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Gift for Scholarships Inspired by Mother’s Influence as Clinician, Mentor
Dr. Cato T. Laurencin, center, vice president for health affairs and dean of the medical school, with a team of researchers for whom he serves as a mentor. Photo by Lanny Nagler His career has taken...
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‘Miracle Worker’ Physician Inspires Gift
Avon residents Richard and Jane Lublin have made a major gift to support a cancer researcher and clinician at the UConn Health Center who provided hope, optimism, and encouragement through Mrs....
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Gift in Memory of Wife Ensures a Legacy of Caring
Sal Scalora, former director of the Benton Museum, and his late wife Mary. Photo supplied by the UConn Foundation In a long career at UConn as a professor of fine arts and the director of the William...
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Bridging the Gap Between Storrs and NYC
The distance between the University of Connecticut in Storrs and New York City is only about 140 miles, a fairly quick drive. But sometimes it seems as though the two locations are on different...
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Deposits Eligible to be Used as Donations by Graduating Students
Students graduating in May can now easily turn a long-forgotten $50 deposit that they provided in their first semester at UConn into a philanthropic gift that will effectively be doubled through...
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Investing in the Future of CLAS
College of the Liberal Arts and Sciences Building. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo) He came to UConn not entirely sure what he wanted to do with his life. However, the path that Michael J. Carino ’94 took...
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UConn Fans Honor Coach Calhoun Through Major Group Gift
Fans of Jim Calhoun, who retired in September, are making a donation in his honor to the Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center at the UConn Health Center. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo) When men’s...
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Gift Honors an Engineering Icon
Robert Knapp (left) and Professor Charles Knapp ’53, ’62. Robert and his siblings have created an endowed associate professorship in electrical engineering in honor of their father, who is now retired....
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The University of Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Memorial Scholarship Fund, which to date has raised nearly $700,000 from more than 4,000 people, gained a strong partner Thursday as the Connecticut Education...
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Honoring an Agricultural Legend
Bud Gavitt had a long career in communications for the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. When he retired, he set up a fund to help students get experience in the same field. (Amy...
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Ignite Competition Kicks Off Crowdfunding at UConn
The Ignite logo. (Courtesy of the UConn Foundation) A UConn alumnus is offering $25,000 to University-related causes or organizations that can get the largest number of students and young alumni to...
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A World Traveler Supports UConn Study Abroad
Michael Rosen ’89, ’93 MD wants to encourage students in the sciences to study abroad. (Photo courtesy of the UConn Foundation) Michael Rosen ’89, ’93 MD is both a science-minded professional and a...
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‘Ignite’ Giving Competition Raises $65,000 for Student Programs
From thousands of individual donors, $65,000 has been raised for UConn student clubs and activities through the University’s first crowd-funded philanthropy competition, Ignite. Since Feb. 1, 20...
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Couple Supports Global Studies
First published in the UConn Foundation’s Our Moment Spring 2013 newsletter. An alumni couple with extensive travel experience is giving back to support UConn students doing the same. Longtime...
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Remembering Two Giants of Children’s Literature
From the UConn Foundation’s Our Moment Newsletter (May-June 2013). Celebrated children’s authors Maurice Sendak and James Marshall were close friends. When Sendak died last year, he bequeathed his...
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Igniting Student Philanthropy at UConn
A nationally recognized crowdfunding competition that offers UConn student groups a chance at $27,000 in incentive prizes has returned for a second year. The Ignite competition for 2014 involves 18...
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