UConn's weekly news publication for faculty and staff. http://www.advance.uconn.edu/ Fri, 09 May 2008 10:25:42 -0500 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Advance&id=1256 UConn psychology professor David A. Kenny has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a highly coveted spot in one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honor societies. Fri, 02 May 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Advance&id=1257 An 18th-century Connecticut slave who managed to buy his freedom and that of his family is at the center of a new effort by Anne Hiskes to look at the changing concepts of human identity. Fri, 02 May 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Advance&id=1258 The Research Foundation’s spring 2008 Faculty Large Grants were announced recently. For the Faculty Large Grant competition, the Research Advisory Council received 61 proposals totaling more than $1.2 million and made 34 awards totaling more than $575,000. Fri, 02 May 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Advance&id=1259 A conference on Eliminating Mental Health and Addiction Disparities in Connecticut and Beyond will take place in Rome Ballroom on Tuesday, May 20, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Fri, 02 May 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Advance&id=1260 Ever since he came into the world as a 1-pound, 6-ounce infant – nearly three months premature – Ethan Joseph Nash has been in the Health Center’s Newborn Intensive Care Nurseries. But his prognosis is very good, and it’s possible that by the end of May, his parents will be able to take him home to Prairieville, La., some 1,500 miles away. Fri, 02 May 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Advance&id=1261 Each year, students coming to the end of their four years at UConn work together to raise funds for a class gift that will mark their legacy. This year’s seniors are no different. Fri, 02 May 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Advance&id=1262 Professor John Mathieu, the Robert Cizik Chair in Manufacturing and Technology Management, has long studied team dynamics, the impact of technology on various tasks, and how managers can improve outcomes. Fri, 02 May 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Advance&id=1263 Lt. Cmdr. Anthony Artino, a Navy aerospace physiologist, is responsible for training pilots in emergency situations. And that’s why he’s at UConn. Fri, 02 May 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Advance&id=1264 Because the cost of developing new medicines is so high, pharmaceutical companies have started outsourcing research and development to countries such as China and India. Yadagiri Pendri has a different idea: Do such work in a start-up company based at UConn. Fri, 02 May 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Advance&id=1265 Dozens of potential medical and dental students have already heard their first lectures at the UConn Health Center, even though they wouldn’t matriculate for four more years at the earliest. Fri, 02 May 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Advance&id=1266 The Advance is publishing short profiles of some of this year’s graduating students. Those featured were selected from among those recommended by each school and college. Fri, 02 May 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Advance&id=1267 University events for Monday, Monday, May 4, to Monday, May 19, 2008. Fri, 02 May 2008 04:00:00 -0500