A magazine for alumni and friends of the University of Connecticut http://uconnmagazine.uconn.edu/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:15:22 -0500 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=477 UConn alumni are among the 195,000 volunteers who have taken on the challenge of service in the Peace Corps, described as "the toughest job you'll ever love." Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=478 As projections for the national economy appear gloomy, UConn is playing a stabilizing role in the state's economy and contributing to the long-term economic viability of Connecticut. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=479 More than 1,000 students use the services of the Center for Students with Disabilities, which provides support to those with learning disabilities and other special needs. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=481 Like the majority of states, Connecticut now confronts very serious budget challenges. Although it's difficult to predict accurately how this crisis will affect the University's funding, its programs, students and employees, I do know that the impact will be substantial. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=480 The great progress made by the University of Connecticut in all areas of campus life, since the early days of the blueprint for UCONN 2000 to the proposals for 21st Century UConn, stands as an example of how good planning results in good fortune. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=482 Michelle Prairie '09 (CLAS), a UConn Presidential Scholar with a 4.0 GPA in economics, is one of 40 Marshall Scholars named by the British government. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=483 The 30-year-old Bachelor of General Studies (BGS) is getting an academic facelift by creating an interdisciplinary major that will help meet changing needs in the workplace. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=484 The Neag School of Education will change leadership this summer when Thomas DeFranco, associate dean for the past six years, takes the reins from Richard Schwab. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=485 Christian Levatino '98 (SFA) performed the title role in the 2008 Burbank, Calif., production of "Woyzeck," the story of a working-class German soldier driven to violence. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=486 The CONN-MEN, one of the University's widely popular a cappella student singing groups, performed as part of the 2008 holiday season tour celebrations at The White House in Washington, D.C. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=487 The annual One Ton Sundae began in 1979 when ice cream from the popular Dairy Bar was piled up on a table so students could make their own sundaes during Winter Weekend. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=488 A new Center for Implant & Reconstructive Dentistry has opened at the UConn Health Center with a team of nationally recognized experts who provide a full range of dental implant services. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=489 Recent panels of the popular syndicated comic strip "Hi and Lois" have featured a UConn banner on the wall and a UConn shirt. We wondered how this happened. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=490 Winter at UConn has meant playing hockey outdoors on the ice pond on North Eagleville Road for more than a century. Once known as the Duck Pond, the small body of water in front of the Chemistry Building today is called Swan Lake. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=491 Carrie-Ellen Flanagan '09 (NUR) was among 14 undergraduate students from the School of Nursing who completed their clinical studies this past fall by working in labor and delivery wards in Cape Town, South Africa. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=492 The University of Connecticut Foundation Inc. passed its Annual Fund goal by 15 percent in 2008, with a $5.8 million, which was $1.2 million over the previous year. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=493 Former New York City mayor and presidential candidate Rudolph W. Giuliani, right, and Kevin J. O'Connor '92 J.D., former U.S. attorney for the District of Connecticut, participated in a School of Law panel discussion. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=494 The University is working to create a Roll of Honor to remember alumni who died of wounds or injuries sustained while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=495 U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT 2nd) '78 J.D. distributed UCONN Husky chocolate bars, donated by Munsons Chocolates of Bolton, Conn., to United States military personnel during a trip to Iraq in December. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=496 UConn archaeologist Natalie Munro is part of a research team working with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem that discovered a 12,000-year-old grave in Israel containing the remains of a woman which provides some of the world's earliest evidence of a religious practitioner. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=497 The School of Pharmacy will join with the Connecticut Pharmacists Association and a newly created network of Connecticut pharmacists to build an electronic medication information exchange for the state that proponents hope will be a major step forward to improve health care delivery while reducing health care costs in Connecticut. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=498 Connecticut's vision to move forward with a pioneering stem cell program has been rewarded with a milestone reached by UConn scientists who created two new human embryonic stem cell lines that are being made available to academic researchers to study the therapeutic potential of the cells. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=499 Nancy Naples, professor of sociology and women's studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, received the 2008 UConn Alumni Association Faculty Excellence in Research Award in Humanities and Social Sciences for her extensive contributions to the field of sociology. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=500 UConn's full-time M.B.A. program in the School of Business is now listed in the top ranks of M.B.A. programs in the United States according to Business Week Best B-Schools rankings for 2008. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=501 James M. O'Neil, professor of educational psychology in the Neag School of Education and professor of family studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, received the 2008 Distinguished Professional Service award from the American Psychological Association for his cumulative research on male gender role conflict. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=502 Kyle Carney '11 (CANR) won the 2008 Toro Super Bowl Sports Turf Training Scholarship, earning the second-year turfgrass science student the opportunity to participate in Super Bowl XLIII helping National Football League turf specialists prepare the game field and practice facilities at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=503 Researchers in the School of Social Work have received funding for three studies directed at improving outcomes of criminal offenders released from prison. The research is supported by a five-year $3.5-million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=504 Cato T. Laurencin, vice president for health affairs at the UConn Health Center and dean of the medical school, has been named among "100 Chemical Engineers of the Modern Era" by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=505 Travelers will commit up to $1.6 million to expand the successful Travelers Education Access Initiative (TEAI) at UConn, a program designed to enhance academic, outreach and diversity programs at the University. