UConn Magazine

Morty Ortega, in a brown hat and plaid shirt at the left of the frame, looks through a telescope with a craggy mountain peak behind him at Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia, Chile, in 1980

UConn Magazine: The Ortega Effect

From firefighters to photographers, hundreds of UConn alums credit one brilliant, patient, unassuming professor for helping them cut through their confusion and fear to steer a purposeful course through college, work, and life

Susan Brown wears a green button-down top and smiles while holding a bright red apple in front of apple trees full of more bright-red apples on a blue-sky day.

UConn Magazine: Inventor of your Next Favorite Apple

All hail Snap Dragons and Autumn Crisps: What it means to be queen of the fruit breeding universe

Andrea Hurley and Lyla Andrick smile and each hold a green dinosaur plush toy

UConn Magazine: Dino Might

Lyla Andrick’s dinosaurs have irresistibly squishy noses — and emotions

A diverse group of 9 women stands in front of a Korean palace wearing Hanbok, traditional Korean dress, in blues, purples, greens, and pinks.

UConn Magazine: Seoul Mates

University photographer Peter Morenus and wife, Jen Morenus, assistant director of the Puerto Rican/Latin American Cultural Center, are the kind of people who have connections all over campus — and very far from campus

Photo composite where Napheesa Collier wears a basketball jersey and looks over her shoulder to the side, her back to the camera at Brianna Stewart

UConn Magazine: Unrivaled

Forgive Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart for not gushing over the success of Unrivaled, the three on three women’s basketball league they cofounded

A crowd of UConn fans illustrated by Michael Byers

UConn Magazine: All Together Now

That connection you feel with fellow fans at the game? It’s even more powerful than you think

illustration of elderly playing cards at a community table

UConn Magazine: The Good Neighbor

Michelle (Bussiere) Puzzo ’98 (CAHNR) is transforming Connecticut communities with a growing business and a simple mantra, “Just help people that say they need help”

UConn Board of Trustee Andy Bessette posing with a red umbrella behind him

UConn Magazine: The Ace

We all have this UConn Trustee and All-American Husky hammer thrower to thank for giving Connecticut its Travelers Championship

Portrait of Andrea Chapdelaine (left); and Lawrence Ward in commencement regalia (right)

UConn Magazine: Educating the Educators

A conversation with the new presidents of Connecticut College and the University of Hartford — both hold degrees from the University of Connecticut

Jonathan the Husky mascot laying on the Rt. 195 UConn entry sign

UConn Magazine: Being Jonathan

We asked a dozen former UConn mascots to tell us some stories about their time inside The Suit