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Daily HeadlinesMay 10, 2018

Michael Pettes, left, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and Ph.D. student Wei Wu check a specially engineered device they created to exert strain on a semiconductor material only six atoms thick, on April 18, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Strain Improves Performance of Atomically Thin Semiconductor Material

UConn materials scientists have shown conclusively for the first time that the properties of atomically thin materials can be mechanically manipulated to enhance their performance. The finding could lead to faster computer processors and more efficient sensors. Read more.

A UConn landscape architecture student has applied the concept of resilience in developing a landscape plan for a test site that aims to integrate refugees into the local community, while developing resources they can use. (Giles Clarke/Getty Images)

A New Approach to Social Resilience – Through Landscape Architecture

A project led by graduate student Tao Wu aims to integrate refugees into the local community, while developing resources they can use. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

SSW Social Work Student Receives Outstanding Senior Women Academic Achievement Award

SFA ‘Conversations’ with Professor Cora Lynn Deibler

CAHNR Course provides sweeping look at rise in infectious diseases

ENG UConn Engineering Professor to Receive Honorary Degree from the Icahn School of Medicine

UConn in the News

ABC Sports

Former UConn star Matt Barnes talks Yankees-Red Sox rivalry

Al Jazeera

Food for thought: Food security, population growth & over-farming

ABC News

Targeting contaminated produce remains a challenge: ANALYSIS

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