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Daily HeadlinesAugust 17, 2020

A student with a face covering moving into her dorm room at UConn

Multidisciplinary UConn Team Provided Evidence-Based Recommendations for Fall Reopening

UConn's multidisciplinary InCHIP played a crucial role in readying the University for the Fall 2020 semester. Read more.

A young woman is holding a notebook and wearing a face mask

InCHIP Funds 20 Projects on Social, Behavioral Aspects of COVID-19 Pandemic

UConn's InCHIP used its Rapid Response grant program to get a multitude of research projects focused on the COVID-19 pandemic launched within days of the first closures in March. Read more.

UConn Establishes COVID-19 Information Center

UConn has launched a COVID-19 Information Center that is available to students, faculty and staff on a 24 hours a day, seven days a week basis by telephone and email. Read more.

Cars along RT195 pass a sign announcing campus move in on Aug. 14, 2020. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

A Move-In Day Unlike Any Other at UConn

A photo gallery captures the unique features of move-in day in 2020 - and the emotions that are familiar from every start to a new academic year. Read more.

A tree down across power lines.

Vulnerable Trees, High Winds, Other Factors Combined for Strong Storm Damage from Isaias

Gypsy moth infestations and drought conditions have weakened trees throughout Connecticut to such an extent that forests were particularly vulnerable when Hurricane Isaias swept through in August. Read more.

people moving in

Students Return to UConn For Fall 2020 Semester

Students began arriving at Storrs and Stamford on Friday, moving in two weeks ahead of classes to quarantine as a precaution adopted to stop the spread of COVID-19. Read more.

UConn in the News

CNN

Professor Thomas Craemer on United Shades of America

CNN

Six Questions About Slavery Reparations, Answered

The Hartford Courant

Reopening Schools is the Equivalent of Running Human Experiments Without Consent

The Times of Northwest Indiana

When Heat Is On, Some Coaches Know Better Than Others

Environmental Health News

The Muddy Waters of US Ocean Protection

Hartford Business Journal

No Funny Hats and Confetti. No Cheering Crowds. This is a Convention Year Like No Other.

Associated Press

Politics Slows Flow of US Virus Funds to Local Public Health

WFSB-TV, Hartford

UConn Isaias Analysis: Several Factors Contributed to Massive Power Outages

Hearst Connecticut Media

Masked and Moving: UConn Students Enter Dorms in Stamford

NBC Connecticut

Students Return to UConn for First Time Since Pandemic Began

WILI-AM (Willimantic, Conn.)

UConn CAHNR Dean Indrajeet Chaubrey On New Grant

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