A magazine for alumni and friends of the University of Connecticut http://uconnmagazine.uconn.edu/ Tue, 13 May 2008 09:35:36 -0500 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=319 Faculty members and graduate students at the University of Connecticut are among those leading the way in this emerging area called nanotechnology. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=320 In the winter of 1998, Amity Wahl ’99 (BUS), Bonnie Panda ’01 (CLAS) and Liz Conklin ’00 (CLAS) found one another as creative people so often do, attracted to the “vibe” of kindred spirits. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=321 Regina Barreca, a UConn English professor, talks about the importance of humor. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=322 Ken Best, editor of UConn Magazine, takes a look at the pursuit of excellence in and out of the classroom. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=323 UConn President Michael J. Hogan talks about plans to reorganize the University administration. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=324 The holiday season may be a long way off for many, but not for horticulturist Robert Shabot, who is working on a new variety of poinsettia. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=325 Urs Boelsterli, a professor of pharmaceutical sciences and toxicology, is installed as the University’s first Boehringer Ingelheim Endowed Chair in Mechanistic Toxicology in the School of Pharmacy by Provost Peter J. Nicholls. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=326 Donald "Dee" Rowe, former head coach of men’s basketball and retired development officer who continues to serve the Division of Athletics, its coaches, and student-athletes as mentor, fund raiser and goodwill ambassador for UConn, was awarded the University Medal. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=327 In the nearly nine decades since its founding as the Hartford College of Law, the School of Law has evolved from a six-student night school to its stately Gothic halls on Elizabeth Street in the capital city. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=328 The School of Nursing’s accelerated Master’s Entry into Nursing program is expanding to UConn’s campuses in Waterbury and Stamford, helping to address the projected shortage of nurses in Connecticut. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=329 First-rate University is a top priority according to alumni and state residents. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=330 Graduates of Connecticut’s community colleges who earn associate’s degrees with at least a B average will be guaranteed admission to UConn through the Guaranteed Admissions Program (GAP). Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=331 Student volunteers were recruited by the UConn Community Outreach Alternative Breaks Program to work in collaboration with the East Biloxi Relief & Redevelopment Agency, a nonprofit group that has worked to help individuals, families, small businesses and neighborhoods rebuild after the hurricane damage. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=332 Daniel Civco ’74 (CANR), ’76 M.S.,’87 Ph.D., professor of natural resources management and engineering in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, received the 2007 Award for Excellence in College and University Teaching in the Food and Agricultural Sciences from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, the highest national honor an educator in the field can receive. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=333 Joerg Graf, assistant professor of microbiology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, conducts research to enhance the general understanding of how bacteria and animals interact. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=334 Alex Gitterman, Zachs Professor of Social Work and newly appointed director of the social work doctoral program, talks with his students at UConn’s campus in West Hartford. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=335 Actors use their bodies as a form of expression. That is why graduate students studying performance in the School of Fine Arts go back to basics to re-educate their bodies in how to move. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=336 More than 90 percent of freshmen at Storrs who entered UConn in 2006 came back for their sophomore year, a statistic that places the University among the top 20 U.S. public universities for undergraduate student retention. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=337 Glenn W. Ferguson, who served in the cabinets of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson before leading UConn as president from 1973 to 1978, died in Santa Fe, N.M., in December at the age of 78. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=338 Victoria Johansen, Stephen Soldis and Lisa Bratt (left to right) were among more than 30 MBA students from UConn’s Stamford campus who visited Tiananmen Square in Beijing during a trip to China last November to experience first-hand what they had been learning about in courses covering international supply chain management and business development in the Pacific Rim. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=339 Expanding emergency communication In the aftermath of last year’s tragic shootings at Virginia Tech University, UConn has made significant improvements across all its campuses to enhance emergency communication with the UConn community in the event of a major crisis situation. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=340 Yonghong Zhang, an associate professor of political science at Southwest University in Chongquing University in China, is spending a year at UConn as a post-doctoral researcher to utilize the Alternative Press Collection at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center and the resources of the Homer Babbidge Library. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=341 The Student Involvement and Activities Center at UConn’s campus in Stamford was named in memory of Devin Gaines ’07 (CLAS), (ENG), (SFA), who died in a swimming accident last July after achieving the extraordinary accomplishment of earning 276 credits in five years, enough to earn degrees in computer science, cognitive science, theater studies, linguistics/psychology, and an individualized major in cinema, culture, and cognition. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=342 A $1.5 million gift from longtime UConn philanthropists will endow the University’s first faculty chair in Judaic studies and Jewish life. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=343 The UConn Foundation received more than $59 million in philanthropic support during fiscal 2007 to benefit the University’s faculty, students and programs, including a record amount for the annual fund. