{"id":77069,"date":"2013-05-03T09:29:32","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T13:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=77069"},"modified":"2013-11-22T09:27:29","modified_gmt":"2013-11-22T14:27:29","slug":"uconn-magazine-releases-redesigned-spring-2013-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2013\/05\/uconn-magazine-releases-redesigned-spring-2013-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>UConn Magazine<\/em> Releases Redesigned Spring 2013 Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_77294\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77294\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/2013-spring-mag-cover-large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-77294 img-responsive lazyload\" alt=\"2013 Spring Magazine Cover\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/2013-spring-mag-cover-large.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"299\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/2013-spring-mag-cover-large.jpg 383w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/2013-spring-mag-cover-large-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/2013-spring-mag-cover-large-378x420.jpg 378w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/2013-spring-mag-cover-large-90x100.jpg 90w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 270px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 270\/299;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-77294\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Spring 2013 print edition of UCONN Magazine is due to arrive in alumni mailboxes this week.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With the Spring 2013 print edition of <i>UCONN Magazine <\/i>due to arrive in alumni mailboxes this week, readers will soon see a publication featuring a new look and feel.<\/p>\n<p>Distributed twice a year to about 200,000 alumni and friends of the University, the relaunched magazine will introduce a fresh design and updated editorial content. Taking into account the University\u2019s recently adopted visual identity, the publication has been infused with bolder visuals and typography. Other changes include a number of new editorial elements and stories told through graphics and multimedia as well as through traditional narrative.<\/p>\n<p>Taking advantage of the latest technologies in publishing, the magazine is also striving to make its contents more accessible to all readers with a free, interactive digital version of <i>UCONN Magazine<\/i> currently being developed for tablet devices. The release of the magazine in its inaugural digital edition is slated for June.<\/p>\n<p><i>UCONN Magazine<\/i> continues to highlight major University initiatives while telling engaging stories about the alumni, faculty, and current students who embody the energy and attitude of UConn today. Included in the forthcoming Spring 2013 issue are such stories as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Not Your Average Joel<\/i> \u2013 He runs a cooking school in New York City, appears as a guest chef on the \u201cToday\u201d show, and has starred in his own Web series. Alum Joel Gamoran \u201907 (CLAS), just 27 years old, is cooking up a seriously successful culinary career \u2013 with even bigger plans for the future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Where the Wild Things Are<\/i> \u2013 In this new Q&amp;A segment, find out why UConn\u2019s Morty Ortega, associate professor of natural resources and the environment, believes that bringing his students deep into the wilderness of South Africa is an essential strategy when it comes to preserving the planet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Prime Climbs: From Rock Bottom to the Top of the World<\/i> \u2013 In a new magazine section known as Vantage Point, alum Carol Masheter \u201983 MA, \u201988 Ph.D. gives a glimpse into the high-altitude odyssey that led her, at age 65, to become the oldest woman to climb each of the world\u2019s highest mountain peaks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is the publication\u2019s first major redesign since 2007, when the magazine renewed its graphic approach and officially changed its name from <i>UConn<\/i> <i>Traditions<\/i> to <i>UCONN Magazine<\/i>. Magazine content will continue to be made available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/blog\/tag\/magazine\/\">UConn Today website<\/a>. Archived issues are also available at <a href=\"http:\/\/magazine.uconn.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">magazine.uconn.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the Spring 2013 print edition of UCONN Magazine due to arrive in alumni mailboxes this week, readers will see a publication featuring a new look and feel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":77614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[49],"class_list":["post-77069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-29 05:29:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77069"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86405,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77069\/revisions\/86405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/77614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77069"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=77069"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=77069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}