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WEEKLY HEADLINES

Hand with ballot papers and ballot box.

Voting Is Social Work: Empowering Social Workers to Empower Voters

'We've always believed that social work has the power to transform democracy' Read more.

UConn Hartford Housing Event at 64 Pratt Street in Hartford, CT

UConn Deepening Ties to Capital City With ‘UConn IN Hartford’ Initiative

'This is such a big deal because of what it’s going to lead to' Read more.

The Early Occupation of Sicily project team is hoping to detail the island's earliest human inhabitants and their impacts on the island ecosystem. Here they are investigating Ice Age hyena coprolites (fossilized feces). From left to right: Iris Querenet Onfroy de Breville, Peyton Carroll, Christian Tryon, and Ilaria Patania.

How Long Have Humans Called Sicily Home?

UConn researchers are collaborating to help answer this surprisingly tricky question Read more.

UConn alum Emilia Kwasniak at her job at Nickelodeon.

Three UConn Business Students/Alums Helped Shape Network News, Entertainment Industry This Year

‘When I walk into work every day I think: This job was made for me' Read more.

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

CLAS

Director of School of Public Policy Angela Eikenberry Named COPRA Chair

CLAS

Anthropologist César Abadía Barrero awarded 2024 Alejandro Ángel Escobar National Prize in Social and Human Sciences

MED

‘Campeonas’/Champions Encourage Discussion of Breast Cancer Screening Among Women

NUR

Healthcare Partners Visit the School of Nursing

PHR

School of Pharmacy Symposium Honors Freeze-Drying Pioneer Michael J. Pikal

UCONN IN THE NEWS

The Washington Post

Racism Was Called a Health Threat. Then Came the DEI Backlash

Los Angeles Times

Kids Are Sucking Down Baby Food Pouches at Record Rates. ‘We’re Going to Pay for It,’ Experts Say

Fox 61

UConn Researchers Use Seaweed to Extend Shelf Life of Strawberries

Education Week

Charter Schools Are in Uncharted Political Waters This Election Season

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