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As storms worsen and sea level rises, “living shorelines” might protect Connecticut beaches

East Shore Park in New Haven is one of many locations along the Connecticut shoreline that is experiencing erosion as sea level rises and the number of severe storms increases. Here, the beach is becoming thinner and thinner, and getting back to the park sidewalk requires climbing up the steep eroded slope behind the beach. Photo by Ben Crnic.

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”

Not Forgotten UConn: Rogers a civil rights pioneer at UConn

By MAYA MOORE August 22, 2019 Special to The Chronicle STORRS — Many of the most notable events of the Civil Rights movement were still a decade in the future. Jim Crow laws reigned in the South and, in Connecticut and at its flagship university, racism and discrimination wasn’t as overt. But it was still prevalent in theContinue reading “Not Forgotten UConn: Rogers a civil rights pioneer at UConn”

Not Forgotten UConn: Longtime librarian left indelible mark

By GABRIELLA DEBENEDICTIS August 20, 2019 Special to the Chronicle STORRS — Edwina Whitney focused on the future in her professional life as a librarian at what would become the University of Connecticut. But she was also nostalgic for the past. A lifelong Mansfield resident who, for decades, worked for the university her family helped establish, sheContinue reading “Not Forgotten UConn: Longtime librarian left indelible mark”

Not Forgotten UConn: When communist hysteria came to UConn

By GINO DE ANGELIS July 21, 2019 Special to the Chronicle STORRS — Paul R. Zilsel faced a tumultuous spring of 1953. That March, he received a subpoena to appear in Washington, D.C., before the Velde Committee investigating suspected communists in American colleges. He, along with three other University of Connecticut professors, were accused of being communistContinue reading “Not Forgotten UConn: When communist hysteria came to UConn”

Not Forgotten UConn: Midred French paved way for UConn women

By SARAH AL-ARSHANI July 16, 2019 Special to the Chronicle STORRS — Mildred French was a pioneer for females at the University of Connecticut in the era between the two world wars. An independent woman who studied at five different institutions of higher education, she earned both undergraduate and graduate degrees at a time when few womenContinue reading “Not Forgotten UConn: Midred French paved way for UConn women”