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Legislator Tour

Legislative Leaders Tour Health Center

Several state legislative leaders came to the Health Center to hear and see first-hand the progress of Bioscience Connecticut.

The wall of 54 monitors in the ESPN GameDay production truck, with Doug Holmes, the director, in the blue shirt. (Ken Best/UConn Photo)

Game Day: Inside the Production Truck

When ESPN’s GameDay broadcast came to Gampel Pavilion on Saturday, the energy of the sold-out crowd could be felt inside the production truck.

Covers of dime novels in the New York Detective Library series. (Courtesy of the University of Rochester's Rare Books and Special Collections)

The Dime Novel and the Detective Story

English professor Pamela Bedore hunts down the origins of American detective fiction in 19th-century dime novels.

Select Faculty Honors & Accomplishments, December 2013

UConn faculty are receiving recognition nationwide and around the world. Read a selection of recent faculty honors.

Andre Blake Makes Soccer History

UConn's All-American goalkeeper was the top pick in the Major League Soccer draft Thursday, the first goalkeeper to be picked #1.

A prospective student views the UConn Admissions webpage on Jan. 14, 2014. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Sees Jump in Applications

The number of high school students seeking admission to UConn’s Storrs campus next fall has jumped significantly over last year’s figures.

UConn Health Quality Improvement Efforts Making a Difference

UConn Health recently received high marks for quality care in several key areas.

Dept of Anesthesiology 2013A

National Nurse Anesthetists Week

The UConn Health Center is recognizing the contributions of its certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs).

There was a Huskies reunion in Las Vegas last October as USA Basketball invited the nation’s top women’s players to compete for consideration to join the USA National Team led by head coach Geno Auriemma that hopes to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil. From left: 2011 U19 USA head coach Jennifer Rizzotti ’96 (CLAS) of the University of Hartford, Tina Charles ’10 (CLAS) of the Connecticut Sun, and Diana Taurasi ’05 (CLAS) of the Phoenix Mercury, Breanna Stewart ’16 (CLAS), Stefanie Dolson ’14 (CLAS), Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis ’15 (CLAS), Geno Auriemma, and Sue Bird ’02 (CLAS) of the Seattle Storm. (Photo by Andrew Bernstein/USA Basketball for UConn)

Huskies Dominate USA Women’s National Team Pool

The seven current and former UConn players represent the largest group of those connected to a university.

Professor Robert Thorson. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

The Many Facets of Henry David Thoreau

In his new book, Walden's Shore, geologist Robert Thorson presents a reassessment of one of America’s leading men of letters.