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UConn Statement on Potential Federal Overhaul to Title IX

Today the U.S. Department of Education announced that it will overhaul the Title IX guidance on sexual assault and harassment.

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President Herbst Responds to DACA Decision

"Above all, these bright young people are striving to succeed. That sense of hope and opportunity represents the great promise of the United States and our higher education system," says President Herbst.

Many students attending Convocation wore T-shirts with a quote from Nelson Mandela. (Jack Templeton '18 (CLAS)/UConn Photo)

Welcome Back, UConn: A Message from President Herbst

'Education is paramount in combating the kind of hatred we saw on display this month' at Charlottesville and elsewhere, says President Herbst.

From left, freshmen Ryan Wellington '21 (BUS), livia Knuth '21 (CAHNR), Bryant Cuapio '21 (SFA), Cassidy Colosi '21 (CLAS), Everett Grethel '21 (SFA), and Prachi Udeshi '21 (CAHNR) at the Student Union. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn’s Strength Draws Talented New Freshmen Across Campuses

More students have enrolled at the regional campuses this year, drawn by the opening of the new downtown Hartford Campus and new student housing at the Stamford Campus.

Thousands of students will be returning to UConn campuses across the state over the coming few days, in preparation for the start of classes on Aug. 28. (Sean Flynn/UConn File Photo)

UConn Students Move into Storrs, Stamford Residence Halls This Weekend

Thousands of students will return to UConn campuses across the state over the next few days. Logistics of move-in weekend on the Storrs campus are expected to be more challenging than usual due to road construction.

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Engineering Alumna Named to Board of Trustees

Jeanine Armstrong Goiun '87 (ENG) has been elected to serve a four-year term on the Board, beginning in September.

Thousands gather with candles to march along the path that White Supremacists took the prior Friday with torches on the University of Virginia Campus in Charlottesville, United States on August 16, 2017. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Charlottesville: A Message to the UConn Community

'It is my commitment – it is my promise – that this will always remain a university that stands firmly for the virtues of democracy, equality, civil discourse, and human rights,' says President Herbst.

Exterior view of the Stamford residence hall. (Ryan Glista/UConn Photo)

UConn Stamford Opens Student Housing

A new six-story building in Stamford that will house almost 300 students a year opens today, and its first residents will move in next week.

A participant in the River House Baseball Reminiscence Program and her son cheer on the Mets at Citi Field. (Kenneth Best/UConn Photo)

Talking Baseball Assists Aging Adults with Dementia

A UConn researcher has found that using baseball as the focus of reminiscence therapy for elderly adults with dementia can spark memories and prompt an emotional response.

Vietnamese 'boat people' refugees huddle together on a tarp as they are airlifted out of the sea during the Vietnam War, 1960s. (Photo by Express Newspapers/Getty Images)

UConn Reads 2017-18: ‘Nation of Immigrants or Land of Refugees?’

This year’s UConn Reads selection, Viet Thanh Nguyen's 'The Refugees,' affords an opportunity for the University community to reflect upon and debate the hot-button issue of immigration.