July 21, 2008 ¦  Volume 26, No. 34

University plans for budget rescission
The University has been notified by the state Office of Policy and Management that 3 percent of the state appropriation for the Storrs-based budget is being rescinded.Read more...

UConn 2000 sequencing to change
The Board of Trustees recently approved changes in the sequencing of projects within the UConn 2000 program. Read more...

Biologist receives NSF grant to oversee worldwide tapeworm biodiversity project
Janine Caira, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, has won a rare $3 million National Science Foundation Planetary Biodiversity Inventory grant to oversee a worldwide network of specialists to study the biodiversity of tapeworms, her research specialty. Read more...

New director named for Office of Sponsored Programs
Michael Crouch, an administrator with extensive experience in non-profit grants management, has been appointed executive director of the Office for Sponsored Programs and assistant vice provost for research. He joined the University June 26. Read more...