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Recent Stories
- Ignite Giving Competition Raises $65,000 for UConn Student Programs
- Groundbreaking Celebrates New Basketball Development Center
- Jane Henson Supports UConn Puppet Arts with Scholarship Fund
- New Full Scholarships for Exceptional State Students
- Retired UConn Department Heads Donate $1M for Scholarships
- UConn’s Sandy Hook School Memorial Scholarship Surpasses $930,000
- Honoring an Agricultural Legend
- Renzulli Wins Grant to Replicate Successful School for the Gifted
- Husky Sport Shares Life Lessons with Hartford Students
- Honoring UConn’s Other Basketball Legend
- Ignite Competition Supports UConn Students
- Couple Supports Global Studies
- From Rio to Storrs, a Lesson in Supporting Graduate Students
- Donors Attend Dental/Medical Research Day
- A Global View of Science Education
- CEA Joins Fundraising Drive for Sandy Hook Memorial Scholarship Fund to Honor Newtown Victims
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2012 Archives
- Sandy Hook School Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Fourth Annual White Coat Gala
- Health Center Gift Supports Bioscience Connecticut
- GE Collaborates with UConn on $7.5 Million Advanced Technology Initiative
- Gift of Photos to the Benton Helps Preserves America’s Past
- A Life Turned Toward Success at UConn
- Entrepreneurial Boot Camp for Disabled Veterans Receives Grant from NBC
- Engineer Gives Back for Future of Field
- Fans Honor Calhoun Through Group Gift
- A Gift for Study Abroad, Inspired by France
- Health Care Improves when Pharmacists Join the Team
- Boehringer Ingelheim Partners with CLAS to Train World-Class Chemists
- Scholarships Help Pat and Norman Bender Say Thanks to School of Nursing
- Close to Home Campaign Makes it Easy to Support UConn
- Cardinal Health Provides Scholarships for UConn Pharmacy Students
- Irene Engel Caps Decades of Support for UConn Health Center with a Planned Gift
- Doris Kearns Goodwin to Speak at UConn Contemporary Issues Forum
- Women's Health Benefactor Leaves $1.75M Estate Gift
- Gift from Horticulture Expert Improves Student Life in CANR
- Honoring an Engineering Icon
- Inaugural Women's Health Breakfast
- Atkins Foundation Grant Fuels Studies of Low-Carb Diets
- A Lifelong Educator Pledges his Estate to Fund UConn Scholarships
- California Transplant Pays Tribute to Connecticut Childhood with Gift to UConn Libraries
- Bringing Behavior Into the ABCs of Education
- Gift Supports Students at UConn Stamford
- A Passion for Writing, Paid Forward in a Scholarship
- Longtime Donor Also a Grateful Patient
- Helping Others Afford College
- 2012 Cancer Golf Tournament - Thank You!
