April 14, 2011 | Ariel Dowski

Relay for Life Draws Students to Fight Cancer

UConn students walked around the CLAS quad to raise money for the fight to end cancer during the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life on April 8-9. Photo by Ariel Dowski

<p>UConn students walked around the CLAS quad to raise money for the fight against cancer during The American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. The event, which lasted from 3 p.m. on April 8 to 9 a.m. on April 9, was part of a nationwide effort to raise money to fund cancer research. The first Relay was held in 1985 and now over 3.5 million people in 5,000 communities in the United States – with additional communities in 19 other countries – gather for this annual event. Photo by Ariel Dowski</p>
UConn students walked around the CLAS quad to raise money for the fight against cancer during the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. The event, which lasted from 3 p.m. on April 8 to 9 a.m. on April 9, was part of a nationwide effort to raise money to fund cancer research. The first Relay was held in 1985 in Tacoma, Wash. and now more than 3.5 million people world-wide gather for this annual event. Photo by Ariel Dowski