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UConn ranked number 5 in Sierra Cool Schools ranking

Sierra Club Ranks UConn Among Top 10 ‘Cool Schools’ for Environmental Efforts

UConn is ranked 5th nationally, up from 16th in 2011.

Tyler Bullock '14 snaps the ball to quarterback Chandler Whitmer '14 (CLAS) during the UConn football team's open practice held on the Storrs campus on Aug. 7, 2012. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Football Team Holds Open Practices This Week

Huskies football fans have the opportunity to attend open practices in Storrs on Tuesday and Saturday.

The U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball Team celebrates winning an unprecedented fifth-consecutive Olympic gold medal after the official medal ceremony. Garrett Ellwood/ NBAE/Getty Images

Geno’s Golden Girls

The U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball Team, led by six former Huskies and coached by Geno Auriemma, won the Olympic gold medal in London.

moving sign

New Locations for Some Campus Services

It's been a busy summer for the movers, and students, faculty, and staff coming back to the Storrs campus will notice new locations for a few familiar services.

Hans Dam in a laboratory in Chile.(Photo courtesy of Hans Dam)

Algal Bloom Species with Two Deadly Toxins Could Disrupt Marine Food Web

A study led by marine scientist Hans Dam found that a tiny aquatic organism called Alexandrium has the ability to harm both large and small predators.

REU Program Draws Students to UConn for Summer Research Opportunity

Students from colleges across the country do research under the supervision of UConn faculty members as part of the NSF-funded program.

2012 Summer – Alumni News and Notes 2010s

Anne Begin ’10 (ED), ’11 MA is a first-grade teacher at Lewin Joel Elementary School in Clinton, Conn. Beth Dolan ’10 (CLAS), Patricia Kostiuk ’10 (CLAS), Ashley McGuffie ’06 (BGS), and Aisha McLean ’10 (CLAS) are employees of the Women’s Business Development Council, a nonprofit organization located in Stamford, Conn., which helps women start and […]

2012 Summer – Alumni News and Notes 2000s

Caroline Bass ’00 (SFA) senior vice president and associate broker at Citi Habits in New York, N.Y., was named in Forbes magazine’s “30 Under 30: Real Estate.” David J. Cavallaro ’00 MS, biological health and safety specialist at UConn, is a registrant of the National Registry of Certified Microbiologists. Stefanie Dion Jones ’00 (CLAS) is […]

2012 Summer – Alumni News and Notes 1990s

Paul Valenti ’90 (CLAS) is director of Pinellas County’s Office of Human Rights in Pinellas, Fla. Kimberly Blackburn ’91 (SSW) is a family intervention specialist for the Youth Villages intensive in-home services program, located in West Springfield, Mass. Stacey L. Fuller ’91 (CLAS), partner at Gawthrop and Greenwood P.C. in West Chester, Pa., serves on […]

2012 Summer – Alumni News and Notes 1980s

John Peters ’80 (BUS) is president of ACCUWRITE Forms and Systems, a Hershey, Pa.-based company providing printed business products, which is celebrating its 25th year in business. George Riggs ’80 MBA is a partner in the assurance and advisory services practice at Fiondella Milone & LaSaracina LLP, an accounting firm located in Glastonbury, Conn. Russell […]