University Life
UConn Develops Special Programming to Connect Students, Reduce Isolation
uKindness initiative offers creative ways to make contact and beat stress.
February 4, 2021 | Stephanie Reitz
Black Lives Matter Co-Founder to Open Black History Month Celebration at UConn
The author and activist will be the guest of honor at the first event in month-long series of activities at UConn.
February 4, 2021 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
First-Year UConn Student is on a Mission to Save the Bees
UConn student Raina Jain is on a mission to save the honeybees - and she's already making progress.
February 2, 2021 | Jaclyn Severance
Fourth Year Dental Students Look Forward to Next Chapter
Due to the pandemic, the celebratory event known Match Day at the UConn School of Dental Medicine looked different from previous years.
January 27, 2021 | Courtney Chandler
UConn’s COVID Re-Entry Tests Successful
UConn’s multi-step COVID-19 testing process prevented the introduction of 76 positive cases into the student body as undergrads returned to residence halls last weekend for the spring semester.
January 19, 2021 | Stephanie Reitz
Brave Space: Shardé Davis and Mason Holland
In the summer of 2020, UConn students made a pointed observation: the University had no single course devoted to the epidemic of anti-Black racism in the U.S.
January 18, 2021 | Julie (Stagis) Bartucca '10 (BUS, CLAS), '19 MBA
Business Professor Wins $2.5 Million Fantasy Football Jackpot Using the Concepts He Teaches Students
For David Bergman, applying his knowledge and skills to the "cool math problem" of fantasy football has paid off - literally.
January 14, 2021 | Claire Hall
COVID Wastewater Testing Continuing this Spring – with an Absorbent New Twist
After a successful launch for the program in the fall, UConn's MARS lab will ramp up its wastewater surveillance testing to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
January 6, 2021 | Jaclyn Severance
2020: UConn’s Year in Photos
Looking back on an unforgettable year that many of us would like to forget.
December 30, 2020 | Tom Breen
Scholarship ‘Releases Stress’ on First-Generation UConn Student
Cristal Arguello says her scholarship enables her to pursue important research without worrying about how to make ends meet.
December 18, 2020 | Grace Merritt, UConn Foundation