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Portraits of Strength: Alfredo Fuentes ’08 MPS
Veteran firefighter Alfredo Fuentes was among the first responders on 9/11. Forced by his injuries to give up his job, he came to UConn to study homeland security.
A Growing Knowledge: From Plants to Pollinators
This article was first published in the Spring 2014 print edition of UConn Magazine. To access more stories like this, visit s.uconn.edu/spring 14 or download UConn Magazine’s free app for tablet devices. In a cover story titled “A World Without Bees,” Time magazine this past year addressed the troubling disappearance of honeybees – leading to questions of what it may […]
A Commencement Speech from Space
NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio '82 (ENG) presented a unique perspective in his address to UConn engineering graduates.
Students Design Artificial Kidney with 3-D Printing
Senior engineering students worked with Professor Anson Ma and a commercial 3-D technology company to design an artificial kidney.
Skeletal, Craniofacial and Oral Biology Symposium
UConn Health’s federally-funded grant to train people for careers in Skeletal, Craniofacial and Oral Biology (SCOB) research sponsored its annual capstone symposium last month. Seventeen trainees presented their research findings on topics including how bone, cartilage and teeth develop; genetics; biomechanics/biomaterials; and regeneration of diseased or damaged tissues. Linda Strausbaugh, professor of molecular and cell […]
MFA Exhibit: A Sculptor Finds His Voice
MFA candidate Shane Morrissey conveys memory and meaning through sculpture.
Urban Health Scholars ‘Pay It Forward’
Dozens of Urban Service Track alumni are networking and sharing ideas as they mentor current UST students.
Three Graduate Students Earn NSF Research Fellowships
The three, all first-year Ph.D. candidates in CLAS, were selected from among 14,000 applicants.
UConn Adopts Bold Academic Vision
The University has adopted a wide-ranging new academic vision to shape its next decade of progess.
Gala Draws Support for UConn Health
Nearly 900 supporters celebrated UConn Health at the fifth annual White Coat Gala April 12.