Alumni
UConn Magazine: Humanizing Human Rights
“My clients restore my faith in humanity,” says Ellen Messali ’10 JD of her immigration work with New Haven Legal Assistance.
March 3, 2021 | Jaclyn Severance
Miguel Cardona Named 1st UConn Grad to Serve as U.S. Secretary of Education
Neag School alumnus Miguel Cardona ’01 MA, ’04 6th Year, ’11 Ed.D., ’12 ELP, was confirmed on March 1 by the U.S. Senate.
March 2, 2021 | Shawn Kornegay
Connecticut’s 2021 Letters About Literature Contest Winners Named
The Neag School of Education, UConn’s Department of English, and the Connecticut Writing Project (CWP), co-sponsors of the 28th annual Letters About Literature contest, are proud to announce Connecticut’s winners for the 2020-21 academic year.
March 1, 2021 | Shawn Kornegay
$4 Million Scholarship Gives Bridgeport Students Path to UConn
The donation, by an alumnus couple, is linked to an afterschool enrichment program in Connecticut's largest city.
February 25, 2021 | Grace Merritt, UConn Foundation
Two Social Work Alums Hired to Head Up University Mental Health Efforts
New hires bring decades of experience to carry out UConn's mental health support plans.
February 23, 2021 | Julie (Stagis) Bartucca '10 (BUS, CLAS), '19 MBA
Alumna: Happiness Isn’t as Elusive as it May Seem
Documentary film finds happiness is a choice
February 17, 2021 | Claire Hall
UConn Graduate Is Part of the Chicago Political Scene
From Storrs to the Windy City, Samantha Nugent '98 (CLAS) is making a name for herself in the world of politics.
February 8, 2021 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
Wolff Family Philanthropy Champions UConn Entrepreneurs with ‘Unstoppable Ambition’
Building a lasting legacy through the work of UConn entrepreneurs.
February 4, 2021 | Claire Hall
10 Questions With Connecticut’s Superintendent of the Year
Paul Freeman ’09 Ed.D. is in his 10thyear as the superintendent of Guilford (Conn.) Public Schools and has almost 30 years of administrative and teaching experience in schools in Connecticut. Freeman earned an Ed.D. in 2009 from the Neag School of Education. In addition to having recently been named the state’s Superintendent of the Year by the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents (CAPSS), he had been recognized in 2014 by the Neag School as Outstanding Superintendent of the Year.
February 3, 2021 | Shawn Kornegay
United by UConn School of Law – and the Knicks
UConn Law alum Fred Cantor '78 used his pandemic-enforced down time to pen a book detailing his love for the New York Knicks.
January 29, 2021 | Camille Chill, UConn School of Law