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No Time for Isolationism
London’s quiet again. The 16,000 police did their job, and the riots have been quashed. The city is no longer burning. The phone calls from anxious parents have stopped. Our 37 students will travel to London to study abroad for the semester in less than two weeks, and we’re sending hundreds more to other destinations […]
August 17, 2011 | Ross Lewin
New Cancer Support Group at Health Center Features Quilting
A new cancer support group for women seeks to harness the therapeutic power of quilting.
August 17, 2011 | , and Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
UConn and Connecticut’s Economic Future
The University is seeking an economic development leader.
August 17, 2011 | Michael Kirk
The View Behind the Catcher’s Mask
Two catchers describe life behind the home plate for the Huskies.
August 17, 2011 | Kenneth Best
Teaching in Wartime
Two family members' careers took them to wartime Iraq and Afghanistan to teach.
August 17, 2011 | Angela Grant ’73 (CLAS), ’77 JD
In A Good Place
The Up & Atom café at the BioPhysics Building is a nice place to work while waiting for a meeting. (Michael Garcia/UConn Photo)
August 17, 2011 | Michael Garcia/UConn Photo
UConn Scientist Develops Sterile Variety of Invasive Plant
Scientific breakthrough could help restore the popular ornamental shrub Euonymus alatus, otherwise known as burning bush, to prominence in commercial marketplace Professor Yi Li’s Laboratory in the University of Connecticut’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources has developed a seedless variety of the popular ornamental shrub Euonymus alatus, also called ‘burning bush,’ that retains the […]
August 16, 2011 | Combined Reports
Improving Surgical Residents’ Communication Skills
A UConn study finds that training may improve surgical residents’ patient communication skills.
August 16, 2011 | Carolyn Pennington
The Art of Preserving Books
Babbidge Library's preservation service repairs thousands of rare texts and damaged books each year.
August 16, 2011 | Timothy Stobierski ’11 (CLAS)
Dockside
Project Oceanology’s research vessel Enviro-Lab III waits to get back out on the Sound. (Sheila Foran/UConn Photo)
August 16, 2011 | Sheila Foran