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Mun Choi, Renewable Energy Investment Board
Connecticut House Majority Leader Denise Merrill has appointed Mun Choi, dean of the School of Engineering, to the state’s Renewable Energy Investment Board, better known as the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund. The 15-member board promotes, develops, and invests in clean energy sources for the benefit of Connecticut ratepayers. It is supported by a surcharge on […]
August 27, 2009 | Combined Reports
Anke Finger, Vilém Flusser
Anke Finger, Vilém Flusser, German edition of Brazilian original, with a new introduction by Rainer Guldin (Wilhelm Fink/UTB, 2009). The original, Vilém Flusser: uma introdução, was published in 2008. Finger is an associate professor of modern and classical languages in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. She co-wrote this book with Gustavo Bernardo and […]
August 26, 2009 | Combined Reports
UConn Retains Rank as Best Public University in New England
The University of Connecticut remained the best public university in New England for the 11th consecutive year, according to rankings released Thursday in the latest issue of U.S. News & World Report. The magazine also ranked UConn the 26th best public university in the nation – a category with more than 160 colleges and universities […]
August 21, 2009 | Combined Reports
UConn Retains Rank as Best Public University in New England
The University of Connecticut remained the best public university in New England for the 11th consecutive year, according to rankings released Thursday in the latest issue of U.S. News & World Report. The magazine also ranked UConn the 26th best public university in the nation – a category with more than 160 colleges and universities […]
August 21, 2009 | Richard Veilleux
Merrill Singer, Introduction to Syndemics
Merrill Singer, Introduction to Syndemics: A Critical Systems Approach to Public and Community Health (Wiley, Jossey-Bass, 2009) Singer is a professor of anthropology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
August 21, 2009 | Combined Reports
George Rumney, April 25, 2009
George R. Rumney, emeritus professor of geography, died April 25, 2009, aged 94. He joined the University in 1948 and taught at UConn for 35 years. Highlights of his career include re-establishing the Department of Geography as a separate department (originally established in 1931, it had incorporated geology in 1940); founding the Marine Sciences Institute […]
August 21, 2009 | Combined Reports
Iris Kinnard, July 7, 2009
Iris Kinnard, former director of the Center for Academic Programs, died July 7, 2009. Kinnard was a strong believer in educational opportunity for low income and first generation students, and made every effort to help these students since she began working with the ConnPEC program in 1967 until she retired in 1991. In lieu of […]
August 21, 2009 | Combined Reports
Lois Rivard, July 23, 2009
Lois Rivard, a former graphic designer at UConn, died July 23, 2009. Rivard graduated from UConn in 1971 with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts. After working for several years at Imprint Publishing, she joined the University as a graphic designer with the Office of University Communications (formerly the Office of Public Relations) in 1978. […]
August 21, 2009 | Combined Reports
Francis Williams, July 11, 2009
Francis J. “Fran” Williams, chief of the UConn Fire Department, died July 11, 2009. Williams worked for the Fire Department for nearly 37 years, including 15 years as Fire Chief. Donations in his memory can be made to The American Heart Association, 1 Union Street, Suite 301, Robbinsville, NJ 08691; the American Cancer Society, 538 […]
August 21, 2009 | Combined Reports
Merrill Singer, Global Warming and the Political Ecology of Health
Merrill Singer, Global Warming and the Political Ecology of Health: Emerging Crises and Systemic Solutions (Left Coast Press Inc., 2009) Singer is a professor of anthropology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He co-wrote this book with Hans Baer.
August 21, 2009 | Combined Reports