Schools & Colleges
UConn Med Students Halfway Home From Cross-country Cycling Tour
The two UConn medical students who are spending their last free summer bicycling across the country are more than halfway home. Sonali Rodrigues and Brett Lehner, have been averaging about 64 miles a day since they started pedaling east from Anacortes, Washington, June 10. They are the 12th team of rising second-year students to take […]
New Health Disparities Institute Director Arrives Next Month
Former White House appointee Wizdom Powell brings professional aspiration driven by personal motivation.
UConn Health Furthering Discussion of State Health Information Exchange
A series of health information technology community stakeholder roundtables is taking place next week at UConn Health and five other locations throughout the state. Allan Hackney, Connecticut’s health information technology (HIT) officer, will lead the discussions and review the findings of a report prepared for the Health IT Advisory Council. The UConn Health roundtable is […]
Op-ed: Should We Limit Spending on Lifesaving Drugs?
Specialty drugs have been responsible for three-quarters of spending growth on medications in the U.S. in the past five years. Pharmacy professor C. Michael White debates the options for how society can respond.
Graduate Student Research Day Awards 2017
Graduate students at UConn Health celebrated their research at the 34th annual Graduate Student Research Day on June 26.
IES Awards Neag School Researchers More Than $10M in Grants
Seven faculty members across the Neag School of Education have recently been awarded funding — totaling more than $10 million — by the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES) for a range of education research projects. In addition, two Neag School alumni are part of grant projects newly funded by IES.
Social Media Addiction: Who’s Most at Risk?
A UConn researcher finds that the answer lies not in how much you tweet, but whether you post significantly more on weekends than weekdays.
Dual PharmD/MBA Degree Provides Career Options
Combining the study of pharmacy with a business degree exposes graduates to a variety of career opportunities.
John Bell Honored with NEFA Rebecca Blunk Fund Award
The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) is pleased to present John Bell, Director of the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry and Associate Professor of Dramatic Arts at the University of Connecticut, and Trudi Cohen of Cambridge, MA as awardees of the 2017 Rebecca Blunk Fund. Recipients receive awards of $2,500 in unrestricted support […]
Op-ed: Trump’s Friendly Meeting with Putin Further Blurs US-Russia Relations
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who regards reading people as one of his greatest skills, will have measured the U.S. president.