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University Community Celebrates Herbst’s Inauguration

UConn welcomed the new President as a 'bold, decisive leader' and an 'accomplished scholar,' in a ceremony that combined tradition and vision for the future.

Susan Herbst Inducted as UConn’s 15th President

Herbst's inauguration signals 'a new and exciting era' for the University.

UConn Researchers Find Incentives Effective for Weight Loss

A study published in The American Journal of Medicine shows those given the chance to win a prize for meeting goals lost more weight.

Left to Right - Lois Jungas, Dr, Bob Jungas, Dr. Achilles Pappano attend the first faculty reunion. (Jennifer Huber/UConn Foundation Photo)

First Health Center Faculty Reunion

The event brought together physicians and dentists who were there when the doors opened in 1968.

From left: Candy Pettigrew, Pam Miles, Sandy Kressner, Steve Jacobs and Patti Wawzyniecki at the time capsule ceremony on September 12, 2011. (Janine Gelineau/UConn Health Center Photo)

UConn Health Center Preserves the Present and Looks Forward to the Future

A time capsule was buried in the courtyard as part of the year-long 50th anniversary celebration.

Calhoun Cardiology Center Receives American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines Gold Quality Achievement Award

The American Heart Association recognizes the Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center at UConn Health Center for quality patient care.

Stephen J. Lahey, M.D., Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery. (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health Center Photo)

Nationally Prominent Cardiothoracic Surgeon Joins UConn Health Center

Dr. Stephen Lahey says he’s “always been an academic guy.”

President Herbst

Introducing UConn President Susan Herbst

Hear the University’s 15th President as she describes her own personal history and her vision for the future of UConn.

Dr. Cato Laurencin

Laurencin Appointed to High-level Federal Advisory Council

Dr. Cato T. Laurencin has started a four-year term with the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering.

Members of the University of Connecticut Health Center Special Operations Unit traveled to New York City in a specially equipped vehicle and were assigned to provide medical support for the New York Urban Search and Rescue Team. They are from left to right: William Perkins, Carmine Centrella, John Kowalski, Robert Fuller, M.D., Greg Priest, Ben Sonstrom, and, kneeling, Daryl Byrne. Fuller is chief of emergency medicine for the Health Center and medical director of the group. The others are all paramedics with the special tactical training.

Health Center Responders Recall 2001 Terror Attacks

“Everybody on our team was affected by what we saw,” says Dr. Robert Fuller, director of emergency medicine.