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'Getting to the Red Planet is a lot more than just rocket science. Management professor John Mathieu ’80 (CLAS) is working with NASA on the human mechanics.' (Illustration by Daniel Fishel for UConn)

Alum Takes Students on Venture into Outer Space Law

Steve Mirmina ’92 JD, a space law expert, will discuss his specialty at UConn Law on March 2. Read more.

Op-ed: How Chronic Absenteeism Threatens America’s Schools

A recent report about students graduating from Ballou High School in Washington, D.C., despite missing large amounts of school is a national concern, writes a UConn professor. Read more.

Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon. (Getty Images)

A Quake in the Health Care Industry

The health care industry is likely to rapidly promote innovation in the wake of the recent announcement by the CEOs of Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase, says David Souder of the School of Business. Read more.

Students at HuskyTHON, a dance marathon to raise money for Connecticut Children’s Medical Center on Feb. 17, 2018. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

For the Kids – HuskyTHON 2018

This year's student-run HuskyTHON dance marathon raised a record of more than $1 million for the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. Read more.

Laura and Ryan talk before the Ironman Los Cabos in November 2017. It was later during this race that Laura did not feel well, which started her journey back to UConn and the KSI. (Photo courtesy of Ryan and Laura Marcoux)

Love, Sweat, and Engineering II

A UConn love story. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

ENG Eight UConn Researchers Elected to Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering

BUS 2018 Hall of Fame Inductees Announced

PHR Preceptors Honored for Contributions to Student Learning

OVPR CICATS Awards $130,000 to UConn Health and UConn Researchers

LAW Remembering Former UConn Law Dean Howard Sacks

ED In Memoriam: Professor Thomas Kehle

UConn in the News

Washington Post

Did the U.S. ‘hack back’ at Russia? Here’s why this matters in cyberwarfare.

NPR

How School Shootings Have Changed the Teaching Profession

Bloomberg

Exxon Sues Its Antagonists in a Fierce Climate-Change Lawsuit

The Economist

How feats of endurance cement social bonds

Newsweek

Terrifying Fungus Hijacks Cicadas then Destroys Them

Reuters

Aerobic exercise slows cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease

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