{"id":79401,"date":"2013-06-18T08:19:12","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T12:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=79401"},"modified":"2013-06-27T09:25:04","modified_gmt":"2013-06-27T13:25:04","slug":"uconn-news-roundup-61813","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2013\/06\/uconn-news-roundup-61813\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn News Roundup 6\/18\/13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UConn is on the move \u2013 and the media are taking notice.<\/p>\n<p>From the expertise of our renowned faculty to inspiring student achievements, UConn pride is spreading locally, nationally, and globally. Take a look at our roundup of some recent major stories:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/new-york-times-logo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-79424 alignright img-responsive lazyload\" alt=\"New York Times Logo\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/new-york-times-logo.jpg\" width=\"149\" height=\"31\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 149px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 149\/31;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Diagnosing Autism and Overcoming Symptoms<\/b><\/p>\n<p>UConn psychology professor Deborah Fein weighs in on the need for resources and funding to help children diagnosed with autism in the <b><i>Boston Globe,<\/i><\/b> and is referenced in <b><i>The New York Times <\/i><\/b>for a study about children who have overcome autism symptoms. Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/news\/nation\/2013\/03\/20\/awareness-rises-does-rate-autism-diagnosis\/TbdMHGygXo2P3huL11TWEK\/story.html\">the Boston Globe story<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/01\/17\/health\/some-with-autism-diagnosis-can-recover-study-finds.html?_r=1&amp;\">the New York Times story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/cbs-news.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-79427 alignright img-responsive lazyload\" alt=\"CBS News Logo\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/cbs-news.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"35\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/35;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>High Five for the Class of 2013<\/b><\/p>\n<p>UConn ranks #5 of flagship universities <b>whose graduates earn the highest starting salaries, as reported by CBS News. <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/8301-505145_162-57573646\/which-state-university-grads-earn-the-most\/\">Read the story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/new-york-times-logo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-79424 alignright img-responsive lazyload\" alt=\"New York Times Logo\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/new-york-times-logo.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"33\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/33;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>AEDs over EKGs<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In a recent <b>New York Times<\/b> article about young athletes and heat stroke, UConn professor and COO of the Korey Stringer Institute Douglas Casa advocates for athletic trainers and training on automatic external defibrillators (AEDs). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/05\/12\/sports\/safety-advocates-focus-on-hidden-threats-to-young-athletes.html?ref=todayspaper&amp;_r=1&amp;pagewanted=all&amp;\">Read the story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/nature-com-logo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-79430 alignright img-responsive lazyload\" alt=\"Nature.com Logo\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/nature-com-logo.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"32\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/32;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Tracking Cicadas, All in a Day\u2019s Work<\/b><\/p>\n<p>As Connecticut awaits the emergence of billions of cicadas, UConn evolutionary biology professor John Cooley is on the road, tracking the insects that have lived underground for the past 17 years. He talks to <b><i>nature.com<\/i><\/b> about the importance of his cicada research. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/long-lived-insects-raise-prime-riddle-1.13080\">Read the story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Looking for more UConn news coverage like this? Keep reading <a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/\">UConn Today<\/a> and follow UConn\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/social.uconn.edu\/\">social media accounts<\/a> for daily news, photos, and more. We\u2019re on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UConn\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/109735252575990812669\">Google Plus<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UConn\">Twitter<\/a>, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read what UConn experts say about resources to help autistic children, UConn graduates&#8217; starting salaries, and tracking this year&#8217;s cicadas in some recent media coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":69277,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[134],"class_list":["post-79401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-30 15:08:36","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79401"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83996,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79401\/revisions\/83996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/69277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79401"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=79401"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=79401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}