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The UConn Foundation operates a dedicated office to support development and alumni relations at the UConn Health Center, which has received significant philanthropic support from grateful patients, faculty, alumni, and friends throughout it history. These gifts have helped prepare the next generation of health professionals, advance research in critical areas, enhance care for patients and improve the health of our communities.

This is particularly important given the revolutionary Bioscience Connecticut initiative, launched in 2011. Bioscience Connecticut marks the UConn Health Center as a driver for the Connecticut’s economy, as well
as the hub of innovative research for tomorrow’s medicine.

While the Health Center has done much with the resources it receives in research grants, medical reimbursements, state assistance, and student tuition, it is the additional resources from private giving that allows talented faculty and students to achieve their full potential.

On September 26, 2009, the University of Connecticut launched its largest capital campaign ever, Our University. Our Moment. The Campaign for UConn. The UConn Health Center's goal for the campaign is $155 million.

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Latest News about Philanthropy at the UConn Health Center

First Major Gift for Bioscience Connecticut November 2012 - The University of Connecticut Foundation is pleased to announce the first philanthropic gift in support of Bioscience Connecticut initiatives at the UConn Health Center. Richard and Jane Lublin, of Avon, have donated $250,000. MORE

Irene Engel Caps Decades of Support for UConn Health Center with a Planned Gift November 2012 - A staunch supporter of UConn Health Center for more than five decades, Irene Engel tops off her career with a planned gift. MORE

Longtime Donor Also a Grateful Patient September 2012 - Lou and Judi Friedman have been annual donors to the UConn Health Center and the greater University since 1988. They didn't know when they started giving 24 years ago that the UConn Health Center would save Mr. Friedman's life. MORE

Women's Health Benefactor Leaves $1.75-Million Estate Gift September 2012 - During his life, Fred M. Hollfelder devoted his considerable resources to preserving his late wife's legacy of support for women's health and education. His final $1.75 million estate gift will benefit countless patients at the Charlotte Johnson Hollfelder Center for Women's Health. MORE

2012 UConn Cancer Research Golf Tournament August 2012 - Thank you to all of the golfers and friends who helped to make the 2012 tournament such a success! Thirty-five years of fighting cancer. PHOTO GALLERY

Inaugural Women's Health Breakfast August 2012 - The UConn Foundation is pleased to announce the inaugural Women's Health Breakfast to benefit the Charlotte Johnson Hollfelder Center for Women's Health at the UConn Health Center on October 18, 2012. Proceeds from this exciting new event will benefit the free mammogram program. READ

Bioscience Connecticut Groundbreaking June 2012 - UConn Health Center supporters gathered on June 11 for a groundbreaking ceremony led by Governor Dannel Malloy and UConn President Susan Herbst. The $864 million Bioscience Connecticut initiative is designed to revitalize the Health Center and spur Connecticut's economy. READ

Calhoun Spends Summer Supporting UCHC June 2012 - Hall of Fame Coach Jim Calhoun channels the same boundless energy and leadership it takes to win trophies into philanthropy. Every summer, he trades the coaching bench to raise money and awareness for two causes close to his heart: cardiology and cancer. READ

Tee Off for Cancer Research June 2012 - The 2012 UConn Cancer Research Golf Tournament is in its thirty-fifth year. Get ready to tee off to fight cancer on Monday, August 6 at the Tumble Brook Country Club in Bloomfield. READ

New Burstone Professor Advancing Orthodontics April 2012 - Flavio Uribe, DDS, MDS ’02, director of the orthodontic clinic and post-graduate program at the UConn School of Dental Medicine, has been awarded the Dr. Charles J. Burstone Endowed Professorship in Orthodonics. READ

Sharing the Cost of Dental Care April 2012 - UConn’s dental centers serve as the provider of last resort for many of the state’s most vulnerable residents who are uninsured or underinsured. The new UConn Dental Wellness Days Fund presents an important opportunity to support health care for all of Connecticut’s residents. READ

White Coat Gala Breaks Records, Grossing More Than $1M April 2012 - With nearly 1,100 people in attendance, and grossing more than $1 million, the UConn Health Center's 2012 White Coat Gala was a record-breaking affair. MORE

Gifts Boosts Prosthodontics February 2012 - The School of Dental Medicine's Prosthodontic Residency Program will soon be able to offer its residents access to the latest technology for education, research and care, thanks to a $70,000 gift. MORE

Calhouns Honored for Giving December 2011 - The UConn Foundation has presented its first Philanthropy Award to Jim and Pat Calhoun for their extraordinary humanitarian and philanthropic efforts. MORE

More Stories of Giving from the UConn Health Center

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For more information about supporting the UConn Health Center, please contact:

Dina Plapler, Vice President for Development

Phone: 860-679-8077
Direct e-mail: dplapler@foundation.uconn.edu

Office of Development and Alumni Relations
10 Talcott Notch Road, Suite 100
Farmington, Conn. 06032
860.679.1122
860.679.1878 fax
supportuchc@foundation.uconn.edu

Alumni relations Web site: http://alumni.uchc.edu