Sea Grant Awards First Arts Grant to Branford Artist

The Connecticut Sea Grant program at the University of Connecticut will award its first Arts Grant to artist Debbie Hesse of Branford. Hesse will use the $1,000 grant to create a large-scale wall installation and a limited edition artist’s book depicting seaweed in and out of its habitat. “The new grant program is intended to […]

UConn Joins International Network of Research Universities

The University of Connecticut has been elected to membership in Universitas 21, an international network of leading research-intensive universities in 13 countries. UConn is only the second U.S. university invited into the network, which comprises some of the world’s major institutions of higher education, including the University of Virginia, the University of Nottingham (United Kingdom), […]

In Memoriam Frank Willard Ballard, June 4, 2010

Frank Willard Ballard, internationally renowned puppeteer, died on June 4 after a decades-long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. He was 80. Born in Alton, Ill., he discovered a fascination for his craft at age five when his Aunt Margaret took him to a puppet show. That experience started a life-long passion with the theater and the […]

UConn Researchers Convert Stem Cells into Cartilage

The ultimate goal is to grow cartilage in a lab that can be used to repair human joints.

Outside Job

Kelsey Maving, a sophomore pre-pharmacy major, spreads mulch on a flower bed. Maving is working for UConn's landscaping department this summer. Photo by Margaret Malmborg