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‘These Were Haunting Events’: Researchers Study Migrant Precarity During Pandemic in US, India
An interdisciplinary group of researchers is designing a toolkit of methods to study the problems faced by migrant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
January 5, 2021 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
UConn Selected For Prestigious Program Serving Under-Resourced High Schools
High school students from some of the most disadvantaged districts in the United States will soon be able to take UConn classes as part of their curriculum.
January 4, 2021 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
UConn Magazine: American Sign Language
Doreen Simons uses a full-immersion approach in Intro to ASL class, starting from the very first day when she invokes her one rule — no talking, ever. The class is taught in silence. Students can only communicate by signing.
January 4, 2021 | Combined Reports
UConn Magazine: Playing Through
Among the many ways that parents are finding to entertain and educate their children at home during this strange time is one that’s been around for almost 100 years, what those who work at Lego simply call “the brick.”
December 31, 2020 | Combined Reports
2020: UConn’s Year in Photos
Looking back on an unforgettable year that many of us would like to forget.
December 30, 2020 | Tom Breen
UConn Graduate Tells Inspiring Stories Through Eyes Of ESPN
The first time Lauren Stowell ’06 (CLAS) walked into a television production truck, she knew this was how she wanted to make a living.
December 29, 2020 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
UConn Magazine: In the Driver’s Seat
What’s keeping us out of self-driving cars? Hint: The answer has nothing to do with technology.
December 28, 2020 | Eli Freund
UConn Magazine: Coffee and Cubanos
Breno Donatti ’14 (BGS) found a way to feed his neighbors and boost his restaurant business.
December 24, 2020 | Combined Reports
COVID Stroke Survivor Says Knowing Symptoms Can Save Your Life
Eight days after a COVID-19 diagnosis, Dr. Donald Higgins started experiencing double vision. What he did next may have saved his life.
December 23, 2020 | Jennifer Walker
UConn Magazine: Eau de Herring
Kimberly Grendzinski ’16 (CAHNR) begins every workday at NYC’s Central Park Zoo fending off a mob of hungry mob of heckling penguins.
December 23, 2020 | Combined Reports