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September 2012

September 27, 2012

Hands-On UConn Course Takes Students on African Journey
September 26, 2012

September Engineering Career Fair a Success
September 26, 2012

FeelGood: Helping to End Hunger
September 26, 2012

Honor an Outstanding Engineer!
September 26, 2012

New GAANNs in Engineering
September 26, 2012

Honoring an Engineering Icon
September 26, 2012

Engineering Partners in Genomics Institute
September 26, 2012

Faculty & Grad Student News
September 26, 2012

Innovation & Technology Initiatives at UConn
September 26, 2012

Connecticut Veterans Wartime Service Medal Presented at Avery Point Campus
September 26, 2012

Land Grant Status Acquired After ‘Yale-Storrs Controversy’
September 26, 2012

Stanley Fish on Academics, Freedom, and Today’s Universities
September 26, 2012

Health Center in the News – Mid-Late September 2012
September 25, 2012

UConn Health Center Researcher Awarded $9.3 Million Grant for Human Genome Study
September 25, 2012

Doris Kearns Goodwin to Speak at Contemporary Issues Forum
September 24, 2012

Renovated Floriculture Building Debuts to Students, Families During Cornucopia
September 24, 2012

Celebrating 150 Years of Land Grant Universities
September 24, 2012

UConn News Roundup – 9/24/12
September 24, 2012

The Garden of Giving
September 24, 2012

UConn Health Center Awarded Grant to Establish Early Childhood Personnel Center
September 23, 2012

Professor, Humorist Speaks During Family Weekend
September 21, 2012

Former Board Chairman Dr. John W. Rowe Honored at Building Naming Ceremony
September 21, 2012

You Are What You Eat – And Where You Live
September 20, 2012

UConn Health Center EVP and Medical School Dean Hosts Town Hall Meeting
September 20, 2012

Sackler Artist Sally Smart Taps Array of UConn Resources to Create New Work
September 20, 2012

UConn Co-op Offers Convenient In-Store Textbook Rentals
September 20, 2012

UConn/Courant Poll: Presidential Race Close, But Majority Thinks Obama Will Win
September 19, 2012

University of Connecticut/Hartford Courant Poll: Key U.S. Senate Race a Dead Heat
September 18, 2012

University of Connecticut and Hartford Courant Announce New Polling Partnership
September 18, 2012

Women’s Health Benefactor Leaves $1.75 Million Estate Gift

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