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Grad Student Earns Award Nomination for Work Fighting Infectious Diseases
A graduate student in pharmaceutical sciences who is helping develop new drugs to fight potentially life-threatening infectious diseases is among nine UConn finalists for a 2012 Women of Innovation Award.
School of Nursing Offers New Advanced Degree Program
The new four-year program, which focuses on advanced clinical practice, offers a variety of specialized tracks.
University to Appeal NCAA Denial of UConn’s Waiver Application
President Herbst vows to continue the process.
Professor Emerita Awarded Poetry Society of America’s Highest Honor
Marilyn Nelson joins Robert Frost and Wallace Stevens as a recipient of the Frost Medal for 'distinguished lifetime service to American poetry.'
Cleveland Donald Jr., Former Director of Waterbury Campus, Dies
Donald, who was active in the civil rights movement, was the second black graduate of the University of Mississippi in 1966.
Freshmen Rowe Scholars Announced
The University of Connecticut is pleased to announce that eight freshmen from the Class of 2014 have been selected as Rowe Health Professions Scholars. Those honored are: Joshua Andrade, Gian Grant, Mallory Honda, Maciej Kosakowski, Mallory Perry, Thomas Silva, Kristen Springer, and Geyang “Athena” Tao. The John and Valerie Rowe Health Professions Scholars Program aids […]
Federal Grant to Fund Community-Supported Aquaculture Project
The shellfish aquaculture business in Connecticut is getting a boost from a new federal grant. Connecticut Sea Grant at the University of Connecticut has received $269,142 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to investigate the feasibility of a new community-supported aquaculture (CSA) program at the Noank Aquaculture Cooperative in Groton. Similar to community-supported agriculture […]
UConn/UTC Team Develops Alternative to Gold in Electrical Applications
Researchers at the University of Connecticut, partnering with United Technologies Research Center engineers, have modeled and developed new classes of alloy materials for use in electronic applications that will reduce reliance on costly gold and other precious metals. The research appears online in the October 12th issue of the journal Applied Physics Letters. With the […]
UConn Team Awarded USAID/HED Funds to Help Improve Water Resource Management in Ethiopia
A team of UConn researchers, partnering with collaborators from five Ethiopian universities and Alabama A&M University, has been selected to receive significant funding from USAID through the Africa-US Higher Education Initiative to support work aimed at building Ethiopia’s educational capacity to effectively manage its water resources. The team was one of just 11 chosen. UConn […]
What’s Next? Combine Purpose, Passion and a Paycheck
It is not news that many Connecticut residents are looking for employment. What is unique is that many older Connecticut professionals, those over 50 in the boomer generation, are seeking more than just a paycheck in their second half of life—but employment with a purpose—encore careers. What’s Next?: Combine Purpose, Passion and a Paycheck in […]