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Daily HeadlinesSeptember 26, 2019

A senior woman is in a dentist's chair , the dentist is showing her where the problem with her teeth is on a set of model dentures which is held by the dental nurse . The brightly lit dentist surgery is clean and modern.

As We Age, Oral Health Plays Increasing Role in Overall Health

In the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, UConn Health experts cite the role of all health care professionals in working to promote good oral hygiene in the elderly population. Read more.

Left to right, UConn Professors Baikun Li, and Guiling Wang, and Wangchi Zhou, Ph.D.

Engineers Produce Water-Saving Crop Irrigation Sensor

The sensors are small enough to insert into the soil and less expensive to manufacture than current technology, the researchers write in the Journal of Sensors and Actuators. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

BUS Two Veteran Professors Promoted to Associate Business Deans

OVPR Fortifying the Flu Shot

UConn in the News

Newsday

Thousands of Iranian-Americans protest Iran leadership outside the UN

Big Think

Why Extreme Rituals Might Benefit Psychophysiological Health

Technology.org

How Molecular Soccer Balls Burst in an X-ray Laser Beam

Hartford Courant

Fresh Talk: UConn Student on Connecticut’s Future

Hartford Courant

When Cancer Diagnosis Causes Spouse to Retreat, Seek Support Elsewhere, Experts Say

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