{"id":248183,"date":"2026-07-03T15:06:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T19:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=248183"},"modified":"2026-07-08T11:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T15:54:13","slug":"uconn-people-july-8-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2026\/07\/uconn-people-july-8-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn People &#8211; July 8, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Awards<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dean <strong>Eboni S. Nelson<\/strong> of UConn Law received the Edwin Archer Randolph Diversity Award from the Lawyers Collaborative for Diversity. The statewide award, named for the first lawyer of color admitted to the Connecticut Bar, honors individuals who champion diversity and inclusion within the legal profession. Nelson was recognized as a visionary and strategic leader who is committed to public service and empowers students, staff, and faculty to achieve their personal and professional goals.<\/p>\n<p><em>In Memoriam<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Elise Herrick<\/strong>, 89, of Storrs, Conn., a former employee, on June 18.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Judith Meagher<\/strong>, 87, of Manchester, Conn., a retired professor in the Neag School of Education who became associate dean, on June 24.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sung Yeul Park<\/strong>, 52, of South Windsor, Conn., a professor of electrical engineering since 2009, on June 30.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Patricia Thurber<\/strong>, 85, of Manchester, Conn., a former administrative assistant in the marketing department at the Jorgensen Center for the performing arts, on June 16.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Robert Weiss<\/strong>, 92, of Mystic, Conn., a former assistant football coach, on June 20.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/journalism.uconn.edu\/2026\/07\/07\/honoring-professor-emeritus-wayne-worcester\/\"><strong>Wayne Worcester<\/strong><\/a>, 78, of Vernon, Conn., professor emeritus of journalism and husband of Maureen Croteau, long-time Department of Journalism head, on July 2.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you would like to submit a passing, retirement, notable birthday, achievement or a family event of a UConn employee or retiree for consideration, please email to work@uconn.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[2113],"class_list":["post-248183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-quote","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-quote"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-31 00:34:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248183"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248279,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248183\/revisions\/248279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248183"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=248183"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=248183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}