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Rigoberta Menchú Tum speaks with students at El Instituto in the Ryan Building on Sept. 11, 2012. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Students Meet With Nobel Peace Laureate Rigoberta Menchú Tum

UConn students had an opportunity for discussion with the Guatemalan human rights activist during her visit to campus.

The courtyard of the Freedom Theatre, a theater and cultural center in the Jenin Refugee Camp in the northern part of the West Bank. (Photo supplied by Gary English)

UConn Professor Studies Middle East Conflict Through Refugee Camp Theater Group

Dramatic arts professor Gary English is spending a year working with the Freedom Theatre in a Palestinian refugee camp.

UConn Health Accolades (Shutterstock image)

Health Center Accolades – September 2012

Dupont named chapter president; dental student receives award; Laurencin joins NIH committee; and cell biology student wins poster competition.

Daniel Turner '15 (ENG), left, and his father Elvin Turner '93 MBA. (Jessica McCabe/UConn Photo)

One Family’s Legacy, Two Generations of Huskies

UConn alum Elvin Turner '93 MBA and his son Daniel Turner '15 (ENG) will speak about their family's educational tradition at the Legacy Breakfast during Family Weekend.

Ovarian Cancer – the Disease that Whispers

September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

Health Center in the News

Health Center in the News – September 2012

Whooping cough increases; occupational illnesses decrease; Freedom from Smoking program returns; a closer look at circumcision; and the Health Center branches out to Storrs.

UConn Health Center 2020

Imagining the UConn Health Center in 2020

Strategic Refresh Launches

environmental studies

Environmental Studies Major Wins Board’s Approval

The new major will be humanities and social sciences-based, complementing the existing environmental science major.

Edison Liu, president and chief executive officer, The Jackson Laboratory speaks at the UConn/JAX Genomics Symposium, held at the Student Union Theater at the University of Connecticut on Sept. 6, 2012. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn-Jackson Lab Symposium Features Genomics Research

Storrs, Farmington, and Jackson Laboratory researchers get together for two days of talks and strategy sessions.

UConn Awarded Federal Grant to Coordinate HIV Services in State

The funding will enhance medical care for women and children living with HIV/AIDS.