Alumni
Huskies Heading to Tokyo for Summer Games Will Represent Six Nations
UConn will be represented by 16 athletes at the Summer Olympics and Paralympics
July 23, 2021 | Kenneth Best
‘It Doesn’t Always Have to Be the Way It Was’: UConn’s Marie Shanahan on the Changing State of News
UConn Journalism’s incoming department head looks at the changing landscape of news and information
July 21, 2021 | Tom Breen
UConn Magazine: Underachiever No More
No one who knew Jim LaFlamme back in the ’70s would have predicted what he’s doing now.
July 20, 2021 | Grace Merritt, UConn Foundation
Alum Establishes Human Rights Award for UConn Law Students
Paul Schneider ’18 LLM created the award for law students who pursue social justice
July 13, 2021 | Jennifer Eburg, UConn Foundation
How an Alumnus-Run Company is Putting a New Spin on an Ancient Renewable Energy
Making hydroelectric power affordable and compact for an era where clean energy is in growing demand
July 12, 2021 | Eli Freund
UConn Magazine: Farms = Food = Life
When alum Steven Were Omamo sees someone planting, he sees hope. The Nobel Peace Prize Committee seems to agree.
July 9, 2021 | Combined Reports
UConn Magazine: Our American Girls
What do you do with a history doctorate and a pop culture obsession? If you’re these two alums, you create a hit podcast centering on ’90s nostalgia.
July 2, 2021 | Julie (Stagis) Bartucca '10 (BUS, CLAS), '19 MBA
Neag Foundation Gift Supports Transformative Research at UConn School of Medicine
UConn School of Medicine received a gift of $7 million from the Neag Foundation to fund high-risk/high-reward research
June 30, 2021 | Jennifer Eburg, UConn Foundation
UConn School of Engineering Unveils the Vergnano Institute for Inclusion, Supported by UConn Alumni Mark and Betsy Vergnano’s $3M Donation
The gift represents the largest diversity, equity, and inclusion investment in UConn School of Engineering history and is one of the largest single DEI investments in UConn
June 16, 2021 | Eli Freund
CAHNR Alum Yuri Hosokawa Turns Down the Heat at Tokyo 2020
Hosokawa is advising local and international organizers to improve treatment for exertional heat stroke in the summer Olympic games
June 15, 2021 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources