Editor's Message - Summer 2007

UCONN

Volume 8, Number 2 - Summer 2007

UConn’s International Flavor

The world shrinks around the 'Quiet Corner'

As news reports tell us each day, the world increasingly appears to be a smaller place as events in other countries can have an effect upon life here in the United States.

Kenneth Best Yet, as I discovered in compiling the stories in this edition of UCONN magazine, the opposite also holds true. Eastern Connecticut, where UConn is located, is known as “The Quiet Corner,” but its voice extends far and wide.

This edition has an international flavor with several stories about programs and activities, beginning with the appointment of P. Christopher Earley, an authority on multicultural business environments, as the new dean of the School of Business and our report about the establishment of a sister-institution agreement between the School of Pharmacy and its counterpart at Peking University in Beijing, China.

Faculty in the School of Engineering are involved with technology research to help in the prediction of floods in the Middle East. In the School of Fine Arts, music professor Alain Frogley studies the interconnections between British and American music, and in the College of Arts and Sciences, Sam Pickering, professor of English, has a new book about his walks around the Scottish countryside.

Students in the School of Nursing are assisting a nursing alumna to treat patients in Uganda by gathering medical supplies, and Jeffrey Griffin ’07 (CLAS) gained insight into his heritage during a literary research trip to Ireland.

In alumni news, you will also read about Narissa Ramdhani ’90 M.A., who is returning apartheid-era art and memorabilia to South Africa, and Amy Phillips Alderton ’02 Ph.D., food scientist for Subway, who helps develop new sandwiches for the firm’s 27,000 restaurants in 86 countries.

With all of this international activity, it is not hard to understand why what happens within “The Quiet Corner” can be heard around the world.

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		Volume 8, Number 2 - Summer 2007 UConn’s International Flavor The world shrinks around the 'Quiet Corner' As news reports tell us each day, the world increasingly appears to be a smaller place as events in other countries can have an effect upon life here in the United States. Yet, as I discovered in compiling the stories in this edition of UCONN magazine, the opposite also holds true. Eastern Connecticut, where UConn is located, is known as “The Quiet Corner,” but its voice extends far and wide. This edition has an international flavor with several stories about programs and activities, beginning with the appointment of P. Christopher Earley, an authority on multicultural business environments, as the new dean of the School of Business and our report about the establishment of a sister-institution agreement between the School of Pharmacy and its counterpart at Peking University in Beijing, China. Faculty in the School of Engineering are involved with technology research to help in the prediction of floods in the Middle East. In the School of Fine Arts, music professor Alain Frogley studies the interconnections between British and American music, and in the College of Arts and Sciences, Sam Pickering, professor of English, has a new book about his walks around the Scottish countryside. Students in the School of Nursing are assisting a nursing alumna to treat patients in Uganda by gathering medical supplies, and Jeffrey Griffin ’07 (CLAS) gained insight into his heritage during a literary research trip to Ireland. In alumni news, you will also read about Narissa Ramdhani ’90 M.A., who is returning apartheid-era art and memorabilia to South Africa, and Amy Phillips Alderton ’02 Ph.D., food scientist for Subway, who helps develop new sandwiches for the firm’s 27,000 restaurants in 86 countries. With all of this international activity, it is not hard to understand why what happens within “The Quiet Corner” can be heard around the world. Letters to the editor must be signed and should be no more than 300 words. They will be printed as space allows and edited for style, grammar, typographical errors, content and length. Send letters to: UConn Magazine 34 North Eagleville Road Unit 3144 Storrs, CT 06269-3144 Email: uconnmagazine@uconn.edu Issue Home
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