UConn People – June 12, 2024

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Honors

Dr. George Kuchel, professor of medicine, director of the UConn Center on Aging and the NIA UConn Older Americans Independence Pepper Center, UConn Health, has been invited to serve on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Joseph Renzulli, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor in the Neag School of Education, was named to the list of Highly Ranked Scholars in educational psychology in the lifetime category.

In Memoriam

James Halpert, dean of the School of Pharmacy from 2014-2019 and a retired professor of pharmaceutical sciences, on June 3.

Barbara Sanders, 82, of Frederick, Md., a retired professor whose research focused on childhood trauma and multiple personality disorders, on March 31.

Marie Witherspoon, 95, of Hampton, Va., retired assistant director of faculty housing and rental properties, on May 19.