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Shoulder Repair Patient Says Her Pain Is Gone

Jackie Marenholz can now do everyday tasks again thanks to Dr. Kevin Shea and the orthopaedic team at the UConn Health Center.

SacklerComposition prize winner Steven Sametz conducting.

Choral Composer Wins 2013 Sackler Composition Prize

Steven Sametz, a Connecticut native, plans to compose a piece honoring the victims of the Newtown shooting.

UConn Health Accolades (Shutterstock image)

Health Center Accolades – October 2013

HCOP and Anti-Bullying Class receive grants; Smith awarded unique board certification; Benn named one of the top genetics professors; and South Park 5K success.

Athletic Director Announces Football Coaching Change

Warde Manuel has asked Paul Pasqualoni to step down, and named offensive coordinator T.J. Weist as interim head coach.

Yan Geng, assistant professor of art & art history, left, Meina Cai, assistant professor of political science, Bradley Simpson, associate professor of history, and Victor Zatsepine, assistant professor of history pose for a photo outside Oak Hall on Sept. 24, 2013. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

New Faculty Boost Studies of Asian Peoples Around the World

The growth of the program has given UConn a distinctive focus on Asian populations not just in Asia, but worldwide.

News Roundup

UConn News Roundup, September 2013

Read what UConn experts say in some recent media coverage about congressional pay, a new type of diabetes drug, and keeping skin healthy.

Ads in the Chronicle of Higher Education draw attention to UConn's faculty hiring initiative and some of the senior new faculty who have already joined the University.

Faculty Hiring Drive Already Paying Dividends

The initiative is drawing applicants from many of the nation's top universities, and has already helped decrease class size.

Celebrating the Freedom to Read

A Wally Lamb novel and the 2013 UConn Reads selection were among the once-banned books read aloud at the Co-op Sept. 23-27.

Sickle Cell Team

UConn Takes National Sickle Cell Stage

Three abstracts selected for oral presentation by the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America show “how rapidly our program has advanced.”

Water tap closeup

Key Connecticut Policy Agency Approves Water Supply Plan

The decision by the Office of Policy & Management allows negotiations to begin with the Connecticut Water Co.