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Allegra Berndt selected as a Connecticut Student Poet recites a poem on Feb. 4, 2013. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Student Poet Goes on Tour

UConn junior Allegra Berndt has been selected as a Connecticut Student Poet, and is reading her work at universities around the state.

Statistics doctoral student Dooti Roy will analyze behavioral data to understand people's habits with respect to their prescription drugs. (Christine Buckley/UConn photo)

UConn and Cigna Team Up for Health Care Research

A new partnership with the international health insurance company will fund research, train students, and ultimately create jobs in the state.

A candle burning.

Frank Trainor, Emeritus Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Dies

Professor Francis Rice Trainor was known in the scientific community for his work on micro algae, and among students as an inspiring teacher.

Opening New Areas of Scholarship in Study of Logician Gottlob Frege

Philosophy professor Marcus Rossberg is co-editor of a new translation of Frege's Basic Laws of Arithmetic, to be published this summer by Oxford University Press.

Husky Fans Turn Pink to Raise Money for Cancer Research

Watch yesterday's 'pink-out' at the XL Center, part of the Play 4Kay fund-raising initiative honoring former NC State coach Kay Yow, who died of breast cancer.

UConn Alumnus Working to Restore Egyptian Economy

Elmorsy E. Hegazy Ph.D. '85 was recently appointed as Egypt's Minister of Finance.

ImStem Biotechnology, Inc.

New Stem Cell Company Opens Lab at UConn Health Center

ImStem Biotechnology is the latest company to join UConn’s Technology Incubation Program.

Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D.

Cato T. Laurencin Wins 2012 AAAS Mentor Award

The 2012 AAAS Mentor Award will be presented to Cato T. Laurencin “for his transformative impact and scientific contributions toward mentoring students in the field of biomedical engineering.”

Health Center Goes Red for Women

UConn experts provide valuable heart healthy information at the American Heart Association’s annual event.

UConn Health Accolades (Shutterstock image)

Health Center Accolades – February 2013

Sullivan honored with American Geriatric Society Award; two national honors for Laurencin; and Murphy featured in prominent dermatology magazine.