University Life
From Diaspora to Health Care Delivery: Exhibit Highlights Work of Filipino Nurses
“Your cap is a passport,” the nurses were told, as they were recruited from their home in the Philippines to work at hospitals in the United States and around the world – a reference to the starched dresses and caps worn by nurses that have since fallen out of fashion as well as the recognition […]
HuskyTHON Raises A Record $1.5 Million
UConn students danced their hearts out this past weekend at the annual 18-hour HuskyTHON and raised a record $1,520,234.98 to benefit the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.
UConn Woodsmen: Their Sport is the Great Outdoors
The term “lumberjack” might bring to mind a bearded man in a buffalo check shirt and fur hat, but for one group of students, it describes a typical Friday night practicing such skills as fire building and log rolling.
Celebrating Seventh Year, UConn Community Offers Support for Students in Recovery
The UConn Recovery Community offers many ways to support students struggling with, or recovering from, addiction.
UConn Fire Dept Launches Video Campaign to Promote Life-Saving Awareness
New videos produced by the UConn Fire Department offer instruction on the use of life-saving kits throughout each UConn campus.
UConn Through the Viewfinder: Howard Goldbaum’s Campus News Photos
A new exhibit at the Benton Museum of Art captures the turbulence of the late 1960s on campus through the eyes of a student photographer.
UConn Dance Company: Winter Showcase
A photo gallery captures some of the beauty and grace on display at the UConn Dance Company's Winter Showcase on Feb. 4.
African American Alumni Council Provides a Voice As It Recruits Young Alums, Hosts Events
UConn's African American Alumni Council is launching a new effort to recruit young alums in 2020.
UConn Archives Collections Tell “A Hobo’s Tale”
A new exhibit at the Dodd Center examines the iconic American figure known as the hobo.
Winter at UConn: Nineties-Style
A look back at winter in Storrs, as it was experienced during the 1990s.