Volume 4, Number 1 - Spring 2003


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Lance Gordon, '78 Ph.D.

Vaccine Visionary
An estimated 42 million people worldwide live with HIV/AIDS, including almost 1 million people in the U.S. The search for a vaccine to prevent the disease is led by Lance Gordon, '78, Ph.D., whose company conducted the first large-scale human trials of an AIDS vaccine.
By Carl T. Hall



Giving Back to the Community
Students at UConn learn that education goes beyond studying from books and sitting in a classroom. In locations like Haiti and Washington, D.C., to Connecticut communities such as Hartford and Willimantic, hundreds of UConn students volunteer their time and learn by giving.
By Jim H. Smith

Middle school student and teacher
Brett McGurk '96 (CLAS)

A Supreme Experience
Brett McGurk '96 (CLAS), a clerk for the chief justice, gets an inside look at the Supreme Court of the United States.    By Matthew Jennings
 
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