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Apple with a dollar sign worm eating into it, on top of a pile of books. (Gillian Blease via Getty Images)

A Lesson from Enron: Charter Schools Need More Oversight

A UConn professor of education and law draws parallels between financial mismanagement in the charter school sector and the notorious Enron accounting scandal. Read more.

A man boards a bus on a flooded street as a powerful storm moves across Southern California on Feb. 17, 2017 near Sun Valley, Calif. After years of severe drought, heavy winter rains came to the state, and with them, the issuance of flash flood watches in three counties, and the evacuation of hundreds of residents from Duarte, Calif. for fear of flash flooding from areas denuded by a wildfire last year. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Accounting for Extreme Rainfall

A UConn climate scientist says more intense and frequent rainfall is coming, with no drop-off. Read more.

Fruit machine with health and physical themed reels, close up. (Getty Images)

Gambling on a Third Casino

As Connecticut considers a third casino, UConn Health addiction expert Thomas Babor discusses the effects of gambling on individuals, families, and society. Read more.

American flag and fence. (Alxey Pnferov via Getty Images)

UConn Group to Spend Spring Break Assisting Asylum Applicants

A team led by UConn Law's Asylum and Human Rights Clinic will spend the break at a detention facility offering free legal help and social work assessments and support to female detainees from Central America. Read more.

UConn Examining Implications of White House’s New Travel Restrictions

A working group is reviewing new parameters released Monday, and the University is updating its guidelines for those affected. Read more.

The Waugh sundial at the Storrs campus. (Emily Fitzpatrick/UConn Photo)

Daylight Savings: Dial It Forward

While clocks and watches are altered twice a year to accommodate Daylight Savings, the Waugh sundial on the Storrs campus keeps time according to the position of the sun in the sky. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

BUS Consumers on the Move: Mobile Geo-Targeting

PHR Every Day is Different for Christina Pornprasert

SFA On EIR and Conducting: an Interview with Professor Harvey Felder

SSW Dr. Garran’s 2nd Edition of Racism in the United States Published

UConn in the News

CNN

How one county slashed sugary drink sales

EdTech Magazine

Putting a Focus on Media Literacy in the Digital Age

Washington Post

A reading list about African American history for the Trump administration