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Basketball standout Shabazz Napier '14 (CLAS) throws out the first pitch at Fenway Park in Boston April 22, watched by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, second from right, and members of the UConn men's team.

First Pitch at Fenway

The NCAA Championship men's basketball team was honored and Shabazz Napier '14 (CLAS) threw out the first pitch at Fenway Park Tuesday.

Rowan Lucy '16 (BUS) buys a few plants from the UConn Blooms table during the UConn Earth Day Spring Fling held along Fairfield Way on April 22, 2014. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Spring Fling Celebrates Sustainability

UConn marked Earth Day 2014 with a range of activities to promote environmental awareness.

Political science major Molly Rockett '15 (CLAS) has been awarded the Truman Scholarship for students who are dedicated to a career in public service. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Junior Awarded Prestigious Truman Scholarship

Molly Rockett ’15 (CLAS) has been awarded the Truman Scholarship for students dedicated to a career in public service.

Artwork in the courtyard of the Benton Museum, part of Draw On! at the Benton, a week-long community activity. (Cody Carver '15 (CLAS)/UConn Photo)

Draw On! at the Benton

A week-long activity at the Benton Museum encouraged the UConn community to have fun drawing.

Jeffrey Ogbar, vice provost for diversity, left, Shantel Honeyghan '15 (CLAS), and Hasudin Pehratovic '15 (BUS). (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Helping First Generation Students Achieve Their Degree

A new program helps students overcome some of the challenges of being ‘First Gen.’

Hayato Kawai '14 (SFA) works on an illustration in a studio at the Bishop Center. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Art Student Selected for Society of Illustrators Exhibition

Hayato Jin Kawai ’14 (SFA) is the first UConn student to receive this highly competitive honor.

Pramod K. Srivastava, an accomplished leader in basic and translational research and director of the Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center at UConn Health. (UConn Photo)

UConn Health Receives $3 Million for Cancer Research

The gift from Ray ’56 (CLAS) and Carole Neag will support research on genomics-guided cancer treatment.

Varun Khattar '16 (CLAS), right, and Stephanie Lumbra '14 (CLAS) lead a violence against women prevention program peer education program at Laurel Hall on March 28, 2014. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Peers Helping Peers Prevent Sexual Violence

A group of students trained by the Women’s Center is helping dispel problematic societal messages.

Kali Cika '15 displays the medal she earned for running the Boston Marathon in 2013. She was fortunate to complete her run before the bombs went off. (Angie Reyes/UConn Photo)

This Year’s Boston – A Fresh Start

UConn junior Kali Cika completed the 2013 Boston Marathon just half an hour before the bombs went off. This year she will run again.

An aerial view of the Storrs campus on Oct. 9, 2013. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Campus Master Plan to Provide Blueprint for Change

Making the Storrs campus an intellectual and cultural hub is the planners’ goal.