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2013 Spring – Alumni News and Notes: 1980s

1980s John McCaffrey ’80 (CLAS), ’89 Ph.D., former director of engineering at Ocean Optics in Dunedin, Fla., is director of bioscience product development at Malvern Instruments Inc., in Columbia, Md. Michael Horyczun ’81 (CLAS) is the director of media relations at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Conn. Cynthia Booth Lord ’81 (CLAS), ’82 CANR was named […]

2013 Spring – Alumni News and Notes: 1970s

1970s Alan M. Ehrlich ’71 (CLAS) is the author of Plunket in Wonderland – A Hollywood Tale, a novel published in 2011 by Sunning Turtle Press. He was a story analyst in Hollywood for 30 years, primarily for Paramount and Orion Pictures, where he helped develop such box office hits as “Amadeus,” “The Truman Show,” […]

2013 Spring – Alumni News and Notes: 1950s, 1960s

1950s Richard Rinker ’53 (CLAS), a minister in North Carolina, is co-author of Michael F. Rinker: Pioneer Pastor, published in June 2012 by Quill House Publishers. 1960s William L. Dewey ’67 Ph.D., professor and chair of the department of pharmacology and toxicology at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va., received the Presidential Medallion for outstanding […]

2013 Spring Edition: In Memoriam

Faculty John Gregoropoulos Alumni Anthony F. Carrano ’48 Allan Granoff ’48 Jeanne Vertefeuille ’54 Richard P. Zervas ’55, ’56 Carl E. Schmid ’65 Students Jonathan F. Boros ‘13

Common Habits that Harm Your Teeth

Chewing on ice or opening stuff with your teeth may be convenient but using your teeth as tools can cause them to crack or chip.

Zhaohui Wang, a Ph.D. candidate in engineering, sits in a lab next to the OFDM underwater modem on April 30, 2013. (Ariel Dowski/UConn Photo)

Ph.D. Candidate Specializes in Underwater Acoustic Communications

While at UConn, Zhaohui Wang '13 Ph.D. has published 12 journal articles, 17 conference papers, worked on two NSF-funded proposals, and co-authored a textbook.

One Second Every Day – UConn Student

UConn student Matthew Hodgkins '13 (CLAS) recorded one second of video every day for the last semester of his senior year.

Kareem Mohni

Science Is in His DNA

Kareem Mohni is this year’s Health Center commencement speaker representing the graduate school.

UConn women’s basketball head coach Geno Auriemma speaks at the Geno Auriemma UConn Leadership Conference on April 29. The two-day event took place at the Mohegan Sun Convention Center in Uncasville, Conn. (Steve Slade ’89 (SFA) for UConn)

Geno Auriemma UConn Leadership Conference Draws Sold-Out Crowd, Dynamic Speakers

The two-day inaugural conference focused on ‘Leadership Excellence in an Ever-Changing Environment.’

In her third season as head coach of the lacrosse team, Katie Woods has led the Huskies to the Big East Championship for the first time. (Steve Slade'89 (SFA)/for UConn)

No. 17/18 Lacrosse Team Heads to First-Ever Postseason

The seniors on the team will leave after reaching a goal that was set four years ago when they were freshmen.