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Perspectives on Leadership and Human Rights After 9/11
Political science faculty discuss how Bush, Blair, and Rumsfeld responded to 9/11 and what it has meant for human rights around the globe.
Learning Accents with David Alan Stern
Dramatic arts professor David Alan Stern teaches 25 different accents. Here's how he does it.
How It’s Made: UConn Dairy Bar Ice Cream
An inside look at how the Dairy Bar makes its famous ice cream.
Summertime Asthma Triggers – What You Can Do to Prevent an Attack
Summertime can be prime time for asthma attacks. More Americans than ever before say they are suffering from asthma. In fact, asthma and allergies impact 1 out of 4 Americans. It is one of this country’s most common and costly diseases. Health Center pulmonologist, Dr. Jennifer Kanaan, says certain summertime triggers can prompt an asthma […]
A Whale Ship Was Her Ivy League
A maritime studies professor shows us the ropes of turn-of-the-century whaling ships.
Managing Pain Caused by Summer Sports
People who are sedentary most of the winter may overdo it once the nice weather arrives. Dr. Thomas DeBerardino, sports medicine expert at the Health Center’s New England Musculoskeletal Institute, says you need to take seriously the soreness and pain caused by summer sports activities. So what do you do to feel better? The basics […]
Enhancing Clinical Care
This story is the seventh of a multi-part series on the history of the Health Center. The entire series can be read at the Health Center’s 50th Anniversary website. [yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od7nC3QciGM&feature=player_embedded’] Over the years, the University of Connecticut Health Center has been instrumental in enhancing clinical care in the state through the John Dempsey Hospital and […]
Beware of Bug Season
[yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_y2xeqnjOc&feature=player_embedded’] Mosquitoes, biting flies, and ticks can cause annoying bites and sometimes a serious disease. Mosquito bites can spread infections such as West Nile virus, a virus that causes swelling of the brain (encephalitis), and Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE). Tick bites can cause serious diseases such as Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Bites from biting […]
First-years Preparing to Cycle Cross Country to Fight Leukemia
[yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_EhRNNzCrI&feature=player_embedded’] They’ll land in San Francisco, assemble their bicycles, and set out on a 4,000-mile journey back home. First-year medical students James Alex, Greg Hebert and Tom Williams, along with first-year dental student Xing Zhu, make up the 2011 Coast to Coast for a Cure team. The cross-country bike trek to raise money for leukemia […]