- Bioscience Connecticut Groundbreaking
- A Lifetime Interwoven with UConn
- An Eye for Growth
- Remembering a Brother
- From Queens to Storrs
- Investing in the Future of CLAS
- A Life Seeking Out Potential
- Puppetry Inspires the Arts, and a Donor
- A Gift for Band Student Leaders
- UConn Faculty Help Steer a Successful Life
- Alumnus Helping to Shape the Science of Superconductors
- Paying Back to Help Others
- Change of Plans Works Well for Alumni
- Sharing the Cost of Dental Care
- Calhoun Spends Summer Supporting UCHC
- UConn Foundation Makes Case for Scholarship Support
- New Burstone Professor Advancing Orthodontics Field
- Raising the Profile of Human Rights
- Finding a Passion, Helping it Thrive
- Love of Nature Drives Donor
- Golfers Tee Off to Support Cancer Research
- White Coat Gala Breaks Records, Grossing More Than $1M
- UConn Seeks to Become All-Steinway School
- Deposits Eligible to be Used as Donations by Graduating Students
- The Power and Science of Water
- Kevin Fahey Endows Scholarship for SUBOG
- Getting a Second Chance, and Giving Back for the Future
- Frontiers 2012
- Alumnus Makes $2.75M Bequest to School of Business
- UConn Rugby Becomes First Club Team to Establish Endowed Fund
- New Investment Fund Supports Business Development
- Campaign for New Athletic Facilities Underway
- High Performing/Low Income Students in Hartford Benefit from Grant
- Gifts Boosts Prosthodontics Care, Education, Research
- Engineering Alum Pays it Back and Forward
- Former UConn Student Expands Scholarship
- Twins Grateful for Private Support
- Connecticut Businessman Provides Scholarship Fund for Business Undergrad
- Making Numbers Come Alive
- Breaking Barriers, Giving Back
- Anonymous Gifts For Basketball Development Center Received
- UConn Foundation Supporting Governor Malloy's Participation in World Economic Forum
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2011 Archives
- Peter and Pamela Werth Commit $4.5 Million To UConn Basketball Facility
- Bridging the Gap Between New York City and Storrs
- Philanthropy Day Highlights Student Giving, Alumni Donor Matches
- Shafer Student Center Opens
- College Prep Program for Bridgeport Schools Awarded $368,000 Grant
- Entrepreneurial Veterans Inspire Donors, Gift
- Exploring New Literacies
- Alum Finds Success, Gives Back
- Jim and Pat Calhoun Receive UConn Foundation Philanthropy Award
- Close to Home, Close to the Heart
- Some Play Can Do a World of Good
- Couple Supports Promising Cancer Research
- Alumnus Offers New $25,000 Match To Encourage Student Giving
- New UConn Parents Give, Encourage Others Through Matching Gift
- Lifetime Ties in Waterbury Boost UConn
- Working with Heart
- Giving Back to Honor the Spirit of Civility
- IN FOCUS: Development
- Advancing Diversity
- UConn's EBV Program to Benefit from $50K Bank of America Grant
- Soltys Family Establishes Sports Information Scholarship
- President Herbst and Husband Establish Scholarship with Major Gift
- Health Center Receives Major Gift to Support Research at Institute for Regenerative Engineering
- Riders, Walkers Join Calhoun Despite Rain
- An Encouraging Teacher, a Gifted Student
- Endowed Chair Recalls a Beloved Sister
- A Teacher, a Banker and an Enduring Gift
- Fighter Pilot Supports Students With Military Experience
- Scholarship Celebrates Imagination
- Adventurer Finds Success, Shares It
- Chair Created in Agricultural Economics
- One Man's Vision
- IN FOCUS: Annual Giving
- $1-Million Gift Supports Lifelong Learning in Waterbury
- A 'Farmer Without a Farm' Donates $1.5M to UConn
- Second White Coat Gala - A Tremendous Success
- Frontiers 2011
- EBV to Benefit from $1M Walmart Foundation Gift
- Iconoclastic Writer Supports Another
- The Ground Breaks in Tribute to a Nursing Pioneer
- From Internment Camp to Campus: A Graduate Says Thanks
- Key to Parenting: A Measured Approach
- A Lifetime of Love, Fostered by Learning
- IN FOCUS: Investment Management
- Gift Fairy Joins UConn Foundation
- A Teacher Gives a 30-Year Lesson in Giving
- Seeing, And Supporting, UConn's Changes Over the Years
- The Perfect Gift: A Named Scholarship
- Poverty, then Education and Success, Inspires Donor
- Scholarship Helps Maya Moore On, Off Court
- Fund Memorializes Beloved Administrator Fred Maryanski
- Endowed Chair with Loads of History
