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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
Office of Technology Commercialization’s Tech-Knowledge Portal, Silver Award-winner, Connecticut Quality Improvement Award’s Innovation Prize
UConn’s Office of Technology Commercialization’s Tech-Knowledge Portal is a Silver Award winner for the 2009 Connecticut Quality Improvement Award’s Innovation Prize. The CQIA, based in Stamford, is a group of business people, educators, health care executives, and government officials seeking to improve the economic vitality of the state using the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award […]
August 21, 2009 | Combined Reports
Mwangi Samson Kimenyi, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Mwangi Samson Kimenyi, an associate professor of economics in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has joined Brookings as a senior fellow. The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy organization based in Washington, D.C. Kimenyi will join the Africa Growth Initiative, part of Brookings’ Global Economy and Development program. Kimenyi is also […]
August 21, 2009 | Combined Reports
Evelyn Simien, Anna Julia Cooper Teaching Award
Evelyn Simien, assistant professor of political science in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, received the annual Anna Julia Cooper Teaching Award from the National Conference of Black Political Scientists.
August 21, 2009 | Combined Reports
Kenneth Fuchs, Signature Sinfonian Award
Kenneth Fuchs, a professor of music in the School of Fine Arts, has been inducted into the 2009 Signature Sinfonian class of inductees by Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the oldest and largest music fraternity for men. Fuchs, an award-winning composer of music for orchestra, band, and chorus, was recognized for a ‘lifetime of excellence.’ The […]
August 21, 2009 | Combined Reports