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UConn junior Zach Fraser with students at Clark Elementary and Middle School Academy, during a Husky Sport fund raiser on May 1. Photo by Robert A. Frahm |
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May 21, 2009 ¦ Volume 27, No. 31
UConn to host 2011 World Youth Peace Summit
Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced on May 14 that the World Youth Peace Summit will be held in Connecticut in the summer of 2011, with the University of Connecticut serving as the host institution. Nearly 20,000 participants are expected. Read more...
Fulfill your own dreams, Shriver tells graduates
As a member of the prominent Kennedy family and chairman of the international Special Olympics serving 2.5 million athletes in more than 165 countries, Timothy Shriver knows something about the pressures of meeting other people’s expectations. Read more...
Use law career to serve others, says human rights attorney
Many Americans likely know Cherie Blair as the wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, but she is also an accomplished human rights attorney and advocate for women. Read more...
Two graduate students awarded Fulbrights for overseas research
Jonathan Winterstein, a doctoral student in materials science & engineering, will carry out research for nine months at the Austrian Centre for Electron Microscopy and Nanoanalysis and Amanda Wendt, a doctoral student in ecology and evolutionary biology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, will continue her research on bats and their role in the regeneration of tropical forests in Costa Rica. Read more...
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