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=344 UConn’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) is moving to become a national leader in the study and application of functional foods, those with health benefits beyond basic nutrition that may prevent and help treat disease. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=345 Undergraduate students at UConn will have the opportunity to gain essential experience and skills for nonprofit and social entrepreneurial careers with two new scholarships created for internships and study abroad. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=346 Ice hockey goalies Brittany Wilson ’09 (ED) and Beau Erickson ’10 (BUS) talk about the key position each holds on their respective teams. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=347 Field hockey head coach Nancy Stevens was enshrined in the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Hall of Fame in early January. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=348 Soccer forward O'Brian White ’09 (CLAS) swept the collegiate soccer world’s major awards for 2007, winning the Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy, the most prestigious individual award in intercollegiate soccer; National Soccer Coaches Association of America Player of the Year Award; and Soccer America Player of the Year Award. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=349 Richard Langlois, professor of economics in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, spends his time thinking about how businesses are organized. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=350 UConn engineers continue to break new ground in monitoring the safety of bridges, even as safety issues have gained new attention following the collapse of a bridge spanning the Mississippi River last summer during evening rush hour in Minneapolis. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=351 UConn geologist Tim Byrne, associate professor with the Center for Integrative Geosciences in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, was a member of a scientific expedition that spent six weeks on a drilling ship in the Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=352 Connecticut residents have a lack of understanding about long-term care issues, according to findings in the state’s first long-term care needs assessment in more than 20 years, conducted by researchers at the UConn Health Center. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=353 A new interdisciplinary center for research in mathematics education has been established, combining the expertise of mathematics faculty in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) and the Neag School of Education. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=354 Roberto Cruz ’08 (BGS) describes himself as a work in progress, even as he is about to achieve an academic milestone at UConn that has taken two decades to complete. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=355 Stefanie Landsman '08 (Neag) believes the process of instilling a student’s lifelong involvement with UConn should commence even before a student’s arrival on campus. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=356 When he learned that he would receive the UConn Alumni Association’s 2007 Award for Excellence in Science Research, Kent Holsinger says he was appreciative of what such recognition signifies to the University community. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=357 Sarita Arteaga ’90 D.M.D. relishes her role as president of the Hispanic Dental Association (HDA), a group of 2,500 that includes dentists, dental hygienists and dental assistants and 31 student chapters. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=358 As a physician, Davis Liu ’97 M.D. wants to help his patients to stay healthy. On a daily basis, he helps them make better decisions about their health care and to negotiate an increasingly complex health care system. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=359 Lisa Lewis, executive director of the University of Connecticut Alumni Association, talks about several opportunities to make connections for both alumni and students. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=360 Robert Rotella ’74 M.A., ’76 Ph.D. is one of the top sports psychologists in the world with a roster of clients on the PGA, LPGA, European and Senior tours. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=361 Yvonne Davis ’04 M.A. enjoys a challenge, and it has been that way for as long as she can remember. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=362 Lani Fortier ’04 (ED) had served as a volunteer for many years, but her interest in humanitarian work was sparked when she traveled to Brazil in the summer of 2004 as a member of the UConn women’s soccer team. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=363 Ron Palillo ’72 (SFA) recently portrayed 18th-century apple-farm owner Micah Rood in the short film The Curse of Micah Rood, based on a rural legend from Norwich, Conn. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=364 Maureen Festi ’72 (ED), ’81 M.A., center, a fifth-grade teacher at Stafford (Conn.) Elementary School, became the first elementary school teacher to be named a Preserve America History Teacher of the Year by The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, which recognizes outstanding American history teachers. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=365 Brian Schulz ’97 (CLAS) gets an up-close look at Major League Baseball as an Emmy Award-winning producer for MLB Productions, capturing historic moments such as Barry Bonds’s 762nd home run and the 2007 World Series, won by the Boston Red Sox. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=366 Mark the dates on your calendar! On Friday and Saturday, June 6th and 7th, join alumni from Classes of 1943, 1948, 1953 and 1958, African American Council, Cheerleaders, Marching Band, and Student Leaders for Alumni Weekend as we roll out the “blue” carpet to our alumni and their families! Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=367 UConn Magazine notes the passing of a number of friends and former classmates. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.uconn.edu/php/tracker.php?source=Traditions&id=368 The William Benton Museum of Art, part of the School of Fine Arts, helped to organize the exhibition The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps 1942–1946, based on the book by Delphine Hirasuna, with the Oregon Historical Society in collaboration with the National Japanese American Historical Society. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:00:00 -0500