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March 31, 2026

Arts & Culture

A woman poses at a table with six books.

Children’s Book Author, Soon-To-Be Grad Sees Value in Experience

Having grown up in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, just across the border from El Paso, Texas, Luisana Duarte Armendáriz ’26 Ph.D. straddled the line between languages, cultures, and national borders

March 30, 2026 | Kimberly Phillips

UConn Voices

A woman sitting in a chair and a man sitting on the floor in front of her both hold violins.

Jorgensen to Host Music All-Stars from Across the Celtic World

The musical showcase will come to the Jorgensen stage on Friday, March 6 at 8 p.m.

March 5, 2026 | Kenneth Best - UConn Communications

The band THE SEVEN WONDERS: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac posing together.

A Fleetwood Mac Tribute, 50 Years After Recording of UConn Performance

THE SEVEN WONDERS: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac comes to Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, February 14, at 8 p.m.

February 11, 2026 | Kenneth Best - UConn Communications

Alumni

A man in a black sweatshirt and purple shirt stands in front of a pair of canvas oil paintings.

More Than Disease: Art Major with Goal of Becoming MD Humanizes Patients on Canvas

‘People make this crazy distinction between art and science, but they’re really just two sides of the same coin to me’

February 9, 2026 | Kimberly Phillips

A Renaissance painting of animals and a group of people, many scantily clothed.

UConn Faculty, Alum Help Bring Story of Tortured Renaissance Composer to Life

'Death of Gesualdo,' which premieres in the U.S. on Feb. 13 in New York City, is being staged as a tableau vivant, in which the actors strike poses to tell a story

February 3, 2026 | Kimberly Phillips

Alumni

two men playing cello

‘I Get to Be an Artist’

First-year prosthodontics resident blends music and dentistry

December 17, 2025 | Courtney Chandler - UConn Health

An abstract sculpture made of objects found along the beach, whether natural like quartz and oyster or man-made like plastic water bottles.

Long Island Sound Exhibition at AVS Gallery Highlights Its Beauty, History, Sense of Home

'Sight and Sound: Artists Consider Long Island Sound' comes to UConn thanks to support from the Connecticut Sea Grant Arts Support Awards Program

November 25, 2025 | Kimberly Phillips

A man stands in front of a wall with photos and rock and roll memorabilia, gesturing to a tour group.

The Best of Rock ‘n’ Roll

Jorgensen Gallery exhibit showcases 70 years (and counting) of rock music

November 7, 2025 | Tom Breen - UConn Communications

A student posing in front of painted canvases

Meet the Undergraduate: Iris Yu ‘26 (CLAS, SFA)

Yu demonstrates her creativity through diverse artwork depicting the visual culture of the Asian body

October 31, 2025 | Esha Desai, for the OVPR

Research & Discovery UConn Voices

A creepy scene featuring a yellow barn, wooden fence, bare trees, and mostly cloudy sky.

Misunderstood Monsters: Tales of Horror Are Far More Than Blood Splatter and Gore

'There’s just tremendous beauty and art and intelligence behind the greatest films in any category. Why do so many critics plug in the worst horror films for all horror?'

October 29, 2025 | Kimberly Phillips

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