Alumni
Where’s the Beef?
UConn alum oversees Burger King's roll out of the meatless patty.
November 28, 2019 | Eric Butterman, freelance writer
Then and Now: Meet the Keets
These four sisters from Waterbury were UConn undergrads in 1969
November 27, 2019 | Sheila Foran ’83 (BGS),’96 PH.D
Midtown Funk — Funky Dawgz Brass Band
From a European tour to Madison Square Garden, the Funky Dawgz Brass Band is on a serious roll.
November 11, 2019 | Jesse Rifkin ’14 (CLAS)
Annual Forum Features State Education Leaders
More than 60 Neag School alums, students, faculty, and administrators, along with education professionals from across Connecticut, gathered last month for an evening of networking, followed by a panel discussion at the Darien Community Association in Darien, Conn. This year’s forum, held for the first time in Fairfield County, was hosted by Neag School Dean’s Board of Advocates members James Degnan ’87 (CLAS) and Elizabeth Degnan ’87 (CLAS).
November 8, 2019 | Shawn Kornegay
10 Questions With 3rd-Year Teacher: Valuing Diversity in the Classroom
Aryliz (Crespo) Estrela ’16 (ED), ’17 MA is now in the midst of her third year of teaching after having completed the Neag School’s five-year Integrated Bachelor’s/Master’s Program in 2017. Looking back, she shares some sage advice about what she learned during her first year in the classroom — one that she sums up in three words: “Fun. Insightful. Courageous.”
November 7, 2019 | Fiona Brady
Jess Kelly Wants Women to Run
As the centennnial of the 19th Amendment approaches, Jessica Kelly '08 (CLAS) is chief of staff at Running Start, a Washington, D.C. nonprofit that trains young women to run for public office.
November 4, 2019 | Tom Kertscher, freelance writer
Pedal to the Metal: New DMV Leader Accelerating the Process
Bongi Magubane ’76 is determined to fix the Connecticut DMV.
November 1, 2019 | Rand Richards Cooper, freelance writer
The Legends of North Campus
For decades at UConn, if you asked directions to the North Campus dormitories, you would most likely be met with a puzzled expression.
October 25, 2019 | Tom Breen
300,000 Ways to Do Time with a Federal Crime
Mike Chase '11 JD details on Twitter and a new book some of the more ridiculous ways to run afoul of the law.
October 17, 2019 | Kenneth Best
Neag School Holds Annual Scholarship Awards Celebration
The Neag School community honored more than 150 Neag School student scholarship recipients last month at the School’s Annual Scholarship Awards Celebration, many of whom attended the celebratory luncheon in Rome Commons Ballroom with their family and friends.
October 16, 2019 | Fiona Brady