UConn Magazine

Portrait of Aaron Carr

UConn Magazine: Aaron Carr is Holding Landlords Accountable

Aaron Carr started a small housing watchdog nonprofit at age 28. Less than a decade later, that group has filed the largest housing discrimination lawsuit in U.S. history

Eunice Omega standing outside of the Pixar HQ

UConn Magazine: Seeking “Smart with Heart” at Pixar

Eunice Omega says the coolest thing about working at Pixar is the impact

DeBacco and students work in the controlled laboratory greenhouse perfecting hands-on skills.

UConn Magazine: Advanced Cannabis Horticulture

Matt DeBacco wants each of his students to come out of this class with the chemistry, horticulture, and business know-how for a successful grow-out

Joe La Puma hanging out with his sneaker collection

UConn Magazine: Kicks

Why does everyone — count Lil Nas X, Matt Damon, Alicia Keys, and Penny Hardaway — want to shop for sneakers with Joe La Puma?

Dr. Francine Zeng, Dr. Nurudeen “Lucky” Osumah, and Dr. Jessica Mary posing in the hospital during their residency.

UConn Magazine: First-Years

Three UConn School of Medicine graduates take us through year one of residency —with its fast-and-furious rotations meant to teach the finer points of chosen specialties and the broad realities of what it means to be a practicing doctor

Andre Jackson Jr. after winning the NCAA championship

UConn Magazine: Basketball Capital of The World

We might as well just change Storrs’ name to this. As Jim Nantz writes here, “People don’t say Duke and UConn in the same sentence often enough, but they need to now.”

Nicole Wagner standing in her lab

UConn Magazine: Nicole Wagner Wants to Help People Regain Vision

Sending artificial retinas into space may be the breakthrough she needs

The five covers of the summer 2023 edition of UConn Magazine sit in front of Gampel Pavilion

Five Covers to Celebrate Fifth Title

The summer edition of UConn Magazine is hot off the press and celebrates the school’s recent NCAA men’s basketball championship in a special way

Mildred Rosado, 46, cools off with Faith Marie, 5, granddaughter of her friend Ronald Heath, in the water of Hartford's Corning Fountain

UConn Magazine: So Hot

The work the Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation at UConn Avery Point is doing today promises to make our city summers less oppressive tomorrow

Janna Greenhalgh alongside her copilot mid-flight

UConn Magazine: Cloud Seeding

Janna Greenhalgh ’01 (CLAS) makes it rain … literally