UConn Ranked in Top 10 as Disability-Friendly Campus
UConn has been ranked as one of the ten most disability-friendly campuses in the nation by We, a disability lifestyle magazine. The rankings were published in the September 1999 issue. The magazine highlighted UConn's special education program, the disability awareness program included in new student orientation, on-campus van services, attendant services for students with needs, a full-time disability resource office and career counseling.


Trustee's Gift Supports Business, Human Rights and Athletics
University of Connecticut Trustee Richard Treibick has donated $1 million to the University on behalf of the Treibick Family Foundation to support three areas of excellence within UConn: electronic commerce, the study of human rights and women's athletics. Funds to the School of Business will support the Treibick Electronic Commerce Initiative for technical research and development in this emerging field. Another portion of the gift will be added to a previous donation from the Treibick Foundation to help support the Dodd Program for the Study of International Justice and Human Rights. A fund established through the gift will also provide scholarships to gifted student-athletes in women's tennis and women's crew.

Award Winning Tradition Continues
The Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) continues its winning tradition, receiving the 1999 Connecticut Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Ensemble Cast. The CRT production, The Boys Next Door, had a nine member cast, including one equity actor, two graduate students and six undergraduate students who performed under the direction of Jerry Stephen Krasser, associate professor of dramatic arts. With 89 professional productions included in the evaluation process, this award recognizes the Connecticut Repertory Theatre as a vibrant leader within the state's theater community.

New Breakthroughs in Cloning
Dr. Xiangzhong (Jerry) Yang, head of UConn's Transgenic Animal Facility, has succeeded in taking adult cells from the ear of a prize Japanese bull and growing them for three months to create cloned bull calves. Disproving those who believed that the long-term culture of donor cells prevented cloning, he found that longer incubation periods actually improve cloning efficiency, enabling scientists to modify genetically donor cells. Such discoveries have fueled Dr. Yang's international reputation in animal embryo transfer and embryo biotechnology. News of this scientific breakthrough spanned the globe. "This is sensational news here," said Chikara Kubota of Japan's Kogashima Cattle Breeding Development Institute, whose laboratories worked closely with Dr. Yang's team in the U.S. Mr. Kubota has now joined Dr. Yang at UConn, where the two scientists plan to expand their collaboration.

U. S. Treasury Secretary Speaks on Global Economy
Addressing an audience of students, faculty and financiers, U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers spoke of the strategic interest the U.S. has in promoting open global markets. Covering issues of global capitalism, the free market economy and the value of the dollar, Summers provided his insight on the Federal Reserve's strategy for managing inflation. Summers was invited to speak at the University as the second lecturer in a series of economic seminars sponsored by Greenwich Capital Markets. The series began with a lecture by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan.