By Katherine Jimenez | UConn JournalismDecember 14, 2022 Colder winters and hotter summers. You better prepare for them because climate change has entered Connecticut. The University of Connecticut, along with other parts of the state, experienced a dangerous drought this summer which left many residents without water. State officials even advised residents to begin conserving water. But manyContinue reading “Podcast: What Does the Future of Fossil Fuel Free UConn Look Like?”
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Podcast: In Recovery, In College
How students in recovery from substance misuse try to navigate the college experience By Wyatt Cote | UConn JournalismDecember 13, 2022 When you hear someone reference “the college experience,” what do you think of? Bars? Parties? Drugs? Alcohol? It’s okay, most people do. I certainly did when I first started college. I thought that’s what theContinue reading “Podcast: In Recovery, In College”
Gig economy grows, but not gig worker salaries
By John Leahy | UConn Journalism Dec. 9, 2022 In May of 2020, Thomas Taber realized he was running out of money. The 20-year-old University of Connecticut student was living at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and was ordering food consistently through online platforms like DoorDash and Uber Eats. Though the country was essentially shut down, heContinue reading “Gig economy grows, but not gig worker salaries”
UConn vets exposed to burn pits welcome expanded health care benefits
Members of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) who say they were impacted by exposure to burn pits while serving, stand to be acknowledged at a House Veterans’ Affairs Health Subcommittee hearing in June 2018. (AP Photo/FILE/Jacquelyn Martin) By Mikhael Thompson | UConn JournalismDecember 8, 2022 Brandon Soto, a freshman biology major at the University of Connecticut who joined theContinue reading “UConn vets exposed to burn pits welcome expanded health care benefits”
SCOTUS action could impact college admission process
By Carson Swick | UConn Journalism | Dec. 2, 2022 STORRS, Conn. — Forty-seven percent students of color; 26.5% of students from ethnic backgrounds “traditionally underrepresented” in higher education — Black, Hispanic, Hawiian/Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaskan native students. These figures represent the students admitted into the University of Connecticut Class of 2026, the mostContinue reading “SCOTUS action could impact college admission process”
Connecticut not likely to embrace ranked choice voting anytime soon
By Hudson Kamphausen | UConn Journalism Nov. 5, 2022 Proponents say it encourages more civil campaigns and opponents contend it’s too complicated — but regardless of individual opinions about ranked choice voting, one advocate for the system says it’s not likely to happen in Connecticut any time soon. State Rep. Josh Elliott, a Democrat who represents Hamden andContinue reading “Connecticut not likely to embrace ranked choice voting anytime soon”
More voters shunning political parties
By Laura Mason | UConn Journalism Nov. 5, 2022 It was 2020 and UConn student Garrett McGlinchey had just turned 18 when he officially declared himself politically unaffiliated. With an increasingly polarized political atmosphere and an influential parent in each major party, McGlinchey had been certain for a while that he didn’t want to align withContinue reading “More voters shunning political parties”
Lady Elliot Island Squid
UConn Journalism major Christie Wang studied abroad in Australia during the Fall 2022 semester. She took this squid photo at Lady Elliot Island, the southernmost coral cay of the Great Barrier Reef. Christie stayed on the island for a week as part of a coral reefs conservation course. She studied marine life, corals, tidal circulation andContinue reading “Lady Elliot Island Squid”
Making roads safer: it’s complicated
By Laura Mason | UConn Journalism Oct. 30, 2022 STORRS, Conn. — It was the end of August 2022 and cars were whipping by Lisa’s Chocolates and Gifts on Route 195 in Mansfield again. Following renovations at Mansfield Elementary School and the subsequent removal of a traffic island, the widened road now allowed cars to accelerate into theContinue reading “Making roads safer: it’s complicated”
What’s a winning strategy? GOP, Dems use different approaches
By Carson Swick | UConn JournalismOct. 22, 2022 Abortion. Inflation. The economy. Threats to democracy. In many ways, these simple yet charged terms characterize both Democrats’ and Republicans’ approaches to messaging ahead of the 2022 midterm elections: Hone in on specific “winning” issues while forgetting the inconvenient ones. In what is shaping up to be anContinue reading “What’s a winning strategy? GOP, Dems use different approaches”