University Life

A sign outside the Storrs Congregational Church welcomes students back to campus on Aug. 26, 2016. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Students Returning to UConn’s Campuses This Week

Caution and consideration are urged, as the population jumps significantly at Storrs and other UConn campuses.

A view of the NextGen Residence Hall, under construction on July 11, 2016. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

NextGen Hall Welcomes First Students

A new 727-bed residence hall, the first building completed under the Next Generation Connecticut initiative, is now open.

From left, Cyrene Nicholas of Branford, Naaol Shupare of Brooklyn Park, Minn., and Akriti Mishra of West Hartford, members of the Class of 2020. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Class of 2020 Sets New Record for Diversity, Number of Vals, Sals

'UConn had everything I was looking for,' says Naaol Shupare, who is among 5,100 freshmen starting classes on Aug. 29.

Ariana Scurti during her internship with Dunkin' Donuts/Baskin Robbins. (Photo courtesy of Dunkin' Donuts)

Intern Serves Social Responsibility Role at Dunkin’ Donuts

Coffee isn’t the only thing brewing at Dunkin’ Donuts. Social responsibility initiatives are a part of the central operation that oversees more than 11,500 Dunkin’ and 7,600 Baskin Robbins restaurants spread across nearly 60 nations. And, that stirred the interest of Ariana Scurti ’17 (CLAS) who gained experience with the parent company as an intern […]

Second-year medical student Tiahna Spencer is back from a summer research internship at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases in Bethesda, Maryland, one of the National Institutes of Health. (Photo by Ronnie Gladney)

Med Student Interns at World’s Largest Biomedical Research Agency

Tiahna Spencer spent the summer at the National Institutes of Health engaged in research on systemic autoimmune diseases.

(Kristin Wallace/UConn Health Photo)

New Medical Curriculum Reflects Changes in Field

The Class of 2020 is the first to learn under a new four-year curriculum in a facility that has also been transformed.

An artist's rendering of the student housing planned for the Stamford Campus. Expected to open for fall 2017, the apartments would house about 300 students.

Trustees Approve Historic Stamford Housing Plan

Apartments expected to open for fall 2017 would house about 300 students.

IBM Interns: Jason Barry on June 15, 2016. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

IBM Internship Changes Student’s Career Plans

The rising junior went into his internship planning to be a software developer. Now he hopes to become a technology manager.

The Board of the Connecticut Campus, with faculty advisor Professor Henry Monteith seated front row right, from the 1915 Nutmeg Yearbook. (Archives & Special Collections, UConn Library)

Henry Monteith: Portrait of a ‘Grand Old Man’

Today, the math department moves into the newly renovated Monteith Building. Who was the man for whom the building is named?

Shadows from a bicycle rack on July 26, 2016. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Into the Shadows

Shadows add another dimension to the campus environment.