UConn Magazine

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UConn Magazine: Yes, and…

Accidental actor Will Hines teaches comedy’s golden rule — and lives by it. The improv maestro flies under the radar, but you will likely realize you’ve seen — or heard — him in quite a few somethings

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UConn Magazine: Of Mice and Men

It’s September 11, 2001, a little after 9 a.m. and the park has just opened to the public when park duty manager Peter LaPorta is called to an emergency conference in the main office. There’s been a terrorist attack

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UConn Magazine: ‘Get Stuff Done.’

When Jade Strawberry got the news that she’d been promoted to chief of staff of the youth-sports advocacy organization RCX Sports as a 26-year old with less than three years in the industry, she felt both immense pride and a brief flash of panic

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UConn Magazine: Do What Matters Most

What were you meant to do with your one precious life? This research-driven Life Purpose Lab workshop helps us to unearth our true passions

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UConn Magazine: C. Michael White Is on a Mission

For starters, we should understand that the kratom known as gas station heroin is much different than natural kratom leaf

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UConn Magazine: The Principal Formerly Known as DLew

The public STEAM academy in Norwalk helmed by Damon Lewis is such a Cinderella transformation tale that it has garnered the former UConn football captain state and national principal-of-the-year titles

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UConn Magazine: Our Candy Crush

Taking the candy world by storm: the Nerds Gummy Cluster — and UConn’s Greg Guidotti

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UConn Magazine: Someone to Talk To

Bobby Melley, former Husky and Tampa Bay Ray, invented an app to help student-athletes battle isolation

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UConn Magazine: Nine Innings with a Baseball Legend

Nine facts about Judy Walden Scarafile, best known for her six-decade tenure with the prestigious Cape Cod Baseball League

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UConn Magazine: Opportunity Found

Dieter Tejada’s atypical arc includes a guilty plea to an assault conviction, a degree from Vanderbilt Law, and an absolute, unconditional pardon