Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s $864 million plan to expand and renovate the UConn Health Center netted university President Susan Herbst more than a few notes from other university leaders who were shocked that any state would invest so much in an academic medical center in this economic climate. This week, it helped UConn land a […]
February 24, 2012 @ 12:00 am
Dr. Liu makes the case for genomics and personalized medicine
Hopes for the future of “personalized medicine” lie at the heart of the state’s investment in a new research institute for The Jackson Laboratory on the UConn Health Center’s Farmington campus. Proponents often talk of developing the ability to tailor treatments for cancer and other complex ailments to each person’s unique genetic code. But as Dr. […]
Malloy at the White House: A surrogate is born?
Washington — In town for the winter meeting of the National Governors Association — and to strengthen his ties to the Obama administration — Gov. Dannel Malloy can’t hold back his enthusiasm for the president. Upon leaving the White House Friday after a meeting with President Obama, a group of Democratic governors was asked by […]
Warnings escalate over funding for Clean Elections
The state’s election cops intensified their warning to legislators Friday that their ability to oversee public campaign financing this fall is in jeopardy from deep budget cuts. The State Elections Enforcement Commission needs nearly double its existing contingent of account examiners if it hopes to monitor a projected caseload that includes nearly 340 campaign grants […]
Working families squeezed by housing costs in state
Washington — Janet and Quan Hightower are middle-income homeowners in Hartford who, like a rising number of working families, are finding it hard to keep up with housing costs. A new study says the Hightower family is one of 137,000 in Connecticut spending at least half their income on housing. The Hightowers, who have four […]
Survey on teachers who don’t belong in the classroom
“We all know there are teachers in the classroom who don’t belong there.” That was the message Gov. Dannel P. Malloy brought to legislators this week to sell his education reform package to them. A survey released Friday by the New Haven education reform group ConnCAN indicates teachers and other educators agree. Fifty percent of […]
Physician, cancer biologist to lead UConn Health Center
A physician who leads Wake Forest University’s Comprehensive Cancer Center will become the next dean of the UConn School of Medicine, the university announced Friday. Dr. Frank M. Torti will also serve as UConn’s vice president for health affairs and will hold a professorship in the Department of Medicine when he joins the health center […]