UConn Storrs

An aerial view of UConn Field Hockey playing against Rutgers.

UConn Honors Trailblazing, Championship-Winning Field Hockey Coaches

The names of Diane Wright and Nancy Stevens will adorn two prominent campus locations in recognition of their towering contributions to UConn and their sport

The "Goose of Cairo" sits prominently among the work on display in the 'Swing into Action: Maurice Sendak and the World of Puppetry' exhibition at the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry in Storrs as attendees walk around the exhibition during the opening event on July 7, 2022.

Where the Wild Puppets Are: Maurice Sendak Creations Land at Ballard

'Sendak was interested in puppetry, even though he was not a puppeteer himself. As a visual artist, he was intrigued by images, gestures, choreography, and story'

Smiling female student in front of horses

Learning Lessons about Livestock and Life

Through her experience as an intern at UConn's livestock units, Hailey Kampton puts her love for animals of all sizes into practice

Pratt & Whitney Scholar, Jadon Gomez Stafford outside UConn School of Engineering.

Pratt & Whitney Scholar Comes Into His Own at UConn

'I have the opportunity to be myself here at UConn, to be the person I always wanted to be'

Mark Brand, professor of horticulture, stands with a descendent of the beloved "swing tree" growing along Swan Lake

Legacy of Beloved Former ‘Swing Tree’ Lives on As its Progeny Thrive on Campus

Instagram-famous tree was the only known example of Dahurian birch in the region

The UConn Fine Arts Complex. The School of Fine Arts celebrates its 60th anniversary this year.

School of Fine Arts Celebrates Diamond Anniversary

Sixty years of innovation, dynamism, and creativity for arts education in Connecticut

An aerial photo of the gold cupola of the Wilbur Cross building as the sun rises in the horizon

Innovative Transportation Research Facility Envisioned for UConn’s Depot Campus

The facility would combine research, education, and economic development

Group making polymer spaghetti

“By Us, For Us”: First Queer Science Conference Creates Connections

Forty-three high school students and 13 members of the UConn community came together to celebrate science – and themselves – in the first Queer Science Conference

Manisha Sinha, Draper Chair of American History, lectures at the Gentry Building. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Historian Earns Pennington Award; Talks Juneteenth as Holiday Approaches

Manisha Sinha talks about the roots of Juneteenth, which became a national holiday in 2021, but which began in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War

Michelle Hernandez holding the mounted spicebush specimen

Herbarium Milestone: Preserving our Past, Present, and Future

'This is a record of the natural history of the state'