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The Anthropology of Feasting
The success of the fall harvest has been a life-and-death event for our ancestors since the first seeds were sowed about 10,000 years ago in the Near East. It is not surprising that, across the globe, many important events of the year coincide with the harvest, including in North America, where we mark the harvest […]
2011 Summer Edition – UConn Magazine
Protecting the World of Ideas: The legal wrangling over who came up with the idea for Facebook is just one legal issue arising today in the burgeoning field of intellectual property law. The Anthropology of Feasting: Humans gathering together for a sumptuous feast can be traced to the Middle East, according to a UConn anthropologist […]
Health Center Receives Major Gift to Support Research at Institute for Regenerative Engineering
Internationally prominent philanthropists Raymond and Beverly Sackler have provided a major gift to create an innovative research center at the Institute for Regenerative Engineering at the University of Connecticut Health Center. The gift follows the recent passage of Governor Malloy’s Bioscience Connecticut Plan. The Sacklers’ gift will enhance collaboration among UConn Health Center’s leading physical […]
Health Center Physician Solves TV Anchor’s Dad’s Medical Mystery
A Florida man is pain-free and playing 18 holes of golf again, thanks in part to a UConn Health Center physician who never touched him or even met him. In January, Dr. Kanwar Singh of the Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center was discussing a new minimally invasive treatment of peripheral arterial disease during an […]
Happy Birthday USA
While enjoying all the activities of a long holiday weekend, pause for a minute to wish the USA a happy 235th birthday on the 4th. (FJ Gaylor for UConn)
Fighter Pilot Supports Students with Military Experience
Col. Regan believes that prior military service gives students a leg up on their classmates.
Storrs Center: It’s True. It’s Here. It’s Happening.
The new Storrs Center is about to become a reality.
Time to Take a Break
Wilbur’s Café in the Wilbur Cross building is a convenient place to stop for a coffee break and to catch up on the news with the friendly folks who staff the café. (Paul Horton for UConn)
Investigating the Growth of Biofilms
Leonela Villegas and Jinzi Deng have combined their mutual interests.