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Grandfather and grandson taking a nap together on the couch. (Getty Images)

Thanksgiving Turkey Makes You Sleepy? Gobbledygook.

While you may feel sleepy after Thanksgiving dinner, that's not because of the turkey, says UConn neurobiologist John Redden. Read more.

A UConn Stamford business professor has developed software that can comb the internet, including the dark web, and identify radical, violent content. (Shutterstock Photo)

New Software Can Pinpoint Hate Groups’ Radicalization Sites

A UConn Stamford business professor has developed software that can comb the internet, including the dark web, and identify terrorist content. Read more.

California Scrub-Jay nestlings on their nest in Berkeley, California, May 20, 1921. (With the Permission of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley)

How Birds are Rescheduling their Lives Around Climate Change

'We were expecting them to only move in space, but we’ve demonstrated they also move in time,' says UConn researcher Morgan Tingley. Read more.

UConn Health periodontist Frank Nichols at his lab at UConn Health in Farmington on Oct. 30, 2017. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Bacterial Fats, Not Dietary Ones, May Deserve Blame for Heart Disease

A new study by UConn scientists suggests that the fatty molecules linked to heart disease may come not only from what you eat, but from the bacteria in your mouth. The research may explain why gum disease is associated with heart trouble. Read more.

Student-athlete Tosin Adeniyi ’18 (BUS), Women’s Volleyball, talks with her advisor, Ingrid Hohmann. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Student-Athlete Strong: Tosin Adeniyi

'I am one of the luckiest girls to have received such an amazing education and college experience through volleyball.' Read more.

President Susan Herbst, left, greets Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman, and Gov. Dannel Malloy as they arrive on a CT Express bus at the Nash-Zimmer Transportation Center on Nov. 13, 2017. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Expanded Bus Service Receives Robust Response

Gov. Malloy and Lt.-Gov. Wyman were in Storrs Center Monday to mark the success of the CT Transit route between UConn and Hartford, which has served more than 32,000 passenger trips since August. Read more.

Schools and Colleges

SFA Earthtones Vocal Ensemble Performance Recalls Music of Vietnam War Era

DENT UConn Dental Student Serves, Studies in Guatemala

MED The 411 on the New Blood Pressure Guidelines

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NPR

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