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Social Media Addiction: Who’s Most at Risk?

A UConn researcher finds that the answer lies not in how much you tweet, but whether you post significantly more on weekends than weekdays. Read more.

A child drinking a small carton of milk. (Shutterstock)

No Chocolate Milk? No Problem, Kids Get Used to Plain Milk

A UConn Rudd Center study finds that removing flavored milk from school lunch menus is an effective way to reduce children’s consumption of added sugar. Read more.

Members of the Asian American Cultural Center performs at Lip Sync. (Ariel Dowski/UConn File Photo)

Don’t Trust Me? Let’s Dance

New research quantifying the effects of synchronized movement is designed to better understand how it can drive social behavior and attitudes. Read more.

Close-up of a newborn baby holding life-support hoses and cables tight in his hand. (Getty Images)

Op-ed: Should We Limit Spending on Lifesaving Drugs?

Specialty drugs have been responsible for three-quarters of spending growth on medications in the U.S. in the past five years. Pharmacy professor C. Michael White debates the options for how society can respond. Read more.

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 Summit (AP Photo/Evan Vucci via The Conversation)

Op-ed: Trump’s Friendly Meeting with Putin Further Blurs US-Russia Relations

Russian President Vladimir Putin, who regards reading people as one of his greatest skills, will have measured the U.S. president. Read more.

Veterinarians Heidi Morey '05 (CAHNR) and Scott Morey '06 (CAHNR) examine Jonathan XIV at Fenton River Veterinary Hospital in Tolland. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Two Alums Take a Bow (Wow) as Mascot’s New Vets

Diagnosis: The 80-lb. purebred Siberian Husky, born in October 2013, is still as sociable and energetic as he was when he was introduced in early 2014 as a 15-lb. puppy. Read more.

Hall-of-Fame coach Jim Calhoun offered an inside perspective on college basketball for a new production, 'Exposure,' showing this weekend at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford. (AP Photo via Athletic Communications)

Calhoun Coaches Theater Group on Basketball Recruiting

The Hall-of-Fame coach offered an inside perspective on college basketball for a new production, 'Exposure,' showing this weekend at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

ED IES Awards Neag School Researchers More Than $10M in Grants

BUS Dual PharmD/MBA Degree Provides Career Options

SFA John Bell Honored with NEFA Rebecca Blunk Fund Award

UConn in the News

Washington Post

The inescapable politics of ‘Game of Thrones’

Washington Post

‘We’re losing more people to the sweets than to the streets’

NPR

Don’t Phone A Friend. Skype A Scientist!

Wine Spectator

The $110 Million Question: Is Alcohol Good for You?

STAT

Drive to help nursing home patients live independently could face deep cuts

Associated Press

Rising tides could spell extinction for East Coast’s saltmarsh sparrow

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