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'Life changing' is how the families of kids with serious, chronic illnesses describe their experiences with UConn athletic teams through a program known as Team IMPACT. (Jason Reider/UConn Athletic Marketing Photo)

Team IMPACT: A Winning Way to Heal

'Life changing' is how the families of kids with serious and chronic illnesses describe their experiences with UConn athletic teams through a program known as Team IMPACT. Read more.
Madison Reed home hair color founder and CEO Amy Errett '79 (CLAS) welcomes UConn students on their trip to Silicon Valley. (Submitted Photo)

Student Entrepreneurs Spend Spring Break in Silicon Valley

'This trip is really important for our students to see first-hand how the spirit of entrepreneurship works in a real setting,' said UConn's David Noble. Read more.
Amanda Moreau ’13 RN and Chad Eichman ’16 RN in the Emergency Department of UConn Health on March 6, 2019. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Life Work: Training to be a Nurse

Student nursing opportunities at UConn Health provide undergraduates in the field a chance to transfer knowledge from theory to practice. Read more.
Erosion along the banks of Wamassee Creek on St. Catherines Island caused a tree to fall in 2013, exposing a burial ground from the period just before and just after European contact. Intensive excavations followed to recover and protect burials threatened by erosion. Following consultation with appropriate Indigenous representatives, the St. Catherines Island Foundation partnered with multiple research groups to explore the archaeology, bioarchaeology, ancient DNA, stable isotopes, geophysics, radiocarbon dating, geoarchaeology, and ancient proteomics at the Fallen Tree site. Photo by Caitria O’Shaughnessy.

Snapshot: Deborah Bolnick, St. Catherines Island

A glimpse into a UConn research project located off the coast of Georgia, on an island inhabited by Indigenous peoples for thousands of years. Read more.
The Thomas J. Dodd Research Center. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Racial and Economic Justice Group Wins 2019 Dodd Human Rights Prize

The Equal Justice Initiative and its founder will be recognized Nov. 6 for their efforts to combat inequality and injustice. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

ED Joseph Cooper Releases New Book: ‘From Exploitation Back to Empowerment’

CAHNR Safety training prepares Connecticut’s fishing industry

BUS xCITE Event Focuses on Next Gen of Women Entrepreneurs

MED UConn’s Cranial Nerve and Brainstem Disorder Program a Regional 1st

UConn in the News

Associated Press

UConn Students Develop Device to Help Keep Navy Sailors From Getting Injured

Associated Press

Officials Unveil Draft ‘Blue Plan’ for Protecting Long Island Sound

Associated Press

From ‘Wild Horses’ to ‘Wild Things,’ a Window into Maurice Sendak’s Creative Process

Reuters

Jury Finding Upends Bayer’s Roundup Defense Strategy: Experts

Food Management

UConn Dining Goes “Buggy” With Insect-based Pop-up Meal

UPI

Lower Blood Pressure Boosts Brain Function in Elderly, Study Says

New York Times

A Wall Divides a Connecticut Town

New York Times

UConn’s Sinha Cited in The Black Gun Owner Next Door

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