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Stanley Biggs, American Accounting Association Auditing Section, Outstanding Educator Award

Stanley Biggs, professor of accounting in the School of Business, received the 2009 Outstanding Educator Award from the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association. The award recognizes “exemplary contributions in research or teaching over a sustained period of time, as evidenced by publications, educational innovations, guidance to graduate and undergraduate students, or excellence in […]

Joseph Bittner, Me, Myself, My Money

Joseph Bittner, Me, Myself, My Money, a financial literacy curriculum for high school students (Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants, second edition, 2009). Bittner is an instructor-in-residence in the accounting department, School of Business.

Odette Casamayor Cisneros, Union of Cuban Writers’ Literary Essay Prize

Odette Casamayor Cisneros, assistant professor of Spanish/Puerto Rican & Latino Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, won the 2009 Literary Essay Prize “José Juan Arrom” from the Union of Cuban Writers (Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba) in Havana, Cuba, for the article “Guanajerías post-soviéticas: Apuntes ético-estéticos en torno al humor […]

Storrs Grants, September 2009

The following grants were received through the Office for Sponsored Programs (OSP) in September 2009. The list represents only new proposals awarded, and excludes continuations. The list is supplied each month by OSP. Arnold, C., Extension Support of NIWQP Research, Education, and Extension Outreach through Geospatial Technology Training USDA/CSREES, $385,000, 9/09-8/13 Balcom, N., Extension Long […]

CRT to Stage Production of Brecht Classic, Galileo

Dudley Knight as Galileo Galilei and Gretchen Goode as his daughter, Virginia, in the CRT production of Brecht's Galileo, playing Dec. 3-12 in the Harriet Jorgensen Theatre. Photo by Gerry Goodstein

WorldFest a Celebration of Cultures on Campus

Dancers perform a popular Kurdish dance called "Shemmame" during WorldFest 2009  on Nov. 19. Photo by Jessica Tommaselli

Higher Education Commissioner Visits Nursing School

Anne Bavier, dean of nursing, meets with Michael Meotti, Commissioner of Higher Education, in the nursing school simulation labs in Storrs Hall on Nov. 20. Photo by Frank Dahlmeyer

Faculty Panel Discusses Global Citizenship

Four faculty members offer global perspectives from a variety of different disciplines.

Health Center Faculty Vote to Unionize in Tight Election

By a two-vote margin, Health Center faculty decided to unionize and form a new chapter of the AAUP.

Genetics Expert Makes Science Real for Students

Linda Strausbaugh offers her classes examples from history and around the world.