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Ashley Frato

Describe someone you’ve met here who has already impacted your future. Professor Ray DiCapua. He has been an incredible mentor to me these last four years. He somehow instilled enough confidence in me as an artist to pursue my dreams in a way I did not think was possible before. I felt numbingly mediocre when […]

Julianne Norton

Was there a defining moment during your time at UConn? My most defining moment at UConn was the first time I stepped on stage with my improv comedy group. I was quite literally shaking. I never would have guessed at the time that I would eventually overcome my stage fright and go on to perform […]

Jaron Kolek

Was there a defining moment during your time at UConn? My UConn career, and future, was forever changed by an environmental conservation course I took during my freshman year. It was during this course that I realized I could turn my passion for the outdoors into a career, and I decided to devote my life […]

Feifei Luo

Was there a defining moment during your time at UConn? There were a lot of defining moments, I think. One of the most influential moments was when I discovered how consciousness can be integrated into art making. Describe someone you’ve met here who has already impacted your future. I’ve met quite a few significant people […]

Fine arts students paint a mural at the UConn Co-op Bookstore. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Student Mural As Much About Process As Product

The new 22x13-foot mural is on the folding wall between the Co-op Bookstore and puppetry museum in Storrs Center.

Annaliese Sehulster

Was there a defining moment during your time at UConn? The defining moment was attending an information session for Best Buddies, a club that promotes friendship and social inclusion for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. I joined, and ended up being president for the next three years. It changed my life. Best Buddies helped […]

Christopher Gibson

Was there a defining moment during your time at UConn? The defining moment of my time as a dental student at UConn occurred during my third year. I traveled to Chile with several classmates and Dr. Lurie for a dental service trip. Working together with Stony Brook and local Chilean dental students, we provided much-needed […]

Megan B. Miller

Meet Megan B. Miller, a 2015 graduate from the Ph.D. program at UConn Health.

Baseball Head Coach Jim Penders shows five-year-old Grayson Hand where to sign his National Letter of Intent. (Stephen Slade '89 (SFA) for UConn)

The Newest, Youngest Member of UConn Baseball

Through a program that partners children facing life-threatening illnesses with college athletic teams, five-year-old Grayson Hand officially joined the Huskies this week.

Sung-Yeul Park, recent winner of an NSF CAREER award, with an energy system model. Park specializes in developing “Smart Grid” systems capable of accepting energy from a wide range of power sources, including wind, solar, and fuel cells on April 20, 2015. (Christopher LaRosa/UConn Photo)

Five UConn Faculty Earn Prestigious NSF CAREER Awards

The awards provide financial support for five years to a highly competitive group of junior faculty to advance outstanding research and education.