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Terrence Mann, artistic director of the Connecticut Repertory Theater nutmeg summer series, leads a rehearsal of "1776" at the Drama-Music Building on May 23, 2017. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Nutmeg Summer Series Opens with Broadway Veteran as Director

The series opens at Harriet Jorgensen Theatre June 1 with '1776,' the musical version of events leading up to the American Revolution.

May 31, 2017 | Kenneth Best

UConn Nation Celebrates

Hundreds of members of UConn Nation came together Wednesday for an Employee Appreciation Event.

May 11, 2017 | Peter Morenus

University News

Snap! Commencement 2017

May 8, 2017 | Sean Flynn, and Peter Morenus

Members of the Class of 2017.

Sights and Sounds of Commencement 2017

More than 9,000 degrees – both undergraduate and graduate – will be awarded this year, which is the highest number of degrees conferred at UConn in the University's 136-year history.

May 8, 2017 | Bret Eckhardt, Angelina Reyes, and Elizabeth Caron

University News
A construction worker lowers the time capsule into an ultra-high performance, fiber-reinforced concrete vault that will hold it for the next 100 years. (Christopher LaRosa/UConn Photo)

Engineers Bury Time Capsule

A time capsule encasing examples of technology from the past was buried on the grounds of the new Engineering and Science Building, to be opened 100 years from now.

May 5, 2017 | Josh Garvey

On the day before the mission, we were able visit the launchpad. This was NASA Orbital ATK's seventh mission as part of the Commercial Resupply Services Program for the International Space Station. The Cygnus Spacecraft, which held supplies along with several experiments to be conducted on the Space Station, rested on an Atlas V 401 rocket. Cygnus docked onto the International Space Station, and will be there until July 17, 2017. After its time is up, the Cygnus spacecraft will perform a controlled destructive reentry back to Earth. (Rafeed Hussain/UConn Photo)

Student Photographer Covers NASA Rocket Launch

Environmental science major Rafeed Hussain ’17 (CLAS) was selected as one of 20 members of the public to cover the launch of a NASA rocket to the International Space Station on social media.

May 4, 2017 | Rafeed Hussain '17 (CLAS)

Graduating senior Brian Kelleher '17 (SFA), right, checks his phone for text messages. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Get Plugged in for Commencement

A new texting tool gives UConn a new way to reach soon-to-be graduates and their families coming to campus for graduation.

May 4, 2017 | Tom Breen

Soon-to-be-graduates visit some familiar places on campus for photo opps wearing their caps and gowns. (Ryan Glista/UConn Photo)

Class of 2017 Ready for the Big Day

Soon-to-be-graduates visit some familiar places on campus for photo opps wearing their caps and gowns.

May 4, 2017 | Ryan Glista

This year, for the first time, the UConn Office of Alumni Relations will distribute legacy medals to graduating seniors who have a parent, grandparent, or sibling who graduated from UConn.

New Legacy Medals for Students with UConn Parents

The engraved, pewter medals recognize students who have made UConn part of their family tradition.

May 4, 2017 | Grace Merritt, UConn Foundation

Alumni University News
The seven four-foot ants marching toward the Biology/Physics Building invite visitors to follow them inside to view an exhibit on the complex society of army ants and their guests. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Army Ants March into New Exhibition

'The majority of the guests are microscopic. Since we couldn't scale the exhibit's visitors down, our solution was to scale the army ants and their guests up.'

April 28, 2017 | Kenneth Best

Research & Discovery