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Gen. Colin Powell Kicks Off World Youth Peace Summit

Retired Gen. Colin Powell speaks at a dinner in New York on Oct. 28, kicking off the World Youth Peace Summit, which will be hosted by UConn in 2011. Photo by Marcie Revens

Entrepreneurship Boot Camp for Disabled Vets Comes to UConn

The University of Connecticut’s School of Business today announced it has joined the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV), a major initiative that helps rebuild the lives and economic potential of the country’s veterans with disabilities. UConn becomes the sixth member of a consortium of business schools offering the program, and the first in […]

Benton’s Student Docents Share Passion for Art with Novice Museum Visitors

The Benton Museum hopes student docents will boost other students’ comfort level around the arts.

Founder of ACORN to Speak at UConn School of Social Work

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – ACORN founder Wade Rathke, author of Citizen Wealth: Winning the Campaign to Save Working Families, and UConn social work professor Robert Fisher, author of The People Shall Rule: ACORN, Community Organizing and the Struggle for Economic Justice, will discuss the state of community organizing during a talk at the UConn School […]

Health Center Grants, August 2009

The following grants were received through the UConn Health Center’s Office of Research Administration and Finance in August 2009. The list represents new awards as well as continuations. The list of grants is supplied to UConn Today by the Office of Research Administration and Finance. Federal Grants Brammer, A., Medicine Active Hearing Protectors & Audibility […]

‘Top Chef’ Competition Turns Up the Heat for UConn’s Culinary Talent

Regan Grote and Josh Madore prepare a dish in the Top Chef @ UConn competition at Rome Ballroom on Nov. 2. Photo by Gail Merrill

Researchers Investigating Potential Risks of Artificial Turf

Health Center researchers gathered samples from athletic fields at five Connecticut schools.

Hogan’s Halloween

President Michael Hogan hands out Halloween candy to sophomore Amy Holland. Photo by Jessica Tommaselli

Gospel Choir Performs at Von der Mehden

The Voices of Freedom Gospel Choir sings at von der Mehden Recital Hall on Oct. 31. Photo by Jessica Tommaselli

Campus Radio Station Stages Concert

Greg Horbal of My Heart to Joy performs at the WHUS Presents Mischief After Dark concert on Oct. 30. Photo by Jessica Tommaselli