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An Adventurer Finds Success, and Shares It
Successful businessman Bernard Sippin '52 has established a scholarship for math majors.
July 14, 2011 | The UConn Foundation
UConn Dentists Travel to Alaska to Provide Dentures for Native Communities
A group of doctors from the UConn School of Dental Medicine recently returned from its annual outreach trip to the tribes of southeast Alaska to offer them much-needed dental work. The native people near Sitka have little access to dental care providers. The UConn dentists specifically work on making and fitting dentures. They were there […]
July 14, 2011 | Carolyn Pennington
New Technology Aims for Early Detection
A Small Business Innovation research grant helps open doors to new diagnostic technology for researcher Michael Lynes, professor of molecular and cell biology, and his associates.
July 14, 2011 | Kenneth Noll
Just Chillin’
When it’s hot outside, sometimes it’s good to be inside. Reading, studying, or just hanging out. (Paul Horton for UConn)
July 14, 2011 | Paul Horton for UConn
2011 UConn Cancer Research Golf Tournament to Support Technology Upgrade
Back for its 34th year, the 2011 UConn Cancer Research Golf Tournament tees off Monday, August 1, at the Tumble Brook Country Club in Bloomfield. This event, organized by a committee of volunteers in conjunction with the UConn Foundation, has raised more than $1.5 million for cancer research, prevention and education over its history. Proceeds […]
July 13, 2011 | , and Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Confratute Brings Educators of Gifted and Talented to UConn
Joseph Renzulli, director of the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, addresses Confratute – a week-long institute devoted to enrichment education. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)
July 13, 2011 | Peter Morenus
UConn Honors Student Receives Young Botanist Award
Nikisha Patel is conducting research on a rare plant in the nightshade family.
July 13, 2011 | Sheila Foran
Storrs Grants, May 2011
The following grants were received through the Office for Sponsored Programs (OSP) in May 2011. The list represents only new proposals awarded, and excludes continuations. The list is supplied each month by OSP. Adler, D., Anthropology Late Middle Palaeolithic Life-ways in the Hrazdan Gorge, Armenia Leakey (Louis S.B.) Foundation, $13,460, 5/11-4/12 Aindow, M., Chemical, Materials, […]
July 13, 2011 | Combined Reports
2011 Summer—Alumni News and Notes 2000, 2010s
2000s Peter J. Karp ’00 (BUS) and his wife, Jocelyn, announce the birth of a daughter, Caitlyn Elizabeth Karp, on Feb. 18, 2011, in Hartford, Conn. The couple was married in 2009 and resides in Cromwell, Conn. Diane A. (Nesprido) Phelan ’00 (BUS) is director of product management and key account sales for Permatex, where […]
July 12, 2011 | Combined Reports
2011 Summer—Alumni News and Notes 1990s
James Czapiga ’90 (BUS) is vice president and Connecticut and Rhode Island agency services manager at Stewart Title Guaranty Company. He has served for 15 years in the title insurance industry. Lawrence H. Davis ’90 M.A., ’01 Ph.D. is a professor of history and was awarded tenure at North Shore Community College in Danvers, […]
July 12, 2011 | Combined Reports