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a man chopping a log

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.

In a still from a training video, students discover an unconscious man sitting on the floor.

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.

A group of students in front of the Student Union during an antiwar protest on October 15, 1969.

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.

Members of the UConn Dance Company perform during their Winter Showcase at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts on Feb. 4, 2020. (UConn Photo/Sean Flynn)

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.

Members of the African American Alumni Council at a social event in Hartford.

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.

A black and white photo from the 1990s shows a woman shoveling snow on campus.

Winter at UConn: Nineties-Style

A look back at winter in Storrs, as it was experienced during the 1990s.

Engineering a New Learning Environment For Neurodiversity

A grant-funded project in the School of Engineering aims to improve higher education for students on the neurodiversity spectrum.

UConn Becomes First In CT To Offer Sign Language Major

UConn has become the first higher education institution in Connecticut to offer a four-year degree in American Sign Language.