UConn Storrs
A ‘Crash Course’ for the 2020 US Presidential and Local Elections
A student-run newsletter aims to inform Connecticut voters, especially first-timers, what to expect at the polls and on the ballot this Election Day.
October 29, 2020 | Amanda Song, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Jorgensen Digital Stage Sets Livestreaming Fall Performance Schedule
Building on a successful summertime experiment with livestreaming, the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts is going digital for its Fall 2020 season.
October 29, 2020 | Kenneth Best
UConn to Turn Over Bus Operations to WRTD; Plan Saves Money, Promotes Use of Electric Buses
UConn is turning over operation of its passenger bus fleet to the Windham Regional Transit District, saving the University money and promoting the use of electric buses.
October 28, 2020 | Stephanie Reitz
UConn Entrepreneur Smashes a Home Run With Sophisticated Baseball-Training Invention
Elijah Taitel '22 (BUS, ENG) swung for the fences in his first at-bat as an entrepreneur, and notched a grand slam.
October 27, 2020 | Claire Hall
Dodd Impact Hosts ‘American Dreams’ Online
Dodd Human Rights Impact is relaunching with an online presentation of a dark theatrical comedy about what it means to be an American citizen.
October 26, 2020 | Kenneth Best
Meet the Researcher: Sarah Tsuruo ’21 (CLAS)
Sarah Tsuruo '21 (CLAS) says pursuing a multifaceted career as an undergraduate researcher requires determination.
October 22, 2020 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Fish-food Entrepreneur Wins UConn’s Wolff Startup Competition
Student entrepreneur Peter Goggins '21 (CAHNR) has won the Wolff New Venture Competition, which boosts UConn-connected startup companies.
October 21, 2020 | Claire Hall
‘The Great Derangement,’ Novelist Ghosh’s Meditation on Climate Change, is 2020-21 UConn Reads Selection
"The Great Derangement," a meditation on society's response to climate change, has been selected as the UConn Reads text for the 2020-21 academic year.
October 20, 2020 | Tom Breen
UConn Wins Record Grants and Contracts Funding in FY2020
In fiscal year 2020, researchers from UConn and UConn Health secured nearly $286 million in research and other types of sponsored funding, the most in the University’s history.
October 19, 2020 | Jessica McBride, PhD
Q&A: When in Drought, Build Resilience
The abnormally dry weather Connecticut has experienced in 2020 may not be an anomaly for long.
October 16, 2020 | Elaina Hancock