Schools & Colleges
In Memoriam …
Former Dean of School of Pharmacy, Michael Gerald, passes away after a long illness.
February 7, 2017 | Combined Reports
2017 ‘Leadership Legacy’ Students
Two business undergraduate students have been honored as among the University's most promising. Kavisha Thakkar is planning a career as a physician, but is also pursuing a dual degree in accounting, so that she can better understand the healthcare-payment system and assist her future patients. Jeffrey Noonan, a finance major, has secured a summer internship with Bain & Co., one of the world's top management strategy consulting firms.
February 7, 2017 | Claire Hall
2017 Business Hall of Fame
Four outstanding alumni will be inducted into the UConn School of Business’ Hall of Fame in March. The ceremony, which draws hundreds of alumni and prominent business executives, is the School’s premiere alumni recognition and networking event.
February 6, 2017 | Claire Hall
Message To the Future: Items Needed for the Engineering Time Capsule
We're putting a time capsule in a garden outside the new Engineering & Science Building and we're looking for a few specific items.
February 3, 2017 | Eli Freund
Donuts with the Dean
School of Business Dean John A. Elliott hosted a “Donuts with the Dean” meet-and-greet session on Jan. 31 in the second-floor atrium at the School of Business. Dozens of students stopped by during the two-hour, informal session to say hello and to discuss their majors, career plans and summer-internship prospects. A similar event is being […]
February 3, 2017 | Claire Hall
UConn Nation Goes Red for Women’s Heart Health
On National Wear Red Day UConn Nation across UConn and UConn Health's campuses went from blue to red to raise awareness of women's heart disease and to help strike out the number one killer of Americans.
February 3, 2017 | Lauren Woods, Tina Encarnacion, Janine Gelineau
Video Games as Research
UConn researcher John Christensen is using digital media to improve health behaviors.
February 3, 2017 | Ryan Glista
Professor Alexandra Lahav Defends Litigation in New Book
The popular perception of a nation awash in frivolous lawsuits and outrageous damage awards is not just inaccurate, it is undermining one of the pillars of American democracy, writes UConn Law Professor Alexandra Lahav in a new book, In Praise of Litigation. This is because courts and legislatures have reacted by limiting people’s ability to […]
February 2, 2017 | Jeanne Leblanc
Acclaimed Geneticist to Join UConn Health & The Jackson Laboratory
UConn Health and The Jackson Laboratory have recruited internationally renowned geneticist Dr. Se-Jin Lee, who specializes in discovering causes and cures for muscle degenerative diseases. He joins this summer from Johns Hopkins.
February 2, 2017 | Lauren Woods
New Exhibition Treads ‘Sacred Ground’
'UConn Reads: Sacred Ground' at the Benton Museum is based on this year's UConn Reads selection, which outlines a vision of America where people of all faiths can make a country where diverse traditions thrive side by side.
February 2, 2017 | Kenneth Best