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Daily HeadlinesJanuary 13, 2021

Thanh Nguyen

UConn Engineer Invents Reusable Biodegradable Facemask

The huge increase in facemasks during the COVID-19 pandemic is creating heaps of trash that take years to decompose - until now, thanks to an invention by a UConn engineer. Read more.

An image from Basil Twist’s “Symphonie Fantasique,” performed with fabric in a tank of water.

Ballard Forum Highlights Links Between Puppetry and Engineering

The director of the Ballard Institute & Museum of Puppetry has been finding ways to explore the surprising connections between puppetry and engineering. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

LAW Dean Eboni S. Nelson Joins Statement on Capitol Insurrection

LAW Seminars Explore Breakthrough Ideas in Insurance

UConn in the News

NBC Connecticut

State Gears Up to Vaccinate Those 75 and Older

Fox 61

UConn Health’s Dr. David Banach Discusses Tuesday’s COVID-19 Positivity Rate

The Washington Post

Parler is Offline, but Violent Posts Scraped By Hackers Will Haunt Users

ABC 12 (Flint, Mich.)

Michigan Lt. Governor Hosts Panel on COVID-19 Vaccine and Communities of Color

CT Mirror

Op-Ed: To Save Democracy, Recommit to Principles of the Rule of Law and Human Rights at Home

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