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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.

Akshayaa Chittibabu ’19 (CLAS) looks to use her Truman scholarship for graduate work in dual medical and public health programs. (Bri Diaz/UConn Photo)

UConn Junior Wins Prestigious Truman Scholarship

The biological sciences and sociology major hopes to pursue a career influencing global public health care.

With a virtual reality headset on, junior Carina Zamudio ’19 (CLAS) spent part of a Friday afternoon trying to slay villains who were intent on breaching the security around a virtual castle. (Nathan Oldham/UConn School of Business Photo)

Lab Offers Chance to Experiment with Emerging Technologies

The OPIM Innovate Lab in the School of Business is designed to make emerging technologies accessible to students, faculty, and staff who want to learn new skills.

A view of Dusseldorf, Germany. EUROBIZ students will do a three- to six-month internship in Germany, with a German company. (Getty Images)

New German Program will Prepare Students for Global Careers

UConn is launching a new dual-degree German immersion program to prepare students for a career in the global marketplace.

In years gone by, the tree would be decorated with seasonal lights. (Mark Mirko/Hartford Courant Photo)

A Little Push

Mirror Lake’s Swing Journal is penning a tradition, one entry at a time.

Pulitzer Prize-winner Mike Stanton teaches a journalism class in Storrs Hall. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

The Art of Muckraking

Mike Stanton, a Pulitzer Prize winner and a key player in the hit podcast 'Crimetown,' teaches tried-and-true 'shoe leather' investigative journalism. He hopes students will turn his old-school skill set into new-medium magic.

Eric Rice leads the Collegium Musicum at San Marco. (Jamie Spillane/UConn Photo)

UConn Choirs: Singing Where the Songs Were Created

The UConn Choirs spent nine days in Austria and Italy, including memorable performances in Salzburg, the birthplace of Mozart, and under Michelangelo’s most famous painting, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome.

Roushan Ahmed, a senior history major and member of the Bangladesh Students Association, speaks to students at their booth in the Student Union Ballroom on March 25, 2018. (Garrett Spahn '18 (CLAS)/UConn Photo)

Celebrating Cultures on Campus

Worldfest is an annual event celebrating the international student community at UConn.

Norwyn Campbell '20 (ENG) in a hallway at Eddy Residence Hall on March 22, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Jamaican Student Eager to Explore New Perspectives

Biomedical engineering student Norwyn Campbell believes multiculturalism creates broader thinkers and paves the way for a global outlook.

Angelina Gadeliya, assistant professor-in-residence and director of keyboard studies, tests grand pianos at the Steinway & Sons factory in Queens, New York, last October. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Let Them Play Steinways!

UConn students will not just be playing pianos, they will be playing Steinways! That’s thanks to generous donors who are purchasing Steinways with the goal of UConn joining the elite ranks of all-Steinway institutions.