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Daviel Garcia ’22 (ACES) participates in a mindfulness class for students in the Student Support Services program at the Hartford Campus. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Course Offers Resilience Through Mindfulness

Meditating. Stretching and doing yoga poses. Practicing gratitude. All of these subjects are coursework in a new class at UConn Hartford.

From left, Kelly Dennis, professor of art and art history; Megan Scholtz, ’19 (SFA), a photography major; and Deanna LaVoie ’20 (SFA), graphic design major, reviewing an updated biography in preparation for this year’s Art + Feminism Edit-a-thon during a History of Photography class in Oak Hall. (Kenneth Best/UConn Photo)

Women in the Arts: Setting the Record Straight

During a day-long event at two UConn campuses on April 1, students, faculty, and staff edited Wikipedia to ensure the inclusion of female artists.

Meal kit. (Laurie McNamara Photo)

Healthy ‘Meal Kits’ are Attractive to Food Pantry Clients

Clients were three times as likely to take kale and whole grains when they visited the pantry on days when recipe tastings and meal kits were available, compared to the days when neither was provided, according to UConn study.

One Card design options.

Voting Open on New UConn One Card Design

Starting today, members of the UConn community can vote on their favorite design for the new University identification card, which will replace the current cards over the coming academic year.

A hearing before the Appropriations Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly. (Ariel Dowski for UConn)

UConn Students Testify at the State Capitol

'From the minute I first stepped foot on this campus, I have not only been taken seriously as a student, but I’ve also been challenged to be the best version of myself, as a scholar and leader,' said Truman Scholar and Marshall Scholar Akshayaa Chittibabu '19.

Daviel Garcia ’22 (ACES) participates in a mindfulness class for students in the Student Support Services program at the Hartford Campus. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Counselor Brings Mindfulness to Hartford Students in New Course

Lynn Papacostas Ginolfi – who at one time was herself a first-generation, low-income student – created the Resilience through Mindfulness course to help students address stress.

UConn Law alumnus, Eric Parker '10.

Law and Journalism Experience? You’re Covered

'In both professions you are going to meet people who don’t want to talk to you, and having those interviewing skills will allow you to dig deeper,' says Taylor DiChello, Fox 61 reporter and a student at UConn Law.

UConn wordmark.

UConn Approves Modest Student Fee Adjustments

Beginning in fall 2019, the General University Fee will increase for the first time in five years, and Stamford student housing rates will be adjusted to reflect increases in the area’s rental market.

An artist's impression of the new Student Recreation Center.

UConn Students Invited to Forums on Fee Proposals

Two town hall-style forums will be held Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 12:30 and 5 p.m., The first session will be held in the Dodd Center’s Konover Auditorium, the second, in Oak Hall, Room 101.

Jimmy Tang '11 (BUS), in his office at the Twitch headquarters in San Francisco. (Photo courtesy of Jimmy Tang)

Alumnus Among Forbes’ Game Industry ‘30 Under 30’

Twenty-nine year-old Jimmy Tang '11 (BUS), finance specialist at Amazon's livestreaming video platform Twitch, has been identified as one of an elite group of industry leaders.