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Daily HeadlinesAugust 25, 2020

School children using computers. (Tetra Images – Erik Isakson/Getty Images)

UConn Researchers Lead National Collaborative Effort to Improve Gifted Education Programs

UConn researchers will lead a national effort to improve gifted education, funded by a $5 million federal grant. Read more.

Xiaomei Cong, associate professor of nursing, on June 4, 2015

Meet the Researcher: Xiaomei Cong, School of Nursing

UConn researcher Xiaomei Cong's work builds on insights she first had as a nurse in a neonatal intensive care unit. Read more.

Dr. Cato Laurencin at his office at UConn Health in Farmington on Oct. 6, 2014. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Health’s Laurencin Honored for Promotion of Justice, Equity

The Association of American Medical Colleges has awarded UConn Health's Cato T. Laurencin as the recipient of the 2020 Herbert W. Nickens Award, bestowed on an individual who has made monumental contributions to promoting justice in medical education and health care equity throughout the nation. Read more.

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