Author Archive
UConn Magazine: Net Worth
To save the sea turtles, says alum Jesse Senko, you first need to help the fishers whose very nets entangle them
![Gamoran says he’s met lots of fun people in the green room including Tom Hanks, but his favorite “has to be Peggy from ‘Mad Men’ [Elisabeth Moss]. I had a little crush on her. My wife said, laughing, ‘Were you flirting with her?’”](https://today.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Gamoran_UCTedit-1024x683.jpg)
UConn Magazine: “It’s Not About the Food”
Chef Joel Gamoran ’07 counts down his top 10 TV cooking appearances — from preparing ice cream sandwiches for Elmo to making fried chicken for Katie Couric
UConn Magazine: Everything’s Coming up Rosé
Two of the things Michael Connery ’75 JD likes most about his second-chapter vocation as a vineyard owner are the view and “that sense of creating something tangible”
UConn Magazine: The Moments That Made Sue Bird
Husky royalty and WNBA icon Sue Bird reflects on some of the most fateful moments in her 30 years of trailblazing
UConn Magazine: Keep the Change
Dennis Pierce ’15 MBA never got the memo about how humans tend to be change averse. During his 34-year tenure at UConn Dining Services the recently retired Pierce created a culture of change.
UConn Magazine: Say it With a T-shirt
Wear Ya Mask! tees were created to encourage health and safety during the pandemic.
Brave Space: Sage Phillips ’22
Since she first set foot on campus, Sage Phillips has made it her mission to advocate for Native American and indigenous people at UConn
UConn Magazine: Dispensing Stress Vitamins
Have you been wanting to try a meditation practice but just haven’t known where to start? Greg Sazima ’90 MD might just be the guru for you.
UConn Magazine: Elevating English Majors
English professor Gina Barreca, dubbed the “feminist humor maven” by Ms. Magazine has kept us laughing through 10 books from “I Used to Be Snow White But I Drifted” to “If You Lean In, Will Men just Look Down Your Blouse?” Her latest, though, invites others to the party.