University Life

UConn President Radenka Maric addresses the Navigating Climate Change and Energy Security in the Northeast Conference.

State and Industry Leaders Address Grid Resiliency at UConn Engineering Conference

UConn will play a key role in ensuring energy security in the coming decades

Sandy Valentine, health promotion manager for the division of Student Health and Wellness, stands outside the UConn Recovery Community’s current home in the Cordial Storrs House on Oct. 12, 2022.

‘No One is Expecting You to Be Perfect’

UConn's Recovery Community Center offers a supportive space for students, faculty, staff, and allies

Jonathan the mascot reenacting the popular "Drake meme"

What’s in a Name? It’s UConn, not UCONN

It's not an acronym. What would the two Ns stand for? The O? This shouldn't be so hard

Rendering of the new Student-athlete Success Center

UConn Receives Historic Gift to Support New Student-athlete Success Center

Former Student-Athlete Trisha Bailey ’99 (CLAS) Commits Lead Gift for Major Renovation and Expansion Project

Fans at the first UConn women's basketball game at Gampel Pavilion, on Jan. 31, 1990.

Pioneering Athletics Administrator Reflects on Progress – and Goals Still to Be Reached

Pat Meiser, who spent 11 years as a top administrator for UConn Athletics, reflects on how Title IX changed college sports

Students in motion along Route 195 in front of Whitney Hall.

UConn Participation in Fee-Free Application Day Underscores Commitment to Access, Affordability

A commitment to removing financial barriers that could dissuade talented students from applying

Portrait shot of UConn Stamford campus director Dr. Jennifer Orlikoff

A Conversation with Jennifer Orlikoff, UConn’s New Stamford Campus Director

'Once a student walks on our campus as an incoming freshman, I feel strongly that it’s our duty – or you could even call it our moral obligation – to make sure they get all the way through and receive their degree'

An illustration depicting people being assisted in climbing a bar graph by one person with a ladder, illustrating the concept of mentorship.

NetWerx: Unique One-on-One Program Brings Alumni and Undergrads Together

'Everyone has a unique thing that they can learn from you and your experiences'

John A. Elliott, dean of the School of Business; Greg Wolff, managing member of Wolff Financial Group; Michelle Cote, instructor and director of strategic partnerships at CCEI; Jayme Coates, alumna and co-founder of Lactation Innovations; Jennifer Mathieu, executive director of CCEI and Rory McGloin, professor of communication.

School of Business Honors ‘Entrepreneurs Who are Going to Change the World’

Startup ‘Lactation Innovations’ wins prestigious Wolff New Venture Competition

Amanda Douberley, assistant curator and academic liaison of the William Benton Museum of Art, shows students around the “Ray Guns, Dames, and the Guilty Gaze: Feminism and the Golden Age of Science Fiction Pulps” exhibition on display in the museum

Latest Benton Exhibitions Focus on Women Artists, Feminism – and Punk Cat Eyes

Exhibitions survey the work of women artists in fields from pulp fiction to punk rock