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Kenneth Gouwens, Helen Watson Buckner Fellowship, John Carter Brown Library
Kenneth Gouwens, an associate professor of history in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has been awarded the Helen Watson Buckner Fellowship to spend two months at the John Carter Brown Library in Providence, R.I., researching accounts of simians in early modern European travel narratives.
October 30, 2009 | Combined Reports
Margaret Higonnet, Fellow, Massachusetts Historical Society
Margaret Higonnet, professor of English in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has been elected Fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society, in honor of her historical work on American women in World War I. Higonnet is editing the memoir of Margaret Hall, a Red Cross worker during World War I, for publication by the […]
October 30, 2009 | Combined Reports
Kunter Gunasti, Thomas C. Kinnear Journal of Public Policy & Marketing Award
Kunter Gunasti, an assistant professor of marketing in the School of Business, and Marvin Goldberg of Pennsylvania State University have received the Thomas C. Kinnear/Journal of Public Policy & Marketing Award for their article, “Creating an Environment in which Youths are Encouraged to Eat a Healthier Diet,” which was published in the fall 2007 issue […]
October 30, 2009 | Combined Reports
New Books by Beall, Burke, Pedneault
Jc Beall, Spandrels of Truth (Oxford University Press, 2009). Beall is a professor of philosophy in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and a member of the UConn Logic Group. Beall is also author of Revenge of the Liar (Oxford University Press, 2007). Mary Burke, ‘Tinkers’: Synge and the Cultural History of the Irish […]
October 30, 2009 | Combined Reports
Jc Beall, Daniel Taylor Fellow, University of Otago
Jc Beall, a professor of philosophy in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, was the 2009 Daniel Taylor Fellow at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. The honor is awarded by invitation. Its chief purpose is to bring eminent philosophers from outside New Zealand to the Otago philosophy department and other New Zealand […]
October 30, 2009 | Combined Reports
UConn Police Make Arrest for Internet Threats
University of Connecticut police have arrested a man in connection with Internet threats warning people not to cooperate with the authorities in the days following the death of UConn student Jasper Howard. Christopher J. Mutchler, 18, of Wethersfield, was arrested Oct. 29 and charged with hindering prosecution, interfering with an officer, threatening and other charges, […]
October 30, 2009 | Michael Kirk
Fall Colors Illuminate Campus
A view of Gentry Building from the roof of the Student Union. Photo by Peter Morenus
October 30, 2009 | Peter Morenus
High Blood Pressure Medicines Show Promise for Treating Heart Disease
Two medications commonly used to treat high blood pressure appear to be effective in treating one of the most common and potentially deadly forms of heart disease, according to a report by UConn scientists.
October 29, 2009 | Colin Poitras
Speaker Explores Human Rights as Issue for the U.S.
This year’s Sackler Human Rights Lecture focused on human rights as a national movement.
October 28, 2009 | Derek Ghan, LAW '12
President Hogan Dances with the Stars
President Michael Hogan, center, 'danced with the stars' at the inaugural performance of the Husky Headliner Series at Jorgensen. Photo by Margaret Malmborg
October 28, 2009 | Margaret Malmborg