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2009 Provost’s Awards for Excellence in Public Engagement

The Provost’s Awards for Excellence in Public Engagement were announced during a reception in the North Reading Room, Wilbur Cross Building, on Dec. 9. The event was organized by the University’s Public Engagement Forum. Poster presentations prepared by the finalists were displayed before and after the awards ceremony, and will be displayed at the Legislative […]

New Books by Naples and Shannon

Nancy Naples, The Sexuality of Migration: Border Crossings and Mexican Immigrant Men (NYU Press, 2009). Naples is a professor of sociology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. She co-authored this book with Lionel Cantu, a late assistant professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Salvador Vidal-Ortiz, an assistant professor […]

Honors Faculty Member of the Year Emphasizes Different Pathways to Learning

Robert Gross has developed interdisciplinary courses for honors students.

UConn Dance Company’s Fall Showcase

The UConn Dance Company's fall showcase at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 9. Photo by Margaret Malmborg

Office of Audit, Compliance and Ethics, Health Ethics Trust Best Practice Award

The Health Ethics Trust has awarded the University’s Office of Audit, Compliance and Ethics the Best Practice Award for its University-wide risk assessment process and compliance monitoring plans at the UConn Health Center, a collaborative effort involving the compliance and audit staffs from both the Storrs campus and the Health Center. The annual Best Practices […]

From the Ashes of Mount Vesuvius

Archaeology student Tiziana Matarazzo is helping reconstruct daily life in a Bronze Age village, based on microscopic analysis of soil samples.

Mary Lou Sullivan, Raisin’ Cain

Mary Lou Sullivan, Raisin’ Cain: The Wild and Raucous Story of Johnny Winter (Backbeat Books, May 2010). Sullivan is publicity and marketing manager in the Center for Continuing Studies.

Library Exhibit Depicts 1930’s Famine in the Ukraine

Images from 'The Holodomor Famine and Fiction' exhibition on display at Homer Babbidge Library through Dec. 18 and now at the Waterbury Campus library through Feb. 13. Photo by Frank Dahlmeyer

Tamara Hartl, Digging Out

Tamara Hartl, Digging Out: Helping Your Loved One Manage Clutter, Hoarding, and Compulsive Acquiring (New Harbinger Publications, November 2009) Hartl is a UConn alumna with a Ph.D. in clinical psychology (CLAS 2002). She co-authored this book with Michael Tompkins, a licensed psychologist.

Robert McCarthy, American Pharmacists Association, Outstanding Dean Award

Robert McCarthy, dean of the School of Pharmacy, has been selected to receive the American Pharmacists Association’s Academy of Student Pharmacists (APHA-ASP) Outstanding Dean Award. The award recognizes deans who have made significant contributions to the APHA-ASP Chapter and have promoted with distinction the welfare of student pharmacists through various community service, leadership, and professional […]