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UConn Reads: Our Book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma
This year's selection is a special match for a community ready for a wide-ranging conversation about American ways of eating.
September 18, 2014 | Anne D'Alleva, Chair, UConn Reads Committee
UConn’s Value to Connecticut: $3.4 Billion a Year
An independent firm reports that the University also supports more than 24,000 jobs, and provides $202 million in tax revenue.
September 17, 2014 | Tom Breen
Power Lines Offer Environmental Benefits: UConn Study
The landscape in the transmission corridors provides habitat for hundreds of species of native plants and animals.
September 16, 2014 | Sheila Foran
Genetic Screening and Breast Cancer Risk
Two UConn Health genetic counselors discuss a recent call for much wider use of genetic screening for breast cancer.
September 15, 2014 | Carolyn Pennington
Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity Moves to UConn
A new partnership with the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity was announced today in Hartford.
September 12, 2014 | Kristen Cole
The Public’s Perception of the Obesity Epidemic
Does the American public understand the significance of the country’s weight issue? Data from the Roper Center tell the story.
September 12, 2014 | Paul Herrnson & Kathleen Weldon, Roper Center
‘A Book That Changed My Life,’ The Short List
Find out which six titles made it to the UConn Reads short list.
September 12, 2014 | Anne D'Alleva, Chair, UConn Reads Steering Committee
UConn: The View From Above
See the Storrs campus from a fresh perspective.
September 10, 2014 | Elizabeth Caron
UConn to Host 2014 Gubernatorial Debate
The Hartford Courant and FOX CT will partner with UConn for a live televised gubernatorial debate on Oct. 2.
September 10, 2014 | Colin Poitras
‘A Book That Changed My Life,’ The Long List
The UConn Reads committee makes a first cut from among the 215 nominations this year.
September 9, 2014 | Anne D'Alleva, Chair, UConn Reads Steering Committee