Bret Eckhardt


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Image with the words, Illustrating UConn's progress..

UConn’s Progress: Students Are the Big Picture

While the University has grown by 8,000 students since 1990, the workforce has increased by only 500, mostly faculty, and the percentage of administrators has stayed the same.

One of UConn's most visible individuals speaks about UConn's journey to this point.

#SaveUConn

One of UConn's most visible individuals speaks about UConn's journey to this point.

Sophomores Megan Williams '20 (CLAS) and Meghan Palumbo '20 (ENG) move in to NextGen Hall. (Bret Eckhardt/UConn Photo)

Move-in Day at UConn

Sophomores Megan Williams '20 (CLAS) and Meghan Palumbo '20 (ENG) move in to NextGen Hall.

Members of the Class of 2017.

Sights and Sounds of Commencement 2017

More than 9,000 degrees – both undergraduate and graduate – will be awarded this year, which is the highest number of degrees conferred at UConn in the University's 136-year history.

Soon-to-be-graduates visit some familiar places on campus for photo opps wearing their caps and gowns. (Ryan Glista/UConn Photo)

Class of 2017 Ready for the Big Day

Soon-to-be-graduates visit some familiar places on campus for photo opps wearing their caps and gowns.

Sam Pradhan '17 (ENG) watches as a 3-D printer creates a Husky dog logo in chocolate. Pradhan is one of a group of UConn engineering students who 3-D printed customized chocolates for their senior design project. (Emily Fitzpatrick '17 (CLAS)/UConn Photo)

Sweet Dimension: 3-D Printed Chocolate

UConn engineering students 3-D printed customized chocolates for their senior design project.

Students describe the ideas they turned into reality with funding from UConn's IDEA Grant Program.

UConn Student Entrepreneurs

Students describe the ideas they turned into reality with funding from UConn's IDEA Grant Program.

A UConn engineering professor has uncovered new information about how particles behave in the bloodstream, an important advance that could help scientists develop more effective cancer drugs. (Bret Eckhardt/UConn Photo)

Size Matters for Drug Particles

A UConn engineering professor has uncovered new information about how particles behave in the bloodstream, an important advance that could help pharmaceutical scientists develop more effective cancer drugs.

March 17 was Match Day for UConn medical students – the day they find out where they will pursue their residencies for the next three to six years. (Bret Eckhardt/UConn Photo)

Medical Students Find their Match

Friday was Match Day for UConn medical students – the day they find out where they will pursue their residencies for the next three to six years.

The Daily Campus masthead. (UConn Photo)

Behind the Scenes at the Daily Campus

Take a peek behind the scenes of UConn's student-run daily newspaper.