University Life

Jiff Martin, second from left, and fellow honorees in front of the White House. (Photo by Pam Jahnke)

UConn Extension Educator Honored at White House

'Jiff' Martin is one of a dozen individuals from across the country being honored today as White House Champions of Change for Sustainable and Climate-Smart Agriculture.

Volleyball player Immanuella Anagu '16 (BUS), a marketing major from Culver City, Calif. (Stephen Slade '89 (SFA) for UConn)

Student-athletes Meet Those Who Make it Possible

Husky student-athletes had an opportunity to thank scholarship donors at a recent endowment dinner.

Anna Middendorf, right, gives a presentation during a human rights class taught by Professor Shareen Hertel in Oak Hall. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Student-Athlete Strong: Anna Middendorf

The field hockey midfielder from Germany says UConn Athletics has an excellent academic support system.

Amit Savkar, assistant professor-in-residence of math, tapes a lecture using Lightboard technology on Sept. 18, 2015. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Lighting up Lectures with UConn’s Newest Teaching Tool

The new Lightboard technology enables faculty to face students while drawing or writing information as they would on a chalkboard or whiteboard.

An aerial view of the Werth Family UConn Basketball Champions Center. (Bret Eckhardt/UConn Photo)

Inside the UConn Basketball Champions Center

Take a tour of the Werth Family UConn Basketball Champions Center, one of the premier basketball training facilities in the nation.

Erin Cox, an outreach coordinator and psychologist at Counseling and Mental Health Services speaks during a discussion on campus safety, emergency training and mental health issues held at the School of Business board room on Oct. 14, 2015. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Leaders, Students Discuss Campus Safety Preparations

The roundtable discussion, held Wednesday, comes in the wake of several shootings in recent weeks on college campuses nationwide.

The parade during Huskies Forever Weekend on Oct. 11, 2015. (Roger Castonguay for UConn)

Huskies On Parade

The annual Parade on Oct. 11, part of Huskies Forever Weekend, was the kickoff for a week of Homecoming activities for UConn Nation.

Unicycles are now trending among students at the Storrs campus. (Ryan Glista '16 (CLAS)/UConn Photo)

UConn Unicycles: Solo Sport Gathers Momentum

Unicycles are now trending among students at the Storrs campus.

A candle burning.

Janina (Czajkowski) Esselen, Professor Emerita of Nutritional Sciences, Dies

Czajkowski Esselen was founding director of the community nutrition program in the Department of Nutritional Sciences.

Students Show They Care

Students placed flags on the Student Union Mall for Suicide Prevention Week, as a poignant reminder of the more than 1,000 suicides that occur each year on U.S. college campuses.