Honors

Sarah Feldstein Ewing, the Health Net, Inc. Chair in Alcohol and Substance Abuse at the School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry, was elected to the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. The ACNP is a professional, international organization of leading brain scientists. Annual membership in the ACNP is very selective and by nomination only by other ACNP members.

Jing Ping, an associate professor in the Department of Operations and Information Management in the School of Business, has been awarded his second promising young scholar award in three years. Peng is one of five recipients of the 2025 Information Systems Society’s Sandra A. Slaughter Early Career Award, which recognizes faculty on the path to making outstanding intellectual contributions to the information systems discipline.

In Memoriam

Anthony Aguiree, 88, of Ann Arbor, Mich., a former employee at the UConn Health Library, on Jan. 18.

Robert Bohn, 86, of Storrs, Conn., a 44-year retired professor in the Department of Chemistry, on Jan. 22.

Edward Bowen, 77, of Danielson, Conn., a retired firefighter at UConn Storrs, on Jan. 21.

Robert Clark II, 78, of Portsmouth, N.H., a retired professor and researcher, on Jan. 28.

Perry Rahn, 89, of Rapid City, S.D., a former assistant professor in geology, on Jan. 15.

Lawrence Single, 94, of Tolland, Conn., a retired employee of the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts, on Jan. 23.

Robert Troy, 84, of The Villages, Fla., a former faculty member in the School of Dentistry, on Jan. 20.

Mary Weinland, of Storrs, Conn., a former assistant professor in the Neag School of Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, on Jan. 26.

Kathleen Viereg, 76, of Portland, Oregon, a former clinical assistant professor at UConn Health, on Jan. 12.