Author Archive
Imagine Shakespeare in Front of a PS4 – Probably Not, But the Bard Has Influenced Gaming
'Not all literature is so easily translated into new forms and new media. Most of Shakespeare can be adapted to pretty much any time and place'
Undergraduate Political Review Gives Students Chance to Dig Deep Outside the Classroom
'You read the news. You think about these things. It’s just a way to formally express it'
Nursing and Engineering Innovation Forum Highlights Interdisciplinary Work
'Just one conversation can open the door'
New Online Dashboard Offers Look at Violent Deaths in Connecticut – When, Where, and How
Details on how much violent death is in the state has been hard to come by until now
Living Ernestina: A Woman’s Story of Bravery, Exile, Tragic Love, and Activism
'This kind of story reminds us that everyday people can have such an impact in many ways, but it’s easy to be forgotten'
Study: Police Finance Organizations Allow Steady Flow of Dark Money to Law Enforcement
'When you don’t know what’s going into a police budget, that raises questions about who the police are working for. Is it the community that pays taxes or someone else?'
Art Exhibition No ‘Joke’ in Asking Hard Questions
'Joker Stardust,' on display March 27-30, started as a critique of consumerism inspired by the 1980s but eventually morphed into a multilayered project focused on the 1960s and 1970s that asks the question, 'Who am I?'
Upcoming Discussions on Public Health, Ecology Designed to Get People ‘Thinking Globally’
'One of the main aims of the series is to get academic expertise down the pipeline and make it available to the wider public'
UConn Study of Hashtag – #childhoodcancer – Shows Families Leading the Conversation
Family members of children with cancer accounted for most of the content, making up 41.5% of the tweets that were reviewed
‘It’s time to tell my story’: Sociology Professor Recalls 7 Decades of Racial Reckoning
Noël Cazenave says he became aware of racism within his own family, as the aunts, uncles, and cousins on his mother's side often treated him differently because his skin color was darker than theirs