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UConn Health Center Researcher Awarded $9.3 Million Grant for Human Genome Study

“We hope to better understand why a person develops a particular disease, and from there how to cure it,” says Brenton Graveley.

The Floriculture Building. (Ariel Dowski '14 (CLAS)/UConn Photo)

Renovated Floriculture Building Debuts to Students, Families During Cornucopia

The Floriculture retail outlet UConn Blooms reached out to students and families on Sunday with free roses and a contest for students.

Debarchana Ghosh wants to know how proximity to particular services affects people's health. (Christine Buckley/UConn Photo)

You Are What You Eat – And Where You Live

Geography faculty member Debarchana Ghosh studies how proximity to services, such as grocery stores and medical centers, affects people’s health.

President Susan Herbst -speaking with students at her office.

President Herbst to Hold Office Hours for Students

Herbst says the sessions give her a valuable opportunity to learn more from students.

Urs Boelsterli, left, Winfried Krueger, and Theodore Rasmussen in a stem cell research lab at the Physics/Biology Building on Aug.29, 2012. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Finding the Pathways to Drug-induced Liver Injury

UConn pharmaceutical researchers are searching for a genetic link to a significant public health concern – drug-induced liver injury.

Regina Cusson, interim dean of nursing speaks at a ceremony to dedicate the Partnerships to Advance Nursing Practice's Mobile Simulation Laboratory outside Storrs Hall on Sept. 10, 2012. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Introduces Nation’s First Correctional Nursing Training Van

The vehicle will travel to Connecticut prisons and provide on-site professional training for correctional facility nurses.

Michael Zacchea '12 MBA , at the Graduate Business Learning center on July 19, 2012. Zacchea leads the Entrepreneur Bootcamp for Veterans program. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Decorated Marine, UConn MBA Heads Business School’s Programs for Veterans

Michael Zacchea leads the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities, as well as initiatives for recruitment and support.

Edison Liu, president and chief executive officer, The Jackson Laboratory speaks at the UConn/JAX Genomics Symposium, held at the Student Union Theater at the University of Connecticut on Sept. 6, 2012. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn-Jackson Lab Symposium Features Genomics Research

Storrs, Farmington, and Jackson Laboratory researchers get together for two days of talks and strategy sessions.

A plate of spice rubbed chicken over mixed greens with dried fruit and orange, front, with xiachao niugan jun, or stir-fried mushrooms with bacon, left, cod escabeche over tostones with an avocado cilantro crema, and margherita stone oven pizza at McMahon Dining on Aug. 31, 2012. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

McMahon Dining Hall Reopens with New International Theme

The newly renovated dining hall includes cooking on display and meals that evoke cultural traditions from around the world.

Symposium to Highlight Research Partnership with Jackson Labs

Two days of presentations by UConn and Jackson Lab researchers will focus on aspects of systems genomics.