University Life
UConn Basketball: Practicing Perfect
UConn is now building a state-of-the-art basketball development center that will help recruit the best student-athletes and support them in their academic and athletic development.
January 30, 2012 | Bret Eckhardt, Erik Duda, & Alexa Smith
Chi Anako: Serving UConn and the Community
Chi Anako, a molecular and cell biology major, also volunteers at a local shelter, is an RA on campus, and works as a University tour guide.
January 26, 2012 | Julie Bruhn
To Improve Your Writing, Talk
The University Writing Center in the English Department helps students have a really good conversation about their work.
January 20, 2012 | Karen A. Grava, CLAS Today
UConn’s Tuition and Fee Plan
President Herbst explains that the four-year plan to raise tuition and fees will facilitate hiring an additional 300 faculty and help students graduate on time.
January 18, 2012 | President Susan Herbst
An Overwhelming Victory
Lauren Engeln and other players give high fives to Husky fans, after the women's basketball team handed North Carolina its worst loss, 86-35.
January 17, 2012 | Peter Morenus
Students to Walk in the Clouds during Winter Break
Eleven UConn students majoring in science-related fields leave on Jan. 5 for a biology and conservation tour of Costa Rica.
January 3, 2012 | Cathleen Torrisi
Engineering Students Go Beyond the Books to Assist Massachusetts Girl
Special equipment designed by three students in the biomedical engineering program has given 3 year-old Samantha Gillard a degree of freedom she never had before.
December 20, 2011 | Alexa Dankowski ’13 (CLAS)
Kwanzaa Ceremony Heralds the Holiday Season
The African American Cultural Center's annual Kwanzaa event included the lighting of candles, a blessing, and a shared meal.
December 16, 2011 | Max Sinton '15 (CLAS)
Academics and Dance Drew Student to Storrs from Down Under
During a semester at UConn, Australian exchange student Casey Jessop has decided on a major in marine sciences and received an education in Huskymania.
December 13, 2011 | Lauren Lalancette
Tuition and Fees Discussed at ‘Town Hall’ Meeting
President Herbst and UConn CFO Richard Gray say, 'Hiring the faculty we need to teach our students is our number one priority.'
December 12, 2011 | Michael Kirk