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Weekly Headlines

Hey UConn, What Are You Listening To?

Watch as Kailey Townsend '18 (CLAS) asks students around campus, 'What's currently playing in your headphones?' Read more.

Skeleton of Harry Eastlack (1933-1973), who had a rare disorder called fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva caused by a genetic mutation that transforms connective tissue, such as muscle, ligaments, and tendons, into bone, resulting in progressive fusion of all the joints in the skeletal system. (Memento Mütter Museum, under a Creative Commons License)

Bones in All the Wrong Places

UConn researchers have shown how a mutation causes certain cells in muscle tissue to develop into cartilage and bone at injury sites. Read more.

The last recorded Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) died nearly 100 years ago. (Wikimedia Commons)

The Tragic Story of America’s Only Native Parrot

In a world that faces extinction on a scale not seen in the past 65 million years, some may wonder: Aren’t there more important things to study? Read what UConn postdoc Kevin Burgio says about why the Carolina parakeet matters. Read more.

Norwyn Campbell '20 (ENG) in a hallway at Eddy Residence Hall on March 22, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Jamaican Student Eager to Explore New Perspectives

Biomedical engineering student Norwyn Campbell believes multiculturalism creates broader thinkers and paves the way for a global outlook. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

CLAS In Memoriam: Professor of Italian History Emiliana Noether

CAHNR Citrus tree has deep roots in UConn history

BUS xCITE 2018 Conference to Feature Women Technology Innovators

PHR Pharmacy Match Day Lifts UConn’s School of Pharmacy to a New England #1

UConn in the News

National Public Radio

A Brief History Of Gospel Music, From African Rhythms To ‘The Brooklyn Sound’

Business Fortnight

L’affaire Facebook should force users to be more aware

MSN

We’ve become numb to one of the biggest drivers of obesity

The Scientist

Antibiotics Increase Mouse Susceptibility to Dengue, West Nile, and Zika

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