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Director Harvey Felder conducts students from the UConn Symphony Orchestra as they rehearse in von der Mehden Recital Hall on Feb. 16, 2013. (Ariel Dowski/UConn Photo)

Symphony’s Season Finale Has Native American Theme

'Scenes from Indian Country' by Curtis Cacioppo is one of the pieces the UConn Symphony Orchestra will perform on April 30.

UConn's first Cherry Blossom Festival, on April 25, 2015. Brice Boutot '16 (CLAS)/(UConn Photo)

Sakura Matsuri, a Japanese Celebration of Spring

The Japanese Student Association brought the festivities, including Japanese food and cultural performances, to UConn for the first time this year.

Oozeball, spring 2015, with South Campus residence halls in the background. (Angelina Reyes/UConn Photo)

Playing in the Dirt

UConn students took to the mud this past weekend with some spirited games of Oozeball.

From left, Kent Coleman ’17 (SFA) (Peaseblossom), Michael Patrick Kane (Nick Bottom), and MFA candidate Natalia Cuevas (Titania) in Connecticut Repertory Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s 'A Midsummer Night’s Dream.' (Gerry Goodstein for UConn)

Staging Magic: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Shakespeare's comedy of mistaken love set in a forest with fairies, magic spells, and people transforming into animals, runs through May 3 at the Harriet Jorgensen Theatre.

Of Scholars and Tapeworms

Alumni fondly recall hours spent in UConn's parasitology lab, where they discovered new species of tapeworms – and learned to be scientists in the process.

Anton Gudz

Given the fact that you are originally from another nation, how did you hear about UConn? I actually moved from Ukraine right before high school, so I had already lived in the U.S. for a number of years. This being said, I am very proud to be Ukrainian, and I am a member of the […]

Kaitrin Acuna

Was there a defining moment during your time at UConn? I vividly remember sitting on the floor of the studio, on the first day of my first class at UConn, and watching an art professor stand on a podium and drop 60 sheets of printer paper one by one. It was a wonderful feeling to finally be […]

Shelja Patel

Was there a defining moment during your time at UConn? My first human rights course changed my outlook on my education. The amazing faculty and staff at the Human Rights Institute fostered my curiosity about human rights and gave me a platform to get involved. I became a human rights double major, and took part […]

Daniel Arndt

Was there a defining moment during your time at UConn? The most defining moments of my time here at UConn have been my experiences working in classrooms, both in Mansfield and East Hartford, collaborating with teachers and learning the craft of teaching. My final semester was spent student teaching at E.O. Smith High School in […]

Kimberly Rebello

Was there a defining moment during your time at UConn? During my sophomore year in college, I had the opportunity to take Professor William Bailey’s Honors organic chemistry course. I loved the material so much that I switched the type of lab work I was doing at the time to be able to incorporate organic […]