Author Archive: Sheila Foran

• May 12, 2013 Commencement Weekend 2013: The Numbers – and the Students – are Impressive Nearly 8,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional diplomas have been awarded to the Class of ’13.
• May 7, 2013 Geoscience Graduate Student Wins First Prize in Innovation Quest Competition Mark Smith plans to establish a start-up to produce an imaging device that can capture ultra-high-resolution images of micro-macroscopic objects in two and three dimensions.
• April 27, 2013 Spring Weekend Spruce Up This year, Spring Weekend celebrated the three pillars that make up the spirit of UConn: learning, service, and care for the community.
• April 26, 2013 Class of 2013: Mairead Hynes, Future History Professor For her Honors thesis, Mairead Hynes ’13 (CLAS) read letters archived at Oxford University from WWII-era Prime Ministers Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill.
• April 25, 2013 UConn to Hold Multiple Graduation Ceremonies in May About 7,000 diplomas will be awarded at a dozen ceremonies on the Storrs campus, with separate events for the schools of Medicine, Dental Medicine, and Law.
• April 17, 2013 Leadership Legacy Students Work on ‘Real World’ Political Asylum Case Three students with a shared interest in human rights are having an opportunity to make a difference.
• April 15, 2013 Family Studies Professor Elected to National Committee for Psychology Charles Super, an expert on cross-cultural differences in child development, will represent the U.S. psychological science community internationally.
• April 11, 2013 Class of 2013: Carlos Rodriguez, Future Counselor Carlos Rodriguez ’13 (CLAS) is grateful for the opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree, and he plans to ‘pay it forward’ by becoming a counselor.
• April 10, 2013 UConn Study of Food Insecurity in Connecticut is New Tool to Combat Hunger A new study evaluates the state’s capacity to address challenges in access to food.
• April 1, 2013 Class of 2013: Lisa Dauten, Future Veterinarian Twice named Connecticut’s Eastern States Exposition Undergraduate Scholar, Lisa Dauten ’13 (CANR) hopes to make a difference in the world of veterinary medicine.
• March 27, 2013 Class of 2013: Russell Lycan, Future Marine Archaeologist Russell Lycan ’13 (CLAS) is making the journey from Navy diver to a career in marine archaeology.