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The Primary Care Dilemma: A Medical Resident’s Perspective

Once residents start training, we realize that being a primary care provider means spending around 10 percent of our time with patients and 90 percent with papers and electronics.

The Huskies’ Hall of Fame men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun speaks with anchor Linda Cohn during a visit to the ESPN studios in Bristol, Conn. on Jan. 19. Calhoun was the featured guest for the cable sports network’s 'Car Wash' program, an intensive, all-day series of interviews across its various television, radio, and internet platforms. (Joe Faraoni/ESPN Photo)

Calhoun Goes Through ESPN’s ‘Car Wash’

Men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun was the featured guest for the cable sports network’s recent 'Car Wash' program, an intensive series of interviews across its various platforms.

Health Center Grants, August 2011

The following grants were received through the UConn Health Center’s Office of Research Administration and Finance in August 2011. The list represents new awards as well as continuations. The list of grants is supplied to UConn Today by the Office of Research Administration and Finance. Federal Alessi, S., Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center Prize […]

Dipak Dey, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Statistics. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

The Numbers Game

Statistics professor Dipak Dey says statistics, the science of using data to draw conclusions, can be readily connected to nature and to people's daily lives.

Associate professor of psychology Stephanie Milan and graduate student Kate Zona are supplying clinicians with data to form tailored interventions for young girls exposed to violence. ( Dan Buttrey/UConn Photo)

The Lasting Effects of Violence on Teen Girls

Two psychologists find that girls tend to respond to violence experienced during adolescence by withdrawing from their real lives.

Ramesh Sankaranarayanan, left, and Ram Gopal at an MIS lab at the School of Business on Jan. 13, 2012. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

The Positive Effects of Negative Blogs

In a study of employee blogs, two business professors found that when it comes to online word-of-mouth, what is bad can actually be good for a company.

Thomas Deans, associate professor of English and director of the writing center.

To Improve Your Writing, Talk

The University Writing Center in the English Department helps students have a really good conversation about their work.

Dr. Jonathan Meiers (second from left), professor and chair of the Division of Operative Dentistry, assists second-year dental student John Walsh. (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health Center Photo)

Leading Through Science and Service: The UConn School of Dental Medicine

Students and faculty at the dental school have many reasons to smile these days.

Health Center in the News

Health Center in the News

A new look for the new year; why habits are hard to break; and a spotlight on Bioscience Connecticut’s Thomas Callahan.

Getting Beyond Gridlock

As voters, we must demand more from our politicians than abstract formulations of party ideology, says law dean Jeremy Paul.