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=506 Kathleen Segerson, a professor of economics in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has been named by the Board of Trustees to hold the Philip E. Austin Chair for a three-year term. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=507 A new graduate fellowship endowment is supporting graduate training in clinical psychology, with priority given to students with an interest in studying the effects of family dynamics or childhood disorders on personality development in children. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=508 Internationally known artist Werner Pfeiffer donated his installation sculpture "Endangered Species" to the Homer Babbidge Library. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=509 Although she did not participate in athletics while pursuing her accounting degree at UConn, Colleen Gruner '82 (BUS) was an accomplished high school athlete and feels that involvement in sports was important to her life's success. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=510 UConn President Michael J. Hogan earlier this year established a new Presidential Challenge program to raise $100 million in private funding for scholarships and graduate fellowships. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=511 Tynisha McMillian '10 (CLAS) and Andrew Dubs ’09 (ED) discuss discuss shot put style with UConn Magazine. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=512 In early February, the men's and women's basketball teams both held the No. 1 spot in the weekly Associated Press rankings for the first time since the historic 2003-04 season, when Storrs was transformed into the focal point of the basketball world with twin No. 1 rankings and UConn later became the first university to win both NCAA basketball championships in the same year. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=513 The 1994-95 NCAA National Championship team, which finished the season with a perfect 35-0 record, was inducted into the "UConn Huskies of Honor" on Nov. 16 during halftime of the UConn-Georgia Tech game before a crowd of 8,871. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=514 UConn Magazine offers a round-up of achievements by UConn student-athletes from the Fall of 2008. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=515 Robert Clark, associate professor of immunology at the UConn Health Center, has spent his career studying autoimmune diseases, disorders that can affect nearly all parts of the body when the immune system turns rogue and attacks itself. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=516 Wolodymyr Madych, professor of mathematics in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, received the 2008 Alumni Association Faculty Excellence in Research Award in Sciences in recognition of his fundamental research in the field of mathematics. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=517 Six top alternative energy researchers associated with the state's Eminent Faculty Program have joined the School of Engineering, including the new director of UConn’s Global Fuel Cell Center. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=518 UConn scientists have helped to create a membrane made from an interwoven mesh of nanowires that can absorb up to 20 times its weight in oil, allowing it to absorb industrial discharges from seawater. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=519 A research experiment developed by Mun Y. Choi, dean of the School of Engineering, is being conducted aboard the International Space Station. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=520 A multidisciplinary team of researchers headed by engineering professor Yu Lei is working to develop an electronic "nose" system to detect explosives. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=521 "My dream job would be working on policies that provide every person with a chance to make it economically,” says Michael Mitchell II '10 (CLAS). "I think the incubation of ideas, which is one thing, is important - implementation is another." Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=522 Jennifer Kleinhans '09 (ENG) rarely lets things get past her. As a three-time All-American in field hockey, Big East Defensive Player of the Year and Big East Academic All-Star, she is the last line of defense before the UConn goalie. But Kleinhans also doesn't let opportunity pass her by in the classroom or in life. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=523 As a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of English and the University's first Aetna Chair of Writing, Lynn Z. Bloom has been a pioneering voice in the field of composition studies for more than 20 years. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=524 Teaching students about how history has shaped the culture of a nation and influenced modern issues is often a challenge in the classroom. Students of Mark Overmyer-Velázquez, a specialist in Latin American history, however, are offered a unique firsthand opportunity to gain insights into the culture of Mexico. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=525 Following the disappointment of losing during her junior year in the regional of the 2006-2007 NCAA women's basketball championships, Husky co-captain Mel Thomas '08 (BUS) hoped to write a storybook ending to her college career by winning a national championship in her senior year. Without telling anyone, she decided to keep a journal during her final season at UConn. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=526 As the world faces economic uncertainty, we recognize that career networking continues to be a top priority for many of our alumni, says Lisa Lewis, executive director of the UConn Alumni Association. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=527 In the more than a dozen years since she returned to Taiwan from Storrs, Lih-Chyi Wen '93 M.S., '96 Ph.D. has established a career as an environmental economist who continues to break new ground in one of the world’s emerging regions. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=528 Bill Congdon '75 (BUS) sits in the eye of the storm raging within the publishing industry, as print media continue to struggle finding advertising profitability in an increasingly online world. As the publisher of Popular Mechanics, Congdon leads a magazine whose purpose has not altered since it began in 1902. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=529 Bill Holowaty '67 (ED), '69 M.S., ranks first among all active NCAA Division III baseball coaches as he enters his 41st season as head baseball coach at Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic, Conn. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=530 Rick Baran '93 J.D./M.B.A. will you tell you that his combined degrees from the University of Connecticut suit him perfectly. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=531 Hart's Greenhouse and Florist is not only a successful family business, but it is also a UConn family story. The Harts – Dave '78 (RHSA) and Joyce (Burr) '79 (RHSA), '82 (ED) - opened their garden center in 1986 in Canterbury, Conn. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=532 When Nechama Tec, professor emerita of sociology at UConn's Stamford campus, set out to correct a distortion of World War II history, she did not foresee that a book of historical scholarship would become the basis of a major Hollywood film. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0500