UConn Health. Read more.

People walking in line on road, painted on asphalt, one person walking off.

Understanding Segregation and School Choice

Programs that worsen marginalization and stratification present a challenge for policymakers Read more.

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Reflecting on the Impact of Conservation Training Partnerships

While UConn’s unique Conservation Training Partnerships program has concluded its five-year run, the environmental projects it inspired and relationships it established continue to support Connecticut communities Read more.

Students playing the cello, violin, and piano who are participating in the Jorgensen Outreach for Youth program

Jorgensen Conservatory Program Helps Area Teens Find JOY! in Music

'It's completely changed my life. I wouldn't be a professional musician without it' Read more.

Michelle Hernandez holding the mounted spicebush specimen

Herbarium Milestone: Preserving our Past, Present, and Future

'This is a record of the natural history of the state' Read more.

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

DENT

Dental Students Help Beautify Hartford

DENT

Podcast: Cycling Coast to Coast to Help Kids

MED

UConn Health Minute: Treating Prolapse and Incontinence

MED

Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr. Katherine Coyner Named Prestigious ELAM Fellow

MED

Consortium Honors 4 From UConn Health

UCONN IN THE NEWS

NBC News

How Connecticut Became the First State to Require — and Fund — Teaching Asian American History

Vox

What Would It Mean to Treat Guns the Way We Treat Cars?

WFSB-TV, Hartford

Updates on Connecticut’s Maternal Health Coverage Announced

Hearst Connecticut Media

Why UConn’s Jim Penders Shared Emotional Moment with Father on Maryland Field

Food Manufacturing

Changes Coming to School Meals Nationwide

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