Alumni

Dan Orlovsky surrounded by his family

UConn Magazine: Dan Orlovsky Is All In

Dan Orlovsky needs a first down on every play — at work, yes, but especially at home

The Early Occupation of Sicily project team is hoping to detail the island's earliest human inhabitants and their impacts on the island ecosystem. Here they are investigating Ice Age hyena coprolites (fossilized feces). From left to right: Iris Querenet Onfroy de Breville, Peyton Carroll, Christian Tryon, and Ilaria Patania.

How Long Have Humans Called Sicily Home?

UConn researchers are collaborating to help answer this surprisingly tricky question

UConn alum Emilia Kwasniak at her job at Nickelodeon.

Three UConn Business Students/Alums Helped Shape Network News, Entertainment Industry This Year

‘When I walk into work every day I think: This job was made for me'

People walking in the woods

Study Surveys CT’s Forest Owners Ahead of Funding for Sustainable Initiatives

'It’s an effort on the part of the woodland owner to give some thought to the future'

Soleia Biosciences, the winners of the grand prize in the Wolff New Ventures Competition.

Camaraderie, Enthusiasm Punctuate Wolff New Venture Competition

 ‘I can't wait to see what impact they are going to have on the world'

The UConn Foundation on October 8, 2020.

UConn Endowment Returns 12.1% Growth, Outperforming Many Peers

This year’s strong returns outperformed the UConn Foundation’s long-term, inflation-adjusted return target and outpaced many of UConn’s peer universities

Woman in lab

Making Food Safe for Soldiers

For UConn alum Genevieve Flock, an interest in food microbiology turned into a successful public health research career that brings 'new, creative solutions for the soldier'

UConn alumni and WheelPrice co-founders (from left) Kirk Vanderheijden, Kyle Mayers and Wally Namane.

UConn Alumni, Car Fanatics Creating Marketplace for Second-Hand Auto Parts

'If you’re looking for specific wheels only made in 1973, you can’t just walk into a store and expect to find them'

A group of people in a raft on a raging river.

Startup ‘Vamos’ Seeks to Help Companies Thrive—Even When Their Employees Live Thousands of Miles Apart

'We fill a very unique niche and we’re solving problems that haven’t been solved before'

Former UConn choral director, the late Peter Bagley, directing a choir concert.

Memorial Concert Honoring the Late Peter Bagley to Draw 120 Alumni for Saturday Performance

Alumni are coming in from all over the country, some who have established careers in music and others who pursued a range of other vocations – all influenced by the man who headed UConn’s choral program for 28 years