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UConn Establishes Memorial Scholarship to Honor Victims of the Newtown School Shootings

The scholarship will help support college costs for many of those directly affected by the assault.

Bringing Holiday Cheer to the Patient Floors

Medical, dental and graduate students offered the gift of song to UConn Health Center patients.

Quit Smoking

The Most Important New Year’s Resolution You May Ever Make

The time for making New Year’s resolutions is right around the corner; resolve to quit smoking in 2013. The UConn Health Center can help.

NICU Toy Delivery

NICU Accepts Hundreds of Donated Toys

Connecticut State Police troopers made their annual delivery of toys and stuffed animals for families of babies in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Happy Holidays from UConn Health Center

Happy Holidays from UConn Health Center

Enjoy these photos of Health Center employees as we take a look back at some of the highlights of 2012.

Marcy Balunas collecting a marine cyanobacterium from inside a large sponge i Portobelo National Park in Panama. (Photo courtesy of Marcy Balunas)

The Quest for New Cancer-Fighting Drugs in Marine Environments

Marcy Balunas, an assistant professor in the School of Pharamcy, has extracted a novel cancer-fighting compound from blue-green algae.

Health Center Grants, June 2012

The following grants were received through the UConn Health Center’s Office of Research Administration and Finance in May 2012. The list represents new awards as well as continuations. The list of grants is supplied to UConn Today by the Office of Research Administration and Finance. Federal Briggs-Gowan,M., Psychiatry Early Traumatic Stress Exposure: Neurodevelopmental Mechanisms of […]

Health Center Grants, May 2012

The following grants were received through the UConn Health Center’s Office of Research Administration and Finance in May 2012. The list represents new awards as well as continuations. The list of grants is supplied to UConn Today by the Office of Research Administration and Finance. Federal Grants Alessi, S., Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center […]

Health Center Grants, April 2012

The following grants were received through the UConn Health Center’s Office of Research Administration and Finance in April 2012. The list represents new awards as well as continuations. The list of grants is supplied to UConn Today by the Office of Research Administration and Finance. Federal Crocker, S., Neuroscience Development of a Conditional T1MP Knockout […]

Dr. Julian Ford

Media Call on Health Center’s PTSD Expert

Psychologist Julian Ford, a nationally known expert on post-traumatic stress disorder, offers his expertise after the Newtown school shooting tragedy.