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Daily HeadlinesNovember 28, 2016

UConn professors on the beach near Sendai. Note the recently raised sea wall and trees with healthy branches indicating the height of the 2011 tsunami wave. (Photo courtesy of William Ouimet)

Tackling the Science of Disaster

Just weeks before the Nov. 22 earthquake in Japan, UConn faculty and students from three different departments visited the country to explore the potential to create new opportunities for international research in disaster science. Read more.

Joe Stern ’44 (ENG) atop the Empire State Building, standing next to the transmitter he helped design. Joe credited UConn with providing him the tools to have a successful career in telecommunications. (Photo courtesy of Linda Jo Stern '77 (CAHNR))

A Promise Fulfilled: The Stern Family’s Story

Linda Jo Stern ''77 (CAHNR) has fulfilled a pledge originally made by her late father, Joe Stern '44 (ENG), to establish a scholarship for female engineering students. Read more.

UConn in the News

Wall Street Journal

Can’t Get to Sleep? Lay Off the Drugs

New York Times

Fake News and the Internet Shell Game

Christian Science Monitor

Student-led Programs Promote Food on US Campuses

Science Codex

Animal Species in Today’s Oceans Most Diverse Ever

NASA

For a Glimpse of the Stone Age, Some Cutting-Edge Tech

Anesthesiology News