UConn Storrs

Welcome back students message on the digital message board of the shuttle buses on Jan. 17, 2017. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Welcome Back

January 18, 2017 | Sean Flynn

rotesters attend the Hands Off Safe Schools Rally on Swanston Street on March 10, 2016 in Melbourne, Australia. The Hands Off Safe School has been designed as a resource for teachers and students to assist with issues of homophobia and bullying. (Photo by Chris Hopkins/Getty Images)

Get Ahead of Bullying and Hate Speech, Says Education Expert

A UConn education expert discusses proactive steps that schools can take to help moderate the effects of hate being modeled on the national stage.

January 17, 2017 | Loretta Waldman

UConn Voices
The Voices of Freedom Choir perform in the von der Mehden Recital Hall on Nov. 12, 2016. (Ryan Glista/UConn Photo)

Celebrate MLK Day at UConn

Watch the Voices of Freedom Gospel Choir in 360°. They will perform today as part of UConn’s Martin Luther King Day of Observance. Join us at Jorgensen 4-7 p.m.

January 16, 2017 | Combined Reports

UConn Voices
UConn football player in Husky uniform. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Huskies Announce Football Game at Fenway

UConn football will play Boston College at Fenway Park on Nov. 18, as part of a series of three college football games at the renowned baseball stadium.

January 13, 2017 | Athletic Communications

Athletics
The 'supermoon' rises in mid-November, 2016. (Ryan Glista/UConn Photo)

Moon Over Storrs

This week's full moon and November's 'supermoon' made for some dramatic skyscapes.

January 13, 2017 | Sean Flynn & Ryan Glista

As we celebrate our women's basketball team equaling their previous unbeaten record of 90 games, we look back to the very earliest days of women's basketball in Storrs, when the team boasted an unbeaten season as far back as 1902. (Archives & Special Collections, University Library)

Women’s Basketball Winning Streak Has Long History at UConn

As we celebrate our women's basketball team equaling their previous unbeaten record of 90 games, we look back to the very earliest days of women's basketball in Storrs.

January 11, 2017 | Combined Reports

Athletics
Sugar Pines (Pinus lambertiana) in Sequoia National Park, California. UConn researchers are part of a team that has sequenced the Sugar Pine's enormous genome, offering the potential for using genetic resistance to fight an invasive fungus that threatens to destroy the species. (Silversypher via Wikimedia Commons)

The Fungus-Fighting Secrets in the Sugar Pine’s Genome

Researchers have sequenced the enormous genome of the world's tallest pine, offering the potential for using genetic resistance to fight an invasive fungus that threatens to destroy the species.

January 10, 2017 | Katie Pieper, Genes to Genomes blog

Research & Discovery
Sunshine after the snowfall adds sparkle and shadows to the landscape. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Winter Wonderland in Storrs

Sunshine after the snowfall adds sparkle and shadows to the landscape.

January 10, 2017 | Sean Flynn

Seok-Woo Lee, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, at his lab at the Gant Complex on Oct. 27, 2016. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

New Material Promises Benefits to Deep Space Travel

A UConn researcher has developed a new shape memory material that can help send unmanned probes to distant star systems.

January 9, 2017 | Josh Garvey

Research & Discovery
Views of the UConn Nation transportation buses on Jan. 7, 2016. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

UConn Changing Bus Operations to Meet New Rules

While an outside company will train and provide drivers for the large buses, students will still be able to work part-time for the Transportation Services or for the new provider.

January 5, 2017 | Stephanie Reitz