- Dental School Opens Lab, Honors Emeritus Professor
- Cancer Center Donors Honored at Half-Court
- Avon Students Raise Funds for Children's Cancer
- UConn Project to Reduce Health Care Disparities in Hartford
- Campus Sustainability Fund To Build Upon UConn's 'Greenest Schools' Success
- New Actuarial Director Gives Back for a Career in Math
- Rekindling a Love for the Arts Leads to Giving
- Alumnus Instructor Memorializes Father with Dental Fellowship
- Communicator Creates a Scholarship
- Perfect Gift: A Named Seat at Jorgensen
- Pride in Today's UConn Students Inspires Scholarship
- Renowned Illustrator's Papers Donated to Dodd Center
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2010 Archives
- UConn Announces Major Gift for Stem Cell Research
- Aetna Foundation Meets Beneficiaries of Gift
- Undergraduate's Summer Research Aims at Equality
- Honors, Accolades Usher Marching Band Director Out of the Shadows
- Artist Uses Creative Channel to Give Back
- Avon Couple Pledges $1 Million for Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Puppeteer, Teacher, Musician, Administrator: A Gifted Dean Supports His School
- Torrington Campus Rallies to Feed Scholarship Fund for Students
- Every Hand at the Human Rights Institute Pitches In to Support Internship
- Biomedical Engineering Professorship Supported by Alumni Couple
- UConn Alumnus Gives $1 Million to Support Agriculture Studies
- Negotiating a Learning Curve Toward Philanthropy
- Med Students Bike Across Country for Cause
- Boot Camp for Disabled Veterans Opens Doors
- Music Major Hits All the Right Notes
- Record Turnout at Calhoun Ride and Walk for Cancer Center
- A Tenor Strikes a High Note for Philanthropy
- Grant Helps Freshman Writing Flourish
- Gift Celebrates Education and Second Chances
- A Singles Match That Ended with Love
- A Romance that Survived a War, a Moon Landing and a Startling Discovery about Family
- A Meeting of Minds Becomes a Lifelong Conversation
- A Singles Match Ended in Love
- A Love Discovered Through Academics, and Nurtured at UConn
- Scholarship Student Destined to Shine
- New Scholarship Pays Tribute to a Life of Generosity
- Gift Increases Award for Renowned Sackler Music Prize
- Gift Could Redirect Tides of Geologic Education
- Many Helping Hands Pitch in for a Theatrical Rebirth
- Bank of America Supports Teacher Training Partnership
- Stories from the UConn Phonathon
- Women $4 Women Program Supports Campus Center
- Campus Sustainability Fund Promotes UConn Going Green
- Navigator Program Inspires Patient to Help Others
- Scholarship Student Becomes Scholar, Then Scholarship Donor
- Retired Faculty Member Returns 30 Years of Benefits as a Gift
- Young Alum Pays Back Scholarship In Full
- Gratitude Drives an Innovative, Inventive Mind to Give a Helping Hand
- SimplexGrinnell Supports Schools, Golf Tournament
- Supporting the World of Numbers
- Engineering Alum Supports Nontraditional Careers with Giving
- UConn Ties Run Deep in Family Business, Philanthropy
- Football Lessons Lead to Business Success, Scholarship Gives Nod to Both
- Economic Development Spurs Engineer/Lawyer
- A Mother's Wish Becomes Her Son's Gift
- Gift in Memory of Wife Ensures a Legacy of Caring
- Lifetime of Giving Back for Her Education
- A Chance Meeting, a Happy Marriage, a Lasting Legacy
- Alumnus Gives a Gift of Global Travel
- Fund Created to Support Stringer Institute for Heat Stroke Prevention
- Frontiers 2010
- Gladstein Increases Human Rights Support
- Awards Fund Law Student's Study Abroad, Internship
- Lifetime of Giving Supports Passion for Soccer
- Campaign Surpasses $200 Million, One-Third of Goal
- Alumnus Scholarship Recipient Returns Favor
- Gift Supports UConn's Environmental Science Priority
- NY Times Reporter Endows Journalism Scholarship
- Nursing Simulation Lab Opens
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2009 Archives
- Economics Department, Athletics Receive Support
- Couple Endows Fund for Honors Program
- Alumni Couple to Leave Estate to Fine Arts School
- Success Attracts New Grants for CommPACT
- Gift Expands CANR Outreach
- Alumnus Makes Anonymous Bequest to Benton
- Dean Emeritus Sets Up Biology Fellowship
- Husky Reach Kicks Off 2009-2010 School Year
- Funds Established In Memory of Jasper Howard
- Kickoff: Our University. Our Moment. The Campaign for UConn.
