Trouble viewing this email? View in Browser

Weekly Headlines

Synchrony Keeps the Beat

UConn neuroscientist Ed Large built a model of the brain that can predict the future. And then he taught it to dance. Read more.

Desalination plant. (Getty Images)

New Findings May Lead to Sea Change in Desalination Technology

University of Connecticut scientists use electrospray to produce smooth reverse osmosis membranes with tunable thickness. Read more.

A still-life photo of a New York Times editorial on the free press on Aug. 16, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Newspapers Nationwide Send Message: A Free Press Needs You

More than 350 newspapers today joined together to offer a unified message on the importance of a free press. Journalism professor Mike Stanton discusses the significance of this step. Read more.

A view from the survey boats, while waiting for the tide to come in and allow travel to the next location, Gulf of Mottama. (Chris Elphick/UConn Photo)

Snapshot: Chris Elphick in Myanmar

Researcher Chris Elphick shares photos from Myanmar, where he helped survey species of waterbirds, including a critically endangered sandpiper. Read more.

UConn Huskies Jamelle Elliott and Rebecca Lobo play against the Tennessee Lady Vols in 1995, the year UConn won its first national championship. After a 12-year hiatus, the UConn and Tennessee women's basketball programs will resume their historic series beginning in 2019-20. (Athletic Communications Photo)

The Rivalry Returns: UConn, Tennessee to Renew Series

After a 12-year hiatus, the UConn and Tennessee women's basketball programs will resume their historic series, beginning in 2019-20. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

BUS Fellowship Program Features Top Entrepreneurs

CAHNR Plant science + animal science = a nutritional yogurt

OVPR New $2M NIH Grant Studies Asymmetric Stem Cell Division

PHR Marcy Balunas Honored with ASP’s 2018 Young Investigator Award

UConn in the News

Washington Post

Seeking justice for Justice the horse. Can a neglected animal sue?

Business Insider

Common weed-killer chemical at the heart of a $289M cancer lawsuit

Reuters

Monsanto Roundup appeal has uphill climb on ‘junk science’ grounds: legal experts

CNN

How Confederate history looks in the shadow of Charlottesville

Business Insider

I tried Apple’s screen time tool and was shocked

New York Times

D.J. Durkin’s Program Under Scrutiny as Maryland Parts Ways With Strength Coach

University Communications

University of Connecticut

34 North Eagleville Road, Unit 3144

Storrs, Connecticut 06269

communications.uconn.edu