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From left, freshmen Ryan Wellington '21 (BUS), livia Knuth '21 (CAHNR), Bryant Cuapio '21 (SFA), Cassidy Colosi '21 (CLAS), Everett Grethel '21 (SFA), and Prachi Udeshi '21 (CAHNR) at the Student Union. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn’s Strength Draws Talented New Freshmen Across Campuses

More students have enrolled at the regional campuses this year, drawn by the opening of the new downtown Hartford Campus and new student housing at the Stamford Campus.

Jonathan the Husky leads the UConn Marching Band and the platform party onto the steps of the Hartford campus for the dedication ceremony on Aug. 23, 2017. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Opens New Downtown Hartford Campus

Crowds gathered for the historic occasion, as students and local leaders joined UConn in the celebration.

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Engineering Alumna Named to Board of Trustees

Jeanine Armstrong Goiun '87 (ENG) has been elected to serve a four-year term on the Board, beginning in September.

Thousands gather with candles to march along the path that White Supremacists took the prior Friday with torches on the University of Virginia Campus in Charlottesville, United States on August 16, 2017. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Charlottesville: A Message to the UConn Community

'It is my commitment – it is my promise – that this will always remain a university that stands firmly for the virtues of democracy, equality, civil discourse, and human rights,' says President Herbst.

CT fastrak, Connecticut’s first Bus Rapid Transit system, is a system of bus routes that use a bus-only roadway for all or a portion of the trip.

CT Transit Bus Service Expands to Storrs Campus

The service will enable students, faculty, and staff to travel to UConn Hartford and Union Station, and make connections for UConn Health, other local and express buses, and soon – via commuter rail – to Bradley Airport.

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Free Admissions Tests Help More Poor Students Go to College

A new UConn study suggests that a simple, low-cost intervention may help narrow the longstanding college attainment gap among minority and low income students.

Vietnamese 'boat people' refugees huddle together on a tarp as they are airlifted out of the sea during the Vietnam War, 1960s. (Photo by Express Newspapers/Getty Images)

UConn Reads 2017-18: ‘Nation of Immigrants or Land of Refugees?’

This year’s UConn Reads selection, Viet Thanh Nguyen's 'The Refugees,' affords an opportunity for the University community to reflect upon and debate the hot-button issue of immigration.

MBA student Shirley Tarabochia (left), JohnDePuma (center), founder of a gluten-free pasta business, and Wayne Bragg, instructor-in-residence in the School of Business. Tarabochia helped DePuma upgrade his business practices. (UConn School of Business Photo)

Gluten-Free and Worry-Free: Pasta Business Gets Help from MBA Student

MBA student Shirley Tarabochia helped the founder of a gluten-free pasta business upgrade his business practices.

After eight years serving as chair of UConn's Board of Trustees during a period of growth and success, Larry McHugh will step down at the end of his current term. He will continue to serve, however, until Gov. Malloy nominates a successor. In this file photo, McHugh speaks at the inauguration ceremony for President Susan Herbst in September 2011. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

McHugh Stepping Down as UConn Board Chair

After eight years serving as chair of the University's Board of Trustees during a period of great growth and success, Larry McHugh will step down at the end of his current term. He will continue to serve, however, until Gov. Malloy nominates a successor.

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UConn Adopts Provisional FY18 Spending Plan, Pending New State Data

UConn’s Board of Trustees adopted baseline FY18 spending plans on Wednesday to carry the University into the new budget year, but will meet again later to adopt new versions once the General Assembly adopts a statewide budget.