- Family Honors Parents with Math Professorship
- Social Work Dean Spurs Gifts
- Mentoring, Mother's Influence Sparks Career, Gift
- Gift Supports Vision in Arts and Medicine
- Calhoun Ride Supports Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Department of Dermatology Highlights Fundraising Efforts, Potential
- Actuarial Research Center Named With $1-Million Gift
- Record Participation for Senior Class Gift
- Love of Science, Engineering Inspires Gift
- Gift encourages advancement of radiology education
- Pharmacy Professorship Established to Honor Popular Faculty Member
- Hearst Funds Scholarship for Education Students
- Private Gift Supports Study Abroad Experiences
- Gift Helps Nursing Program in Cape Town
- Honoring UCHC's Donors: the 2009 Leadership Reception
- Investiture Held for Austin, Konover Chairs
- Gift of Sculpture by Internationally Known Artist
- CLAS Starts Scholarship, Fellowship Initiatives
- Dodd Center Receives Vietnam War Collection
- Grant Enhances Cardiology Services at UConn Health Center
- Economics major awarded prestigious Marshall Scholarship
- JP Morgan Chase Supports Bridgeport's CommPACT Schools
- Economist Named to Austin Chair
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2008 Archives
- SSW Welcomes New Dean, Acknowledges Faculty Bequest
- Business School Hosts Investiture for Fox Chair
- Humble Roots Leads to Gift of Scholarships
- Giving Teachers a Global Perspective
- Love of Sports and UConn Leads to a Lifetime of Giving
- Couple Aims to Strengthen Families
- Thomson Reuters Upgrades E-Classroom
- Donors Hope to Inspire Giving
- Zachs Legacy at UConn
- Psychology Fellowship Memorializes Professor
- Travelers Boosts Aid for Diversity Initiative
- Scholarship for Studying Women's Health
- Seed Fund Supports Breast Cancer Research
- Annual Report 2008 - How Do We Create a Just Future for Us All?
- Annual Report 2008 - What Can We Do To Solve The State's Nursing Shortage?
- Annual Report 2008 - Where Will the Energy for the Twenty-First Century Come From?
- Annual Report 2008 - How Do We Address Disparities in Education?
- Annual Report 2008 - How Can We Offer Cutting-Edge Care?
- Annual Report 2008 - How Can We View Food Differently?
- Annual Report 2008 - How Do We Make Higher Education More Affordable for Everyone?
- Annual Report 2008 - How Do We Prepare Students for Today's Global Connectivity?
- Annual Report 2008 - What Role Does UConn Play in our Local Communities?
- Annual Report 2008 - Special Donor Profile: Thomas '56 and Bette Wolff
- Heilig Memorial Concert to feature four internationally known pianists
- Alumni Couple Gives Back Through Scholarship Gift
- Retired DEP Forester Sets up Scholarship
- 'Close to Home' Giving Makes a Difference at UCHC
- Gift Provides for Integrated Diagnostics and Treatment Suite at UConn Health Center
- Family, Community Launch Memorial Scholarship
- President’s Family Gives Back
- Expanding Stem Cell Research Through Private Giving
- Enhancing Business School's Programs
- Donor Sends M.B.A. Student to Special Olympics
- Major Gift Supports Substance Abuse Prevention at UCHC
- Fund Honors Retiring Dean, Land Grant Mission
- Lea's Foundation Center Boosted with $500K Planned Gift
- Employer’s Match Doubles Gift for Engineering Scholarship
- Teacher Donates Collection of Children’s Books
- Bequest Benefits Rohner Center
- Gift Promotes Global Health Studies at UCHC
- Coast to Coast for a Cure
- CIGNA-Jim Calhoun Challenge Ride Builds on Success
- Retired Professor Endows Classical Music Chair
- Co-op Shoppers Boost Green Campus Fund
- Scholarship Donor and Recipient Find Common Bonds
- M.B.A. Alums Support Dean’s Fund
