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Students, faculty, and staff listen to the Mariachi Mexico Antiguo Band during the Hartford Campus Convocation Celebration in Mortensen Courtyard (atrium) on Aug. 29, 2018. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Fun, Friends, Food, Fiesta: Hartford Campus Convocation

The academic year began on a high note at the Hartford Campus, with a Convocation celebration and welcome to new students.

A view from the survey boats, while waiting for the tide to come in and allow travel to the next location, Gulf of Mottama. (Chris Elphick/UConn Photo)

Snapshot: Chris Elphick in Myanmar

Researcher Chris Elphick shares photos from Myanmar, where he helped survey species of waterbirds, including a critically endangered sandpiper.

Merlon Pinnock '15 MBA, center, and Oneil McCaulsky, both of Poughkeepsie New York with Jonathan the Husky at a New York Mets baseball game at Citi Field in Queens New York on June 3, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Nation in Force at Citi Field

More than 500 alumni attended the Mets game Sunday in Queens, New York, which began with Dan Hurley, head coach of UConn Men's Basketball, throwing the ceremonial first pitch to an alum.

A group hike following the reopening of the Hillside Environmental Education Park trail near the Innovation Partnership Building on April 26, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Nature Park an Opportunity for Quiet on Busy Campus

Ten years after the Hillside Environmental Education Park was created at the site of a former landfill, the park has been extended with additional land and trails.

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.

A view of the UConn Hartford campus on Aug. 14, 2017. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Honored for Preservation, Restoration of Historic Hartford Times Building

'The restoration demonstrates that preserving civic buildings can help revitalize Connecticut’s cities, while promoting interest in their history and culture,' said the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation.

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.

Undergraduate Anna Regan takes part in an introductory course for physics majors held in a newly renovated physics classroom where students are learning concepts through hands-on activities integrated into lectures. (Garrett Spahn '18 (CLAS)/UConn Photo)

A Hands-on Approach to Learning Physics

Take a peek inside a newly renovated physics classroom where students are learning concepts through hands-on activities integrated into lectures.

Julian Yuliawan, a senior music entrepreneurship major, at the UConn Idea Grant Year End Showcase on April 19, 2018. (Garrett Spahn/UConn Photo)

From IDEA to Implementation

Students who received IDEA grants displayed and explained their projects to their peers and to the public at the IDEA Grant Year-end Showcase.

A model car Richard Kochanek designed, carved from wood, and painted with dozens of coats as a teenager. He won an award for it from General Motors.

Retired Business Professor Resumes Pursuit of Art

Through many years of teaching accounting, much-loved professor Dick Kochanek never forgot his teenage dream of being an artist.