By Amanda Ameral | UConn Journalism “Hell on earth” is the way Leslie Blatteau described teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. While Blatteau, a 15-year teaching veteran and President of the New Haven Federation of Teachers, has remained in the profession, many of her colleagues have not. Sheena Graham, 2019 Connecticut Teacher of the Year, who
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
By Alicia Gomez | UConn Journalism Alexa Udell, a third-year psychology student, was having trouble in her statistics class. She was used to using tools like flashcards and notes to study for her psychology exams, but she found herself stumped on how to study for statistics. Trying to figure out the practice problems in her
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’
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
By Jonathan Kopeliovich | UConn Journalism So-called "rage rooms" have opened across the country, including three in Connecticut, where patrons can indulge in their desires to smash things.
By Tanajah Fryer | UConn Journalism Marriage rates have declined in the U.S.
By Colleen Lucey | UConn Journalism Katherine Sheridan found a team as one of the students who portrayed UConn's mascot.
By Jake Kelly | UConn Journalism Large-scale construction projects snarl student life on UConn's Storrs campus.
By Mackenzie Campbell | UConn Journalism On a sunny afternoon at the University of Connecticut, students hunkered down with their laptops and books at the Homer Babbidge Library. In the library’s Bookworm Cafe, many students were on their phones, ignoring their work. Focused intently on his laptop among them was Ohm Ghutadaria, a junior majoring…