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2011 Summer—Alumni News and Notes 1980s
M. Jeffrey Spahr ’80 M.B.A. is president of the board for the Connecticut Association for Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities, in East Norwalk, Conn. He is a major advocate for people with ADHD and learning disabilities and was the driving force behind former Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s issuance of an official statement […]
July 12, 2011 | Combined Reports
2011 Summer—Alumni News and Notes 1970s
Christine Gelineau ’72 (CLAS) teaches poetry and American literature at Binghamton University in Binghamton, N.Y., and is the author of her second full-length collection of poetry, Appetite for the Divine, published by Ashland Poetry Press in April 2010. She is on the core faculty of the low-residency Creative Writing Program at Wilkes University in […]
July 12, 2011 | Combined Reports
2011 Summer—Alumni News and Notes 1930s, 40s, 50s, 60s
1930s Morton N. Katz ’39 (CLAS), ’51 J.D. received the 2010 Hartford County Bar Association Pro Bono Award for his extensive volunteer work, including working with Statewide Legal Services since 1996. The award was presented at the association’s annual Law Day ceremony on April 30, 2010. Morton also served as pro bono counsel with […]
July 12, 2011 | Combined Reports
New Construction Slated for Avery Point
The existing Student Center will be demolished this summer.
July 12, 2011 | Michael Kirk
Engineering FUN-damentals
During a one-week residential summer program , high school students from five different states participated in the Explore Engineering E2 Program. (Justine Braisted '13 SFA/UConn Photo)
July 12, 2011 | Justine Braisted '13 SFA/UConn Photo
Health Center Receives Major Gift to Support Regenerative Engineering Research
The gift from Raymond and Beverly Sackler follows passage of the Bioscience Connecticut plan.
July 12, 2011 | Carolyn Pennington
Celebrating Life
[flickr-gallery id=”72157627217471349″] Norma Greene was first diagnosed with breast cancer and treated at the UConn Health Center in 1993. Thirteen years later, her breast cancer came back and she was once again treated at the Health Center. Today, Norma is cancer free and a true definition of the word survivor. Greene and more than […]
July 11, 2011 | Chris Kaminski
50th Anniversary Commemoration on Display at Legislative Office Building
The Health Center is sharing its celebration of the 50th anniversary of its founding with the public. Numerous photos are now on display in the Legislative Office Building (LOB) in Hartford. The photos are artfully reproduced on poster board and arranged according to “Past, Present and Future.” The future section includes the architectural rendering of […]
July 11, 2011 | Carolyn Pennington
A Better Way to Photo Gray
UConn researchers have developed a new technology to make instant color-change lenses.
July 11, 2011 | Christine Buckley, CLAS Today
Paging Dr. Watson
Unfortunately, a supercomputer won’t drive you to the clinic for a checkup.
July 11, 2011 | Jeremy Teitelbaum