UConn's weekly news publication for faculty and staff. http://www.advance.uconn.edu/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:43:04 -0500 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Advance&id=1803 Robert Birge, The Harold S. Schwenk Sr. Distinguished Chair in Chemistry at the UConn, has won the 2009 Connecticut Medal of Science, the state's highest award for scientists. Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Advance&id=1804 Nancy Bull, interim vice provost for academic administration since July 2008, has been named to the position full-time. Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Advance&id=1805 Jim Walter, associate vice president for communications at the Health Center, has been appointed as the University’s associate vice president for communications, effective July 1. Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Advance&id=1806 A new study from UConn and the Connecticut Department of Labor shows how the business cycle plays a determining role in the extent of wage losses for workers let go in mass layoffs and plant closings. Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Advance&id=1807 The Instructional Resource Center has created a wiki about educational technologies, as part of its ongoing efforts to provide information about new and emerging technologies. Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Advance&id=1808 In a study published in the journal Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental, researchers found that eating one cup of raisins a day and walking regularly as exercise helps reduce hunger and significantly decreases levels of low density lipoproteins (LDL) cholesterol – the so-called 'bad cholesterol' – in the blood stream. Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Advance&id=1809 Scientific advances over the last three decades have introduced several methods of screening and diagnosing Down syndrome during pregnancy. And as the number of prenatal screening options grows, so do related ethical concerns. Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Advance&id=1810 Arthur Gunzl, an associate professor in the Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, has been awarded a grant by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He is the first Health Center researcher to receive a Gates Foundation grant. Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Advance&id=1811 An endowed gift of $100,000 from The Hearst Foundations is boosting scholarships and the University of Connecticut's Teachers for a New Era (TNE) program. Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Advance&id=1812 In an age when girls are marrying younger for the first time in 20 years and a nation obsesses over Sarah Palin's high heels, Regina Barreca, a professor of English literature and feminist theory in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, wants to know, what happened to feminism? Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Advance&id=1813 A new study by two UConn researchers has found that mercury contamination levels in the meat of largemouth bass caught in Connecticut lakes were significantly lower in 2005-2006 than levels documented a decade earlier. Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Advance&id=1814 John Leach, associate professor of curriculum and instruction in the Neag School of Education, died May 27. He was 84. Leach, who lived in Manchester, joined the UConn faculty in 1968. Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Advance&id=1815 Henry A. "Hank" Palmer, a clinical professor and former associate dean in the School of Pharmacy, died May 23. He was 73. Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Advance&id=1816 The Alumni Association has announced the winners of its 2009 Alumni and Faculty Awards. The awards recognize UConn alumni and faculty who have made extraordinary contributions to society and the University. Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Advance&id=1817 The Students First Fund, a fund that can help students facing serious financial hardship, received a boost last month from a golf tournament and an anonymous donor. Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Advance&id=1818 A listing of grants received through the Office for Sponsored Programs (OSP) in April 2009. Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Advance&id=1819 Events at the University of Connecticut for Monday, June 8, through Monday, July 13, 2009. Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0500