Author Archives: UConn Journalism

By Delan Li | UConn Jour­nal­ism June 21, 2023 In 2008, Tim DeChristo­pher reg­is­tered to bid on oil and gas leas­es at the Utah Bureau of Land Man­age­ment (BLM) office and won 14 leas­es worth $1.7 mil­lion but had no inten­tion to pay for them. He claimed he did so to com­bat gov­ern­ment vio­la­tions of lawsCon­tin­ue read­ing “The Cli­mate Neces­si­ty Defense: How activists are using civ­il dis­obe­di­ence to fight cli­mate change”

By Aman­da McCard | UConn Jour­nal­ism June 5, 2023 Chris­tine Cum­mings remem­bers the cold, driz­zly day last year that she saved two baby great-horned owls. The res­cue itself was rou­tine for Cum­mings, who is the pres­i­dent of A Place Called Hope, a reha­bil­i­ta­tion cen­ter for birds of prey. But the cir­cum­stances were unique: The owls’ moth­erCon­tin­ue read­ing “Con­necti­cut activists fight for ani­mal rights”

By Han­nah Parr | UConn Jour­nal­ismMay 15, 2023 STORRS, Con­necti­cut — It has been an exhil­a­rat­ing past few months for the Uni­ver­si­ty of Con­necti­cut men’s bas­ket­ball team. Win­ning the NCAA nation­al cham­pi­onship has ele­vat­ed the play­ers’ pop­u­lar­i­ty and social media fol­low­ings by thou­sands of fans across the coun­try. With the world of Name, Image, and Like­nessCon­tin­ue read­ing “UConn Cham­pi­onship Labs: Prepar­ing and pro­pelling NIL of stu­dent athletes”