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Health Center Accolades – July 2012

Mauriello elected chair of compliance forum; Gould receives social justice award; Laurencin cited by general assembly; and Arciero to lead sports medicine society.

Salome Raheim, dean of social work, speaks to students during a Kingian nonviolence youth academy held at Weaver High School in Hartford on July 23, 2012. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Social Work Dean Encourages Hartford Students to be Nonviolence Leaders

Dean Salome Raheim was the keynote speaker launching a nonviolence leadership academy for Hartford-area students.

Richard Skinner, D.M.D., Pediatric Dentistry, checks care provided to a patient by Carver Little, ‘06 SODM, at Burgdorf Community Health Clinic. (Al Ferreira/UConn Health Center Photo)

Sharing the Cost of Dental Care

A healthy mouth is directly linked to general health, making dental services an essential component of overall health care.

oak leaf

Avery Point Campus Reopens After Public Safety Incident

The Connecticut State Police are investigating the incident, which occurred overnight.

Leslie Loew, director of the Richard D. Berlin Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling at the UConn Health Center on February 27, 2008. (Lanny Nagler for UConn Health Center)

Biophysicist in Profile

For Leslie Loew, the Boehringer Ingelheim Chair in Cell Sciences, it all started with a chemistry set.

A scanning electron microscope image of the pedestal formed by harmful E. coli in the human large intestine. (Ken Campellone/UConn Photo)

How E. coli Cells Work in the Human Gut

Molecular and cell biologist Ken Campellone has discovered a key factor in how harmful E. coli affect people’s intestines.

Health Center in the News

Health Center in the News – July 24, 2012

Power squared; why you need a vacation; could stem cells slow the aging process; and sometimes dust is the problem.

John Krenicki '84 from GE Energy

Alumnus Leads GE’s Energy Business Around the Globe

In an ever-changing industry, John Krenicki '84 (ENG) says what he learned as an undergraduate engineering major continues to prove invaluable.

Geno Auriemma

Geno Goes for the Gold

With the Olympics just days away, a look at how the UConn women's basketball head coach became head coach of the USA Basketball National Team.

Visiting fellow Douglas Varner joins Evelyn Morgen for the second of his two site visits at the Stowe Library, part of the National Library of Medicine/Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries Leadership Fellows Program running from November 2011 through October 2012. (Chris DeFrancesco/UConn Health Center Photo)

Health Center Library Director Serving as Mentor

Evelyn Morgen is one of five mentors chosen for a national leadership program for future library directors.