- Courant Creates Scholarship for Community College Grads
- Deckers Fund Honors His Legacy and Vision for the Future
- Dramatic Arts Seeks to Bring Back Nutmeg Summer Playhouse
- Young Business Alumnus Launches Scholarship
- ’50 Basketball Captain Endows Scholarship
- Class of ’08 to Beautify Student Union Entrance
- Raveis Gift Expands Cancer Navigator Program
- Going to the Max for the CIGNA Calhoun Cancer Challenge Ride
- Torrington Writers and Artists Program Boosted
- Student Leaders, Fine Arts Majors Supported
- M.B.A. Grad Creates Scholarship to Honor Parents
- Family Supports Range of Programs
- Hospitals Support Nursing Program Expansion
- Alums Give Back to Waterbury Campus
- Scholarship to Honor Beloved SSW Professor
- Retired Professors Support Animal Science Majors
- Scholarship Aids Families Facing Cancer Care Costs
- Hinkel Estate Funds Arts at UConn
- UCHC Receives Gift to Recruit Breast Health Expert
- Alum Kicks Off Student Assistance Fund
- Travelers Supports Diversity, Outreach Initiatives
- Goodwin Legacy Benefits Future Teachers
- Ornithology - Looking at Birds
- Fellowship Fund Named for MacKinnon
- Anonymous $250,000 Gift Benefits Women's Cancer Program
- Support is a Community Affair in Nutritional Sciences
- Grant Gives UConn Edge in Animal Audiology
- 2008 CIGNA Calhoun Ride Co-Chairs Named
- The Lea’s Foundation Center for Hematologic Disorders
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2007 Archives
- 'First Faculty' Gift Supports Dental Students
- Funds Support Jewish Data Bank’s Mission
- First Political Science, Honors Professorship
- Strong Private Support for Actuarial Students
- Nonprofit, Entrepreneurship Careers Promoted
- Physics Alum Supports Graduate Students with Major Planned Gift
- Connecticut Writing Project Marks 25 Years
- AAUP Funds Scholarship
- Professor Encourages Global Education
- Celebrating 30 Years of Fighting Cancer
- Faculty & Staff Campaign Extended Year-Round
- Musculoskeletal Institute Receives Major Gift for Groundbreaking Care
- Okafor Supports Husky Sport with $250,000 Gift
- Sustainable Energy Initiative Launches
- Gift Supports Functional Foods Center at UConn
- Women’s Cancer Care Boosted
- Judaic Studies Chair Established with $1.5M Gift
- Annual Report 2007 - Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering
- Annual Report 2007 - Success On and Off the Field
- Annual Report 2007 - Connecticut State Museum of Natural History
- Annual Report 2007 - Pilot Program Aids Workforce Development
- Annual Report 2007 - Top-Ranked Department Focuses on Diet, Exercise
- Annual Report 2007 - Passion for Human Rights Leads to the Hague
- Annual Report 2007 - The Power of Higher Education
- Annual Report 2007 - Gift Boosts Women's Cancer Care
- Annual Report 2007 - The Science of Numbers
- Annual Report 2007 - Harnessing Philanthropy for Green Projects
- Annual Report 2007 - Exploring the Human Condition
- Annual Report 2007 - Student Reporter Raises Environmental Awareness
- Annual Report 2007 - Exceptional Athlete, Dedicated Nurse
- Annual Report 2007 - Student Callers Link Alumni, Friends to UConn
- Annual Report 2007 - Care at the Community Level
- Annual Report 2007 - Scholarship Helps Engineering Student Return to UConn
- Annual Report 2007 - Looking Ahead: Stem Cell Research
- Emeka Okafor contributes to UConn’s Neag School of Education
- Neags Host Reception to Unveil New Cancer Treatment
- Lifetime of Travel Inspires Gift for Neag School
- The Power of Higher Education
- Award Memorializes Beloved Counselor
- Huskies on Wall Street
- Major Gift Aids Environmental Center
- Alumni Couple Supports Schools of Engineering and Fine Arts
