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           		| A portrait of President Philip E. Austin now hangs in the North Reading Room of Wilbur Cross. |  
               		| Portrait by John Howard Sanden |              	     | September 17, 2007 ¦ Volume 26, No. 4  UConn 2000 audit finds accounting changes effective      An independent audit of $900 million in UConn 2000  expenditures from 2003 to 2006 documents that structural and systemic processes  and procedures implemented by the University in 2005 were highly effective. Read more...
 
Feasibility of water recycling being studied UConn officials are beginning the process of analyzing and,  if feasible, building a microfiltration plant that  could help reduce the University’s demand for potable water  by 300,000 to 500,000 gallons of water  a day.   Read more...
 University's new football facilities earn silver rating for environmental measures The Burton Family Football Complex and Mark R. Shenkman Training Center have been named the first  LEED-certified building at the University and the first athletic complex in the  nation to earn the “green building” status. Read more...
 
           	More than $59 million raised last year to support University The University   of Connecticut Foundation  Inc. received more than $59 million in philanthropic support during fiscal year  2007 to benefit the University’s faculty, students, and programs.  Read more...
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