Arts & Culture
Placing Heritage on a Pedestal: Multicultural Expression at UConn
Springtime means cultural celebrations for UConn students
April 24, 2026 | Anna Heqimi
True Stories
UConn Story Slam offers students an opportunity to show as well as tell
April 23, 2026 | Nora Broderick - University Communications
‘A Melting Pot of Music’ Comes to Jorgensen
WOMEN OF AMERICANA: A Celebration of American Music comes to Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts on April 11
April 10, 2026 | Kenneth Best - UConn Communications
Senior’s Retelling of Folktales Headed to Stage
'There’s something exhilarating about having a script out and watching the actors play and work with it. There have been times I’ve forgotten that I had anything to do with writing it'
April 9, 2026 | Kimberly Phillips
Rebooting Thoreau for Modern Times: New PBS Documentary Features UConn Expertise
Reintroducing the pioneering writer-scientist, whose influence and relevance carries forward through the centuries
April 6, 2026 | Elaina Hancock - UConn Communications
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
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
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
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
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