Wallethub – You know it’s Easter when grocery stores have special aisles just for chocolate bunnies and marshmallow peeps while their dairy sections keep running out of eggs.
UConn Today – A pair of Ph.D. students at the University of Connecticut are developing a new technology to improve the efficiency of cancer treatment. They hope their innovation could someday significantly reduce mortality rates in cancer patients.
Energy News Network – As colleges and universities divest from fossil fuels, investments in clean energy have not been as quick to catch on, in part because of unpredictable changes in government policy.
UConn Today – A proposal to create a reward system to encourage students to attend wellness events on campus was the winner of a campus-wide Wellness Case Competition that concluded April 5 at the second annual UConn Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) Stakeholders Call to Action Program.
NPR – Share prices for the British drugmaker Indivior plunged today on the London Stock Exchange. The drop came on news that the U.S. Justice Department indicted the company on fraud and conspiracy charges.
Advisor News – Despite facing public criticism when Alexion Pharmaceuticals relocated its headquarters from New Haven to Boston last summer, Connecticut actually made money on the deal.
Watchdog – Minimum wage hikes are unlikely to reduce crime rates and instead could increase them, according to a new study produced by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).