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Health Services Urges Students to Sign Up for H1N1 Vaccine

Despite nationwide shortages, the University has supplies of H1N1 vaccine available for students.

Physicians Explore Link Between Vitamin D Deficiency and Hypertension

Drs. William White and Pooja Luthra at the University of Connecticut Health Center are investigating a possible link between vitamin D deficiency and high blood pressure.

Renowned Cellist Kangho Lee Performs at Jorgensen

Kangho Lee, an associate professor of music, shares a passion for music and teaching.

FUTURESCAPE: Making of the Super City

FUTURESCAPE: Making of the Super City is the featured exhibit in the Contemporary Art Galleries running through Dec. 4. Photo by Barry Rosenberg

UConn Cares, One Pledge at a Time

The University responds as the annual Charitable Giving Campaign highlights community needs.

Jean Givens, Medieval Academy of America, John Nicholas Brown Prize

Jean Givens, professor of art and art history in the School of Fine Arts, received the 2009 John Nicholas Brown Prize from the Medieval Academy of America for her book, Observation and Image-Making in Gothic Art (Cambridge University Press, 2005). In the book, Givens addresses fundamental questions in medieval art and science about how people […]

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 […]