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Virginia Native Thomas Jefferson Would Have Loved Storrs
The 'good real estate fortune' bestowed on us by the Storrs brothers in 1881 would have appealed to Thomas Jefferson according to UConn President Susan Herbst.
Print – Health Center in the News May 2012
The new Health Center chief looks ahead; the science of beauty; addiction diagnoses may rise under guideline changes; and should I let my son play football?
Merger of Two Programs Unites Latino and Latin American Studies
A new institute, El Instituto, will be formed from the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Institute of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies.
Storrs Grants, April 2012
The following grants were received through the Office for Sponsored Programs (OSP) in April 2012. The list represents only new proposals awarded, and excludes continuations. The list is provided each month by OSP. Allen, J., Plant Science & Landscape Architecture Management of Basil Downy Mildew using Organic Fungicides and Nitrogen Fertilization Rate USDA/Department of Agriculture/University […]
Alumnus to Discuss FBI Career at Alumni Weekend
Alumni Weekend June 1 and 2 includes a reception and dinner featuring UConn alum Jim Trainor '93 MA who serves as special agent-in-charge of the FBI's New York Field Office Intelligence Division.
Medical Student Pursues Both Love of Medicine and Writing
First-year UConn medical student Shirin Karimi has written a book of poems comparing illness and incarceration.
TV – Health Center in the News
Could a lollipop cure the hiccups; can certain foods make you more fertile; and a common antibiotic may increase risk for heart attack.
Finding Family-Friendly Water Projects
A geography professor who teaches at UConn's new water resources partnership with Ethiopia found that gender, as well as engineering, must be addressed.
A President and a Coach Talk Women’s Sports
An article by President Susan Herbst appeared in Thursday's edition of Inside Higher Education. In it, she and head women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma discuss the state of women's athletics at UConn and beyond.
Bank of America Employees Deliver Baskets to NICU
More than one hundred hand-crafted gift baskets for parents of premature infants were donated May 16.