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Prime Climbs: From Rock Bottom to the Tops of the World
By Carol Masheter ’83 MA, ’88 Ph.D. Carol Masheter ’83 MA, ’88 Ph.D. has been to the tops of the world. Last year, she became the world’s oldest woman, at age 65, to reach the top of every one of the highest mountains on each of the seven continents, known as the Seven Summits, plus […]
10 Questions: Where the Wild Things Are
Morty Ortega grew up 12,000 feet above sea level in a now-abandoned copper mining town in the rural mountains of Chile. Today an associate professor in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, he continues to visit remote parts of the globe. In addition to returning to Chile annually to research the social behavior of […]
State of the Next Generation
Astronomy. Computer science. Chemistry. Advanced education in these and other fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics – collectively known as STEM – has perhaps never been in greater demand. Over the past decade, jobs in STEM disciplines have grown three times faster than non-STEM jobs, and STEM workers are earning 26 percent more than […]
Husky Evolution
When this fall’s athletics season starts for the University’s 700 student-athletes, it will not only mark the beginning of the 2013-2014 season, but also the debut of a new look for UConn – from updated uniforms for the players and coaches of the Huskies’ men’s and women’s teams to a redesigned Husky logo. The new […]
2013 Spring – Alumni News and Notes: 2000s, 2010s
2000s Tracy L. (Poppe) Montalbano ’00 (CLAS), ’03 JD is partner at the law firm Halloran & Sage LLP in Connecticut. Darren Stewart ’00 (BGS), chief of police in Stonington, Conn., received the St. Edmund’s Medal of Honor in October. The award, which recognizes individuals who exhibit the values and spirit of St. Edmund and […]
2013 Spring – Alumni News and Notes: 1990s
1990s Brian T. Davin ’90 MBA was elected to the Board of Education in Morris, N.J. He is actively involved in the Knights of Columbus at Our Lady of the Magnificent Parish. Previously, he served on the Smoke Rise Board of Governors, as a recreation soccer and basketball coach, Cub Scout den leader, and Boy […]
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