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Improving Semiconductor Technology
The ultimate goal of engineering professor Brian Willis' research is to improve the functionality of future electronic devices.
January 25, 2010 | Kate Kurtin
Students Pitch in for Haiti Relief Effort
Members of the West Indian Student Organization and Sigma Gamma Rho host a fund-raising table for Haiti earthquake relief in the Student Union. Photo by Margaret Malmborg
January 22, 2010 | Margaret Malmborg
Nursing Simulation Lab Opens in Stamford
Dean Anne Bavier, right, looks on as master’s students Claudia Conroy and Joseph Carbone examine a mannequin in the School of Nursing's new simulation lab in Stamford. Photo by Barbara Slater
January 21, 2010 | Barbara Slater
Nominations Sought for Commencement Speakers, Honorary Degree Recipients
Nominations are sought for Commencement speakers and honorary degree recipients for the University’s Commencement ceremony in May 2010. Nominations may be made by any member of the faculty, staff, student body, administration, community, or Board of Trustees, or by an alumnus of the University. An individual may not nominate himself or herself. All nominations should […]
January 21, 2010 | Combined Reports
Vickie Lee Howlett, Jan. 17, 2010
Vickie Lee Howlett of Middle Turnpike, Storrs, died unexpectedly on Jan. 17. She was 58. Howlett was the owner/operator of Vickie’s Lunch Truck and Catering Service, located on the University of Connecticut’s Storrs campus for more than 30 years. Her funeral service will be held on Friday, Jan. 22, at 11 a.m. at the Federated […]
January 21, 2010 | Combined Reports
Daniel F. Caner, History and Hagiography from the Late Antique Sinai
Daniel F. Caner, History and Hagiography from the Late Antique Sinai (Liverpool University Press, March 2010). Caner is an associate professor of history in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
January 21, 2010 | Combined Reports
Health Center Physician in Haiti to Help with Relief Effort
Dr. Robert Fuller, head of emergency medicine at the Health Center, is a volunteer with the International Medical Corps, working to get the Port-au-Prince General Hospital up and running.
January 20, 2010 | Carolyn Pennington
Randy Edsall, 2010 Leadership Award, Connecticut Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Commission
UConn football head coach Randy Edsall was honored with the 2010 Leadership Award of the Connecticut Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Commission during the commission’s 24th Annual National Liberty Bell Celebration in Hartford on Jan. 18. The commission was formed in 1986 to ensure that the commemoration of King’s birthday is meaningful to the spirit […]
January 20, 2010 | Combined Reports
Fall 2009 Deans List
The University of Connecticut recently announced the students who attained the Dean’s List for the fall 2009 semester. To make the Dean’s List, students must take at least 12 credits, finish the semester with a grade point average that is among the top 25 percent of students enrolled in their school or college, and have […]
January 20, 2010 | Combined Reports