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”
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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”
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”
Climate change bringing more mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases
By LAURA AUGENBRAUN | UConn Journalism January 18, 2022 Evan White was in his second to last lacrosse season at Foran High School in Milford, Connecticut in spring of 2019, when suddenly his team started hearing rumors of their games being rescheduled and even canceled. “It was actually really scary because we weren’t sure what wasContinue reading “Climate change bringing more mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases”
Amid pandemic, many college students dropped out to travel, save money, pursue other career options
Some have no plans to return to the classroom post-COVID By JOHN LEAHY | UConn Journalism January 18, 2022 GLASTONBURY — Colin O’Doherty woke up one morning and had an idea. It was June 2020, and the 19-year-old college student had been conflicted for months. His school, the University of Vermont, had announced that it would conductContinue reading “Amid pandemic, many college students dropped out to travel, save money, pursue other career options”
As storms worsen and sea level rises, “living shorelines” might protect Connecticut beaches
By Ben Crnic | UConn Journalism July 2021 Visitors to East Shore Park in New Haven aren’t able to easily stroll along the beach there. It’s not closed. It’s being physically cut off from the rest of the park by erosion. Getting to the beach requires getting down a steep slope, and there’s a good chanceContinue reading “As storms worsen and sea level rises, “living shorelines” might protect Connecticut beaches”