William E. Parker, emeritus professor of art, died Aug. 6, 2009 in Gainesville, Fla. He was 77. Parker was a professor of art and the history of photography in the School of Fine Arts from 1969 to 1994. He also served as the first coordinator of the Master of Fine Arts program. An outstanding visual […]

A team of Army ROTC cadets from the University of Connecticut finished second in the ROTC division of the 25th annual Army Ten-Miler in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 4. The ROTC division included 56 teams representing nearly 50 schools. Running among a record 30,000 people from around the world, the Nathan Hale Battalion improved on […]

Eliana Rojas, assistant professor-in-residence of curriculum and instruction in the Neag School of Education, has been selected as the Latina Citizen of the Year by the Connecticut Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission. She was honored during a ceremony on Oct. 24 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Hartford. Rojas has been a mathematics teacher […]

Odvard Egil Dyrli, emeritus professor of curriculum and instruction in the Neag School of Education, has been appointed to a second four-year term on the Board of Trustees of Messiah College, Grantham, Pa., and will serve on the executive council and chair the education committee.

An interdisciplinary team of UConn and Ethiopian researchers is developing plans for capacity building and the long-term management of water resources.