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Senior resident assistants of Connecticut Hall Lauren Panza, center left, and Justin Guinta, center right, hold the scissors for the Connecticut Hall ribbon cutting among UConn leadership and Connecticut legislative members during a ceremony on Sept. 13, 2024.

Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony Held For Connecticut Hall

The first residents of the 652-bed residence hall moved this semester to the building, which is part of South Campus and features suite-style rooms typically housing four people each

Horsebarn Hill taken by a drone

UConn Storrs Will Soon Welcome a New Home-grown, and Home-built, Classroom with an Iconic View

Built by UConn faculty, students, and staff from UConn Forest wood, this classroom showcases the many benefits of its surroundings

UConn Avery Point, seen from a drone in the summer (UConn Photos).

UConn Casting Wide Net for Options to Add Student Housing at Avery Point

The ability to offer housing and new majors at Avery Point would significantly increase UConn’s ability to draw more students there

Students and UConn Extension faculty work at planting a rain garden next to the Dairy Bar.

Tending Your Garden: New Rain Garden Installation Offers Lessons in Local Impact

'This is really what it's about – the students learning an actual real-world thing that they can put their hands on, something that they can remember, and they can bring their families here and show them'

Workers use a crane to deliver the Spirit Rock to a new home at the South Campus Commons.

Spirit Rock Settles Into New Home in Central Quad of Storrs Campus

The iconic rock has had many homes on campus since the 1940s

The 2023 NCAA championship banner was unveiled before a record crowd for the men's home opener at Gampel Pavilion.

UConn Replacing Gampel Videoboards, Making Other Venue Improvements

The centerpiece of the Basketball Capital of the World first opened its doors in 1990

After an extensive collaborative effort and restoration process by UConn faculty, facilities staff, and students, Connecticut’s oldest planetarium will soon be back in action.

UConn’s Old Planetarium Gets a New Upgrade

UConn faculty, students, and facilities staff are working to reawaken Connecticut’s oldest planetarium

As part of the Campus Masterplan and funded by Next Generation Connecticut funds, the South Campus Infrastructure Project includes clean, renewable infrastructure that will extend deep underground to heat and cool the new South Campus Residence Hall.

Geothermal Project to Heat and Cool New South Campus Residential Hall

Sustainable technology is expected to begin operating in 2025

(l-r) Rep. Kathy Kennedy; Rep. Tim Ackert and his grandson, Jameson; Mansfield Town Manager Ryan Aylesworth; Mansfield Mayor Toni Moran; President Radenka Maric; Sen. MD Rahman; Rep. Gregg Haddad; Sen. Cathy Osten; Rep. Holly Cheeseman; Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz; Sen. Mae Flexer; Provost Anne D'Alleva; Trustee Philip Rubin; Student Trustee Aanya Mehta; and Institute for Materials Science Director Steven Suib join together at the dedication of the Science One Research Center on June 15, 2023. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo).

Brand-New Science 1 Facility Hailed as Game-Changer for UConn

The state-of-the-art facility offers 198,000 square feet for research, teaching, and innovation

A view of Mirror Lake on July 19, 2017. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn to Undertake Scaled-Back Improvements at Mirror Lake

The work will address concerns about flooding and stormwater runoff