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Pictures of the Close to Home banner hanging on the Student Union on Oct. 17, 2012. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Making a Difference Close to Home

Giving to the Foundation's Close to Home campaign is an easy way for faculty and staff to support University programs and people.

UConn graduates and Travelers Edge Scholars (from left): Armando Jimenez, Ashley Gil, A'Yana Morgan, Venice Sterling, Cristhian Bedon, and Bryant Dominguez. (Photo courtesy of the UConn Foundation)

Travelers EDGE Helps First Generation UConn Students Get a Degree and a Career

A Travelers program for first-generation students at UConn helps them prepare for careers in the insurance and financial services industry.

UConn officials and friends celebrate groundbreaking for the University’s new basketball practice facility on April 16. From left, UConn supporter Sonny Whelen; President Susan Herbst; Board of Trustees Chairman Larry McHugh; Rosalind Shenkman; UConn Foundation Board of Directors Chairman Mark Shenkman; UConn supporter Peter Werth; women's basketball player Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis; men's basketball player Ryan Boatright; Athletics Director Warde Manuel; men's basketball head coach Kevin Ollie; women's basketball head coach Geno Auriemma; and UConn Foundation Board of Directors Member Robert Skinner. (Steve Slade '89 (SFA) for UConn)

Groundbreaking Celebrates New Basketball Development Center

Official groundbreaking ceremonies for a dedicated new practice facility for UConn’s championship men’s and women’s basketball programs were held Tuesday.

Associate Head Coach Chris Dailey on the bench during a game. (Photo courtesy of UConn Athletics)

Honoring a Women’s Basketball Legend

Jim Agonis '71 (BUS) has established an endowed scholarship fund named in honor of associate head coach Chris Dailey.

Sandy Hook School Memorial Scholarship Fund Reaches $1 Million

Gifts from more than 5,000 people nationwide passed the $1 million mark last week.

Army boots.

UConn’s Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans Receives Grant from NBC Connecticut

The grant will be used to expand the program, which equips veterans to start and grow their own businesses.

Books (Courtesy of University of Connecticut Libraries)

California Transplant Honors Connecticut Childhood with Gift to UConn Libraries

A woman who spent summers as a child on her grandparents' farm in Mansfield donated part of her estate to UConn to purchase items related to New England history.

Pictures of the Close to Home banner hanging on the Student Union on Oct. 17, 2012. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Close to Home Campaign Makes it Easy to Support UConn

This year's Close to Home Campaign, which encourages faculty and staff to give back to the University, is now under way.

President Susan Herbst, with Alan Polozov '16 (CLAS) and Douglas Hughes at the President's office in Gulley Hall on Oct. 22, 2012. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

First Recipient of Susan Herbst and Douglas Hughes Family Scholarship Announced

Freshman English major Alan Polozov has been named the first recipient of a new scholarship supporting first-year students studying the humanities.

The University of Connecticut Foundation on the Storrs campus.

UConn Donors Top Fundraising Goal for 2012

$60 million in gifts and pledges make 2012 the best year yet in the current fundraising campaign.