Akiko Nishiyama, associate professor of physiology and neurobiology. Photo by Al Ferreira

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Stuti Akella performs A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer: Writings to Stop Violence Against Women and Girls at von der Mehden Recital Hall on February 16. Photo by Jessica Tommaselli

February 23, 2009 ¦  Volume 27, No. 21

Hogan gives testimony on budget proposal
UConn President Michael Hogan, while acknowledging the dire straits facing the state economy, said that the governor’s proposed budget, if not adjusted, would make it nearly impossible for the University’s Storrs-based programs to continue the quest to become one of the nation’s top public universities. He said it would also have serious implications for the future of the UConn Health Center. Read more...

Study shows defensive medicine widespread
The cost of ‘defensive’ medicine – tests, procedures, referrals, hospitalizations, or prescriptions ordered by physicians fearful of lawsuits – is huge and widespread, according to a study by the Massachusetts Medical Society and UConn Health Center researcher Robert Aseltine Jr. Read more...

Neurobiologist recognized for research on brain cells
Akiko Nishiyama, associate professor of physiology and neurobiology, is an unlikely iconoclast. She is a quiet presence in her own busy laboratory group of postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, research assistants, and undergraduate researchers. But after years of struggling to get her ideas and papers accepted, she is now gaining recognition for her research on cells in the brain. Read more...

Board of Trustees approves administrative measures
The Board of Trustees has agreed to merge the physical therapy and kinesiology programs into a Department of Kineosology and to eliminate the master’s and Ph.D. programs in music education. Read more...