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A hearing before the Appropriations Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly. (Ariel Dowski for UConn)

UConn Students Testify at the State Capitol

'From the minute I first stepped foot on this campus, I have not only been taken seriously as a student, but I’ve also been challenged to be the best version of myself, as a scholar and leader,' said Truman Scholar and Marshall Scholar Akshayaa Chittibabu '19.

Jonathan V. (University Library Archives & Special Collections)

Students Today … Yankees Forever?

This podcast explores how in the 1960s, the University toyed with the possibility of a future without Jonathan.

Parkland Shooting Survivor David Hogg Speaks at UConn

David Hogg, who survived the 2018 Parkland School shooting, discussed gun violence and youth activism as part of this spring's Metanoia.

A three-year-old horseshoe crab in the lab at UConn's Institute for Systems Genomics. (Angelina Reyes/UConn Photo)

Horseshoe Crabs: How Did They Get an Exception?

How they've managed to stay the same is a great mystery. Now, researchers at UConn are assembling a detailed map of the horseshoe crab’s DNA, to learn why these 'living fossils' seem frozen in time.

#UConnBound: Storrs Freshman Admissions Decision Day Arrives

Acceptance letters are in the mail and will start arriving in mailboxes as early as today. Applicants can log into the admissions website and check their status.

Vibrant color and exuberant dance moves lit up the stage at Jorgensen last week, when the African Students' Association hosted their annual Fashion Show. (Lucas Voghell '20 (CLAS)/UConn Photo)

Fashion with an African Flair

Vibrant color and exuberant dance moves lit up the stage at Jorgensen last week, when the African Students' Association hosted their annual Fashion Show.

From left, Kerry Jones '19 (ENG), Ryan Heilemann '19 (ENG), and Josh Steil '19 (ENG) look on as their drone takes off for a test flight on Horsebarn Hill in Storrs. (Christopher Larosa/UConn Photo)

UConn-Sikorsky Team Engineers Autonomous Firefighting Drone

Three senior engineering students collaborated this year with industry leader Sikorsky to build a firefighting drone.

Tahj-Anthony Jean at Farmhouse Crepes in Downtown Storrs.

Student Wrapped up in Farmhouse Crepes

Taj-Anthony Jean '19 shifted his view of himself, “from student-athlete to student-entrepreneur,” as he likes to say.

Scott Wallace, associate professor of journalism, discusses his experiences as a war reporter. (Photo by Scott Wallace)

Photography from the Front Line on Exhibit

Scott Wallace, associate professor of journalism, discusses his experiences as a war reporter in advance of a panel discussion at 4 p.m. at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.

Cathy Schlund-Vials, professor of English, at her office on Nov. 17, 2017. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

From Bartender to Professor of Literature

A former first-generation college student, now a UConn faculty member, talks about how one of her professors inspired her as a graduate student, and how she hopes to help the students she now teaches.