- Accounting Department Receives Enhancement Fund
- Retired Librarian Donates Aesop's Fables Collection
- Pediatric Dentistry Program Supported
- $1-Million Gift Transforms Natural History Museum
- New Dean Announced at School of Business
- ING Names UConn Priority Recruiting Partner - First in Americas
- Calhoun Cancer Challenge Ride Raises Funds and Awareness
- Austin Chair to Honor President's Legacy
- Medical Students Bike Across Country to Benefit Leukemia Research
- First Brandwein Lecture Presented at UConn Health Center
- Home Builders Association Supports UConn’s NICU
- Scholarship Helps Engineering Student Return to UConn
- Alumna and Professor Emerita Boosts Irish Program
- Former UConn Student Creates Business Scholarship
- Alum's Planned Gift Benefits CANR Students
- Donaghue Foundation Supports UCHC Center
- Raveis Real Estate Raises Funds for Breast Cancer Research
- Field Hockey Locker Room Gets Upgrade
- Sheehan Scholarship Honors Brother's Love of Words
- International Scholarship Helps 'Repay' Aid Received as Student
- Scholarship Support Aids Honors Program
- M.B.A. Scholarship 'Gives Back' To UConn
- Shidler Family Gives Engineering Scholarship
- Pharmacy School Honors Palmer
- UConn Athletics Recognized for Degree Completion, Community Service
- Zooplankton Census Provides 'Early Warning' for Climate Change
- Lectures, Scholarships Support Plant Science
- Engineering Professor Awarded $600,000 for Breast Cancer Research
- 'Lifelong Learning’ in Waterbury Offers Classes to Community Through Grant
- Faculty Gift Supports Family Studies
- Parent Creates Book Award at School of Medicine
- $2-Million Faculty Gift Supports Psychology Students
- Corporate Gift Establishes Pilot Master’s Degree Program
- Scholarship Supports Careers in Community Service Law
- Noted Alumni Establish Engineering Scholarship
- Physics Fellowship Memorializes Beloved Professor
- Grasso Preclinical Dental Lab to Feature State-of-the-Art Technology
- Eight Alumni Siblings Honor Father With Gift
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2006 Archives
- University Recognized for Katrina Relief Efforts
- Donchian Foundation Supports Health Center’s Urban Service Track
- Student Callers Raise Funds, Keep Alumni in Touch
- Engineering Scholarship Honors Brother's Sacrifice
- Syngenta Endows Fund for Turfgrass Program
- Concert Grand Raises Bar at von der Mehden
- Health Center to be First in New England Offering New Cancer Treatment
- Lea’s Foundation Makes $1.25-Million Gift to Support Hematology Care
- Reconstruction Brings Exhibit Space, Classrooms to Museum
- Online Encyclopedia to Catalog State’s History
- Gift to Support Diversity and Scholarships at School of Law
- Scholarship Fund Carries on Legacy of Fallen Officer
- Gifts Help Support ‘Teachers for a New Era’ at UConn
- School of Business Alumnus Endows Need-Based Scholarships
- Atkins Foundation grant to fund low-carb diet research
- 'Learning Commons' Planned for Babbidge Library
- Center for Implant and Reconstructive Dentistry Benefits from Major Donation
- Functional Foods Research Expands at UConn
- MassMutual Hartford Huskies Scholars Program Kicks Off
- Ford Foundation Grant Explores Latino Sexuality Research
- Hillel Expansion Aided with $1 Million Gift
- Scholarship Supports Promising Research of Women's Health Issues
- Plans to Relocate Medicinal Garden Underway
- Senior Class Gift to Help Fund Bookworms Café Expansion
- Pharmacy Students Match Senior Citizens with Proper Drug Plans
- Scholarship Sees Its Roots in an Immigrant Family’s Past
- Love Pays Dividends
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