University Life
UConn Firsts: First Day of Classes – Sept. 28, 1881
Then: 11 students. Now: more than 30,000.
September 26, 2024 | Tom Breen
UConn Health Students Volunteer for a Heart-Healthy Cause
UConn Medical and Dental Students Volunteered at the Adult Congenital Heart Association Annual Connecticut Walk for 1 in 100 on September 14 in West Hartford’s Blue Back Square.
September 24, 2024 | Combined Reports
A Second Year of Messing About in Boats at Avery Point
'There is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats'
September 20, 2024 | Elaina Hancock
Voter Registration Push Comes to Campus Ahead of Early Voting, Election Day 2024
Within only a few minutes, almost two dozen students had filled out applications to get their names on the voter rolls
September 18, 2024 | Kimberly Phillips
Memorial Concert Honoring the Late Peter Bagley to Draw 120 Alumni for Saturday Performance
Alumni are coming in from all over the country, some who have established careers in music and others who pursued a range of other vocations – all influenced by the man who headed UConn’s choral program for 28 years
September 18, 2024 | Kimberly Phillips
Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony Held For Connecticut Hall
The first residents of the 652-bed residence hall moved this semester to the building, which is part of South Campus and features suite-style rooms typically housing four people each
September 13, 2024 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
Remembering September 11: How UConn Responded
Reflecting on the terrible trauma of that day
September 11, 2024 | Tom Breen
Services For Off-Campus and Commuter Students Re-Established
Off-campus and commuter services will be available to students at UConn Storrs, regional campuses, and all professional schools
September 5, 2024 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
UConn Celebrates National Academies Members
'In the life of a scholar, few honors can compare with election to a National Academy'
August 29, 2024 | Combined Reports
Engineering Future Success, One Student at a Time
Stephany Santos, named to the newly established Vergnano Endowed Chair for Inclusion, sees her role as helping students build successful engineering futures, no matter the challenges
August 29, 2024 | Ira Morrison