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November 2012

November 21, 2012

Holiday Gift of Footwear, Medical Screenings at Homeless Shelters
November 21, 2012

Motherhood and the Military are Focus of Graduate Student’s Research
November 20, 2012

UConn Health Center Initiative Gains Momentum
November 20, 2012

Medical School Celebrates Accreditation
November 20, 2012

UConn Student Wins Prestigious Marshall Scholarship
November 19, 2012

Health Center Names Deckers Employee Appreciation Award Winner
November 19, 2012

California Transplant Honors Connecticut Childhood with Gift to UConn Libraries
November 16, 2012

UConn Health Center Receives Gift Supporting Bioscience Connecticut
November 16, 2012

Close to Home Campaign Makes it Easy to Support UConn
November 16, 2012

Public Health Reps Garner Awards
November 15, 2012

University Names New Vice President for Communications
November 15, 2012

UConn’s Nanoelectronics Lab: Building Community
November 15, 2012

Ollie Pledges $100,000 for UConn Basketball Development Center
November 15, 2012

Storrs Center Open for Business, as Construction Proceeds
November 15, 2012

University to Hold Open Meetings as Part of Provost Search
November 14, 2012

Drs. Shor & Gage Win Gates Grant
November 14, 2012

Alumni Notes
November 14, 2012

UConn Partners with Penn State Altoona to Advance Solar Power Technology
November 14, 2012

Alumni Focus: Alex Bernier
November 14, 2012

UConn-ConnDOT Agreement Creates E-Crash Data Center
November 14, 2012

Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Anson Ma
November 14, 2012

Materials Modeling Expert Avinash Dongare Joins UConn Faculty
November 14, 2012

Celebrating Women Engineers
November 14, 2012

UConn Engineering: Your Grad School Home (VIDEO)
November 14, 2012

UConn to Launch New Major in Financial Management at Stamford Campus
November 14, 2012

Are You at Risk for Diabetes?
November 14, 2012

Graduate Student Working to Develop New Anti-Cancer Agents
November 13, 2012

Veterans Honored for Service to Their Country
November 13, 2012

Chinese Delegation Visits UConn Kinesiology Department
November 13, 2012

Looking into the Body with 3D Imaging

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