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Daily HeadlinesOctober 25, 2020

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Geno Auriemma Supports New Program to Further Boost UConn Grad Students at the Recruiting Table

Geno Auriemma is partnering with the UConn School of Business by supporting a new lecture-and-workshop series to help 2,000 graduate business students enhanced their leadership skills. Read more.

Undergraduate researcher Sarah Tsuruo posing next to a poster documenting some of her research.

Meet the Researcher: Sarah Tsuruo ’21 (CLAS)

Sarah Tsuruo '21 (CLAS) says pursuing a multifaceted career as an undergraduate researcher requires determination. Read more.

Group of unrecognizable people volunteer at a food bank. They are receiving donated canned food, fruit, milk and other food staples.

Barriers in Food Access Contribute to Inequitable Risks of Obesity and Food Insecurity Among Food Pantry Clients

Food pantry clients face higher rates of both food insecurity and obesity, according to a new study. Read more.

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Countering Concussion Complacency

A UConn neurologist and sports medicine expert weighs in on a published study showing no link between tackle football at an early age and more concussion complications in college. Read more.

Student entrepreneur Peter Goggins, winner of the Wolff New Ventures competition

Fish-food Entrepreneur Wins UConn’s Wolff Startup Competition

Student entrepreneur Peter Goggins '21 (CAHNR) has won the Wolff New Venture Competition, which boosts UConn-connected startup companies. Read more.

‘The Great Derangement,’ Novelist Ghosh’s Meditation on Climate Change, is 2020-21 UConn Reads Selection

"The Great Derangement," a meditation on society's response to climate change, has been selected as the UConn Reads text for the 2020-21 academic year. Read more.

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UConn Researcher Receives CDC Grant to Develop Social Media-Based Intervention to Prevent Gun Injury

UConn's Caitlin Elsaesser has received a $250,000 award from the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to research how social media contributes to youth firearm violence. Read more.

An aerial view of Fairfield Way, showing the word "UConn" spelled out in brick work.

UConn Wins Record Grants and Contracts Funding in FY2020

In fiscal year 2020, researchers from UConn and UConn Health secured nearly $286 million in research and other types of sponsored funding, the most in the University’s history. Read more.

Report Finds COVID-19 Rate Among Dentists is Less Than One Percent

Despite high risk of transmission of COVID-19, fewer than one percent of dentists nationwide were found to be COVID-19 positive according to a report published by the Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA). Read more.

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Testing the Fluorescent Proteins That Light Up the Brain

UConn researchers have devised a new method of monitoring electrical signals that travel through neurons in the brain. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

CAHNR River Herring, the Fish You Didn’t Know You Needed

MED UConn Center on Aging Study Seeks to Decrease COVID-19 Severity by Improving Immune Health in Older Adults

CAHNR Athletic trainer researches treatment for kneecap pain

CAHNR Meet undergraduate student Shayla Roman

MED UConn Health Minute: Cranial Nerve and Brainstem Disorder Program

MED Breakthrough Treatment for Thyroid Eye Disease

MED 3D Printed Prosthetic Breast Grant Awarded to UConn Health

CLAS A Look at Classes during COVID-19

DENT Thacker Receives High Honor in Periodontology

LAW Law School Panel Explores Reforms to Prevent Police Violence

DENT Lalla Recognized for Excellence in Evidence-Based Dentistry

UConn in the News

Fox 61

UConn Health’s Dr. David Banach Discusses the Rise in Positive COVID-19 Cases in Connecticut

Fox 61

Dr. Banach, of UConn Health, Discusses FDA’s Approval of Remdesivir For COVID-19 Treatment

Pharmacy Times

100 Years Later, Pharmacy Retains Its Past

Fox 61

What Remdesivir Treatment Will Look Like

Down to Earth

Inter-Ministerial Panel for FRA: A Giant Step Backwards, Say Experts

Science News

Homo Erectus, Not Humans, May Have Invented the Barbed Bone Point

The Conversation

Why the FDA is Warning Pregnant Women Not to Use Over-the-Counter Pain Relievers

Hearst Connecticut Media

Tong, Blumenthal Blast Purdue Pharma’s Settlement Deal with Feds

News 8 WTNH-TV

UConn Using Creative Methods for COVID-19 Testing to Try to Stay Ahead of the Virus on Campus

Scientific American

Can a Moon Base be Safe for Astronauts?

Fox 61

UConn Health’s Dr. David Banach Discusses the Rise in Connecticut’s Positivity Rate

Journal Inquirer (Manchester, Conn.)

State Forests Are Under Attack; Insects, Storms, Drought Threaten Area’s trees

Mashed

The Real Reason Raspberries Spoil So Quickly

Chalkbeat

Education Professor David K. Cohen Died Last Month. His Work Changed Me — and Our Field.

Hearst Connecticut Media

10 Percent of Connecticut May Have Been Infected With COVID, Researcher Says

Connecticut magazine

Once Called ‘Crazy,’ a Connecticut Doctor is Now Leading the Way in Treating Tech-Addicted Patients

Connecticut magazine

A UConn Biologist is Using Technology to Bring Scientists Into the Classroom

Cosmopolitan

FYI, Here’s What You Need to Know About Losing 5 Pounds in a Week

KSL Radio (Salt Lake City)

Cyber-Bullying Leaves a Permanent Footprint

The Hartford Courant

Eight Things COVID-19 Teaches Us About Climate Change

NBC Connecticut

Low Dose Mammograms at UConn Health

Phys.org

Lipid-Based Boundary-Lubricated Hydrogels Found to Be Slipperier Than Those Based on Water

Hearst Connecticut Media

College Health Centers Adapt as COVID Cases Rise on Campuses

Hearst Connecticut Media

Connecticut Filmmaker Traces the Journeys of Asylum Seekers Crossing the U.S. Border

Connecticut Public Radio

Connecticut: Why Do You Vote?

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