UConn Storrs
Sugary Drink Sales Drop After Community Campaign
A three-year public health campaign to encourage people to consumer fewer sugary drinks led to a drop in sales of those drinks by nearly 20 percent.
March 6, 2017 | Daniel P. Jones, UConn Rudd Center
A Lesson from Enron: Charter Schools Need More Oversight
A UConn professor of education and law draws parallels between financial mismanagement in the charter school sector and the notorious Enron accounting scandal.
March 6, 2017 | Loretta Waldman
Op-ed: Are Puerto Ricans Really American Citizens?
With a plebiscite pending in June, political science professor Charles Venator-Santiago discusses the contradiction that while Puerto Ricans are officially U.S. citizens, the territory remains unincorporated.
March 3, 2017 | Charles R. Venator-Santiago, Department of Political Science & El Instituto
Nancy Stevens’ Trailblazing Career Began with Good Timing
UConn's Hall of Fame coach was recently inducted into the USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame for her role playing on the team that won the first national championship after Title IX.
March 2, 2017 | Steven Lewis, Athletic Communications
UConn Names 2017 Speakers, Honorary Degree Recipients
Whether sequencing the human genome or developing new culinary concoctions; whether writing award-winning plays or learning the secrets of noncoding RNA; whether steering the course of The Hartford or United Technologies Corporation, the honored guests of UConn’s commencement ceremonies this year are leaders in their fields. Honored guests include commencement speakers and honorary degree recipients. At […]
March 1, 2017 | Kristen Cole
Caps & Gowns Changing From Black to Blue
The blue gowns could also be referred to as 'green.' Each is made from about 23 recycled plastic water bottles.
March 1, 2017 | Loretta Waldman
New Graduates Enter a Good Job Market
'The number of recruiters at UConn's career fairs are double what they were four years ago,' says the director of the Center for Career Development.
March 1, 2017 | Kenneth Best
Asian Nite Showcases Asian Cultures
Asian Nite lit up the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts with movement, color, and sound.
March 1, 2017 | Peter Morenus
UConn Reads: Religion and Inclusion, a UConn Story
During World War II, the University of Connecticut – in collaboration with a Quaker organization – opened its doors to 18 Japanese American students from the internment camps.
February 28, 2017 | Cathy Schlund-Vials, UConn Reads Steering Committee
Behind the Scenes at the Daily Campus
Take a peek behind the scenes of UConn's student-run daily newspaper.
February 28, 2017 | Emily Fitzpatrick '17 (CLAS) & Hunter Young '18 (SFA)