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UConn Awarded $484,000 Federal Economic Development Grant
The five-year grant to UConn's Office of Technology Commercialization will help promote technology transfer and entrepreneurship.
Health Center Offers Robotic Surgery and Serves as Training Site
Dr. Angela Kueck, gynecologic oncologist at the UConn Health Center, is interviewed on NBC Connecticut about ovarian and cervical cancer and the robotic surgical system that is now being used to treat these cancers.
Interim Director of UConn Medical Group Named
Dr. Denis Lafreniere has been named interim medical director of the UConn Medical Group and interim associate dean for clinical affairs.
Contagion: We’re Living It Now
Over the weekend I had the chance to see the new thriller Contagion, which tells of a worldwide outbreak of a new, highly infectious, lethal virus. The movie takes a cool, almost documentary approach to the story, showing the devastation caused by the virus almost in passing. While I often leave the theater after watching […]
Federal Grant Awarded to Support Early Screening of Substance Abuse Patients
The Health Center has partnered with the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) to obtain $8.3 million in new federal Affordable Care Act funds.
New Classroom Building Dedicated
The new building, committed solely to classroom space, enables students and faculty to concentrate on the business of teaching and learning.
Pasqualoni on Big East Shakeup: ‘We have to do what is best for UConn’
Head football coach Paul Pasqualoni discusses the implications of the possible conference shakeup.
Menthol’s Soothing Effects May Cause People to Smoke More
Researchers at the UConn School of Pharmacy and Yale University warn that younger smokers may be particularly impacted by smoking mentholated cigarettes.
NEMO Celebrates 20th Anniversary
UConn's Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials program celebrates 20 years of service to Connecticut's cities and towns.
Mark Their Words
Linguist Jonathan Bobaljik, an expert on the nearly extinct language Itelmen, says up to 90 percent of the world’s languages could vanish in the next 100 years.