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The annual Earth Week Spring Fling on Fairfield Way is one of the many University-wide efforts to incorporate sustainability into all facets of campus life. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Now a Platinum and Green University

UConn is just one of seven institutions to earn Platinum status in a rigorous assessment of sustainability measures in higher education.

While the Dominican Republic is known for its beaches, it also boasts vast mountain ranges and fertile green valleys. Pico Duarte, at 3,098 meters (10,164 feet), is the highest peak in the Caribbean.

In a Paradise Threatened, Teaching Girls to Be the Change They Want to See

A UConn Extension educator describes her challenging and hopeful experiences with a project aimed at teaching girls from impoverished families in the Dominican Republic about marine sciences.

"The Presentation," a 19th century painting depicting a celebration for the first black Union Army soldiers from New York as they set off for battle in New Orleans.

UConn Professor Tells How Sons of Slaves Overcame Obstacles to Pursue Education

UConn's Anna Mae Duane discusses two African American men whose antebellum lives ask a still-relevant question: What does it mean to be American?

Woman in front of a device screen in video conference for work

So You Want to Have a Virtual Conference? Here’s a UConn Professor Who Did It – and is Planning to Do It Again

Professor Sherry Pagoto talks about the challenges - and benefits - of hosting a multi-day academic conference entirely online.

New Pandemic Journaling Project Captures People’s COVID-19 Experiences

Associate Professor of Anthropology Sarah Willen is leading an interdisciplinary collaboration to record the voices and everyday experiences of individuals living through the COVID-19 pandemic.

This Class is Real, and It’s Spectacular: UConn Professor Lectures on ‘Seinfeld’ in Unique Forum

UConn law professor Sara Bronin is using 'Seinfeld' to lecture about real-world legal issues.

An apartment building at night, with some of the windows illuminated.

UConn Researchers Collaborate to Study Effects of COVID-19 on Domestic Violence

UConn researchers have won a grant to research the increase in domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A mourner from the Nepali community, unable to attend the funeral for Ashish KC due to social distancing restrictions, reacts in the parking lot outside of the Maryland Cremation services in Millersville, Maryland on May 20, 2020. - Ashish died in a drowning but due to restrictions in place amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, only eight close family members and friends were allowed to attend the ceremony inside, while more then 30 waited outside. Mourners inside live streamed the funeral to family back in Nepal and to those waiting just outside. The coronavirus pandemic has drastically altered the way we are able to mourn and say goodbye to loved ones. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

How Americans are Coping with COVID-19 Stress

UConn researchers are studying how Americans experience and respond to stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Greenhouse Studios undergraduate & graduate research assistants meet with the Connecticut Digital Archive.

UConn to Offer Collaborative Minor in Digital Public History

The new Digital Public History minor connects humanities research with digital media and design tools, opening up new career opportunities to students.

Wilbur Cross building on a fall day in October. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

A Message to the UConn Community

Dear UConn Community, Recent events have called national attention yet again to the destructive power of prejudice and racism. The death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis serves as our most recent example. We are disgusted by the images we have seen capturing the unconscionable acts that caused his death. Demonstrations across the […]