University Life

Angie Reyes of University Communications riding a mechanical bull at Employee Appreciation Day at Gampel Pavilion on May 10, 2018. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

It’s Rodeo Time for UConn Employees

UConn employees attended a UConn Nation/Employee Appreciation event with a Western theme on Thursday.

Veronica Cook, program director for the UConn Supplier Diversity Program, second from left, with from left, Peter F. Hurst Jr., President & CEO of GNEMSDC; T. Tom Davis, Chairman, GNEMSDC Board of Directors; and Ron Everett, GNEMSDC Board of Directors. (Olivier Kpognon Photo)

UConn Honored For Promoting Economic Inclusion

The University is the first institution of higher learning to receive an award for its supplier diversity program from the Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council.

A UConn landscape architecture student has applied the concept of resilience in developing a landscape plan for a test site that aims to integrate refugees into the local community, while developing resources they can use. (Giles Clarke/Getty Images)

A New Approach to Social Resilience – Through Landscape Architecture

A project led by graduate student Tao Wu aims to integrate refugees into the local community, while developing resources they can use.

CLAS Commencement in 360 on May 6, 2018. (Bret Eckhardt/UConn Photo)

CLAS Commencement in 360° Virtual Reality

'Thank you to UConn, for loving us, pushing us, and turning us into the people we are today,' said Jill Durso '18 (CLAS), the student speaker at the CLAS Commencement ceremony on May 6.

Bliss Dasilva '10 (CAHNR), '18 (NUR) takes a selfie with classmates at the Carolyn Ladd Widmer Wing of Storrs Hall before the start of the School of Nursing Commencement procession on May 5. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Huskies Forever: Images from the 2018 Commencement Ceremonies

Recapping the caps and gowns of the Class of 2018.

Crystal R. Emery, Commencement speaker for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) Commencement ceremony at Gampel Pavilion on May 6, 2018. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Crystal Emery ’85 (SFA) an Inspiration to CLAS Graduates

Speaking from a wheelchair, Commencement speaker Crystal Emery (SFA) invited graduates of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to 'use me as an example of how you can move forward in life.'

Kimberly Bryant, founder and executive director of Black Girls Code, gives the address at the School of Engineering Commencement ceremony at Gampel Pavilion on May 5, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Computer Scientist Kimberly Bryant Urges Engineers to Become Agents of Change

Commencement speaker Kimberly Bryant, founder and executive director of Black Girls Code, addressed graduates of the School of Engineering as 'architects of the future.'

Vince Pistritto '18 (CLAS, SFA), one of six current UConn undergraduates who have won NSF Graduate Research Fellowships, at the Chemistry Building. Pistritto plans to pursue a Ph.D. in chemical catalysis. (Ellen Yang '18 (CLAS)/UConn Photo)

A Dozen UConn Students, Alums Win NSF Graduate Fellowships

UConn students in fields as varied as chemical engineering, physics, and political science, have earned support from the National Science Foundation for their graduate work.

Kelly Pfeiffer ’18 (CLAS) examines aquaponic lettuce growing in a greenhouse at the Spring Valley Student Farm on April 27, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Growing with Aquaponics at UConn

A new student-led aquaponics system at the Spring Valley Farm is proving fertile ground for research and interdisciplinary projects in addition to fresh produce.

UConn's Storrs campus is decked in all the finery of spring in readiness for Commencement this weekend. (Elizabeth Caron/UConn Photo)

Spring Has Sprung

UConn's Storrs campus is decked in all the finery of spring in readiness for Commencement this weekend.