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COPD Foundation Announces Landmark Measure
UConn Health Center enrolls the 1,000th patient for the Bronchiectasis Research Registry.
UConn Reads: ‘Half the Sky’
The first book selected in the new campus-wide reading program focuses on the plight of women and girls living in poverty across the globe.
Giving Back Close to Home
Co-chairs Jennifer Person and Professor Rob Hoskin share their reasons for giving back to the University and invite other faculty and staff to contribute to this year's Close to Home fundraising campaign.
American Daredevil
At the first stop Leigh Montville ’65 (CLAS) made on a guided tour of Butte, Mont., his host asked a very large Harley-loving local if he had known Evel Knievel during the daredevil’s time in the now desolate city. The man snorted, admitting he had worked for Knievel once and had been taken for a […]
2011 Fall/Winter Edition – UConn Magazine
Growing the Farm Economy: The Connecticut agricultural economy is a $3.5 billion industry that includes many alumni from the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources who have expanded their core businesses, rooted in food and plant products, to meet new consumer needs. How Do We Learn to Speak and Read? World-renowned Haskins Laboratories in New […]
Enriching a Shared Experience With UConn Reads
Reading a good book brings so much joy and comfort to so many people. Many of us fall asleep with a good book, explore new and old interests with a good book, and engage others in debate over the merits of and ideas in a book. For many of us, reading has been a lifelong […]
2011 Fall/Winter – Alumni News and Notes 1940’s, 50’s, 60’s
1940’s Francis J. DiVesta ’42 (ED) has co-authored Classroom Assessment in Action, published by Rowman & Littlefield in June. The book targets what teachers should know about assessments in the school, with a functional emphasis on formative assessment. 1950’s Bernard Sippin ’52 (BUS) was named “Outstanding Citizen of the Year” by the town of […]
2011 Fall/Winter – Alumni News and Notes 2000’s
Stephen Jewett ’00 (CLAS), ’08 MBA is a senior partner at Duby McDowell Communications in Hartford, Conn. Most recently, he was chief spokesman of Connecticare and previously served as campaign manager for the Connecticut Senate Democratic Caucus and senior advisor to Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen’s successful campaign. Raymie Wayne ’00 JD is associate professor […]
2011 Fall/Winter – Alumni News and Notes 1980’s
Andrew W. Krevolin ’80 JD has joined the firm Rogin Nassau LLC in Hartford, Conn., as a member of the firm’s litigation and dispute resolution practice group. Irwin Krieger ’82 (SSW) is the author of Helping Your Transgender Teen: A Guide for Parents, published in February by Genderwise Press in New Haven, Conn. Jody Dillon […]
2011 Fall/Winter – Alumni News and Notes 1970’s
William H. Daughtrey Jr. ’70 MBA is interim executive director of Dominion Resources GreenTech Incubator in Ashland, Va. He has more than 30 years of experience in business and financial consulting with companies across the U.S., Canada, and Indonesia. David C. Gillon ’71 (BUS) is senior associate dean for administration and finance at Quinnipiac University’s […]