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UConn School of Medicine Faculty Promotions

The UConn Health Center announces its latest awards of tenures and promotions for faculty members.

TIAA-CREF and Health Center Announce Bioscience Connecticut Partnership

The investment provides $203 million in long-term financing for the new outpatient care building.

The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. (Ariel Dowski '14 (CLAS)/UConn Photo)

Autobiographical Best-seller ‘Persepolis’ Selected for UConn Reads 2013-14

Marjane Satrapi's novel depicts the author’s coming of age in Iran during and after the Islamic Revolution.

Geno Auriemma, UConn Women's Basketball Head Coach, and Jerry Colangelo, USA Basketball Chairman, at a press conference in Gampel Pavilion on Sept. 6, 20123, announcing that Auriemma will serve as the USA Basketball Women's National Team Head Coach again for the 2016 Olympics. (Kenneth Best/UConn Photo)

Geno Will Coach 2016 U.S. Women in Rio

Auriemma announced his return as head coach for the U.S. Women’s National Team at a press conference Friday afternoon.

Thomas Babor

Called to New Zealand to Open Addiction Research Center

Thomas Babor is back from a two-week visiting fellowship at the University of Auckland, where he shared his expertise in the study of alcohol and drug addiction.

CICATS Announces 2013 Pilot Study Awardees

Eight proposals were selected for funding following a detailed peer review by a panel of experts.

David Benson, professor of molecular and cell biology, at the Biological Weapons Convention Meeting of Experts in Geneva in August. At the meeting, he and colleagues presented a "mini-university" on basic science concepts to international diplomats. Credit: Eric Bridiers

Two UConn Professors Spend Year in D.C. as Jefferson Science Fellows

A microbiologist and a cross-cultural behavioral expert shared their scientific expertise with national policymakers.

The Island Rehearsal. Faisal Abu Alhayjaa and Ahmad Alrakh in Freedom Theatre’s production of The Island, by Athol Fugard. Photos by Mohammed Moawiya

Freedom Theatre Opens U.S. Tour of Fugard’s ‘The Island’ in Storrs

The play, written in the context of South Africa's apartheid era, explores the experience of imprisonment.

Governor Tours Construction Progress at Health Center

Following the tour, Malloy signed a bill creating the Bioscience Innovation Fund aimed at supporting innovation in smaller companies.

Picnic on Box Hill from Jane Austen's Emma.

For Emotional Literacy, Read Literature

For children struggling to express their emotions, the answer is a return to literature and the arts, says the CLAS dean.