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Wendy Baier, a freshman marketing major, and Lynn Mraz, a freshman international business major, chat over a cup of coffee in the Wilbur Cross hallway. Photo by Jessica Tommaselli |
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January 26, 2009 ¦ Volume 27, No. 17
Study pegs UConn's impact on state economy at $2.3 billion
A nine-month study by a state economist indicates that ongoing operations at the University of Connecticut and its Health Center added $2.3 billion to Connecticut’s gross domestic product in fiscal year 2008. Read more...
Genomics researcher named among handful at top of field
Xudong Yao, an assistant professor of chemistry in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, is being honored by Genome Technology magazine as one of the world’s 30 top young investigators in the field of genomics and related sciences. Read more...
Hogan calls on managers to work a day without pay
Responding to a request from Gov. M. Jodi Rell, President Michael Hogan has urged non-unionized managers at the University to work a day without pay. The money saved will be returned to the State. Read more...
New online site connects colleagues for carpooling to Storrs campus
Two years ago, Scott Nixon, a web developer in the Department of Human Resources, decided to join forces with a friend and carpool to work from Plainville, about an hour’s drive from Storrs. Why not create a University-wide web site that would
allow others to do what he did, thought Nixon. Read more...
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