May 3, 2013 | Stefanie Dion Jones - Neag School of Education

UConn Magazine Releases Redesigned Spring 2013 Issue

With the Spring 2013 print edition of UCONN Magazine due to arrive in alumni mailboxes this week, readers will see a publication featuring a new look and feel.

2013 Spring Magazine Cover
The Spring 2013 print edition of UCONN Magazine is due to arrive in alumni mailboxes this week.

With the Spring 2013 print edition of UCONN Magazine due to arrive in alumni mailboxes this week, readers will soon see a publication featuring a new look and feel.

Distributed twice a year to about 200,000 alumni and friends of the University, the relaunched magazine will introduce a fresh design and updated editorial content. Taking into account the University’s recently adopted visual identity, the publication has been infused with bolder visuals and typography. Other changes include a number of new editorial elements and stories told through graphics and multimedia as well as through traditional narrative.

Taking advantage of the latest technologies in publishing, the magazine is also striving to make its contents more accessible to all readers with a free, interactive digital version of UCONN Magazine currently being developed for tablet devices. The release of the magazine in its inaugural digital edition is slated for June.

UCONN Magazine continues to highlight major University initiatives while telling engaging stories about the alumni, faculty, and current students who embody the energy and attitude of UConn today. Included in the forthcoming Spring 2013 issue are such stories as:

  • Not Your Average Joel – He runs a cooking school in New York City, appears as a guest chef on the “Today” show, and has starred in his own Web series. Alum Joel Gamoran ’07 (CLAS), just 27 years old, is cooking up a seriously successful culinary career – with even bigger plans for the future.
  • Where the Wild Things Are – In this new Q&A segment, find out why UConn’s Morty Ortega, associate professor of natural resources and the environment, believes that bringing his students deep into the wilderness of South Africa is an essential strategy when it comes to preserving the planet.
  • Prime Climbs: From Rock Bottom to the Top of the World – In a new magazine section known as Vantage Point, alum Carol Masheter ’83 MA, ’88 Ph.D. gives a glimpse into the high-altitude odyssey that led her, at age 65, to become the oldest woman to climb each of the world’s highest mountain peaks.

This is the publication’s first major redesign since 2007, when the magazine renewed its graphic approach and officially changed its name from UConn Traditions to UCONN Magazine. Magazine content will continue to be made available on the UConn Today website. Archived issues are also available at magazine.uconn.edu.