October 25, 2024 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications

UConn People – October 30, 2024

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Achievement

César Abadía Barrero, associate professor of anthropology, was awarded the 2024 Alejandro Ángel Escobar National Prize in Social and Human Sciences in Bogotá, Colombia, on Wednesday, Oct. 2. He received the honor for his research detailed in the book “Health in Ruins: The Capitalist Destruction of Medical Care at a Colombian Maternity Hospital.” The book investigates the effects of private sector involvement in Colombia’s health system during the 1990s. The Alejandro Ángel Escobar Foundation presents the National Science and Solidarity Awards annually to recognize the most innovative and socially impactful scientific work by Colombian scientists and organizations dedicated to solidarity causes.

In Memoriam

Frank Torti, 77, of Hanover, N.H., the former vice president for health affairs at UConn Health and dean of the School of Medicine, on Oct. 14.