Category: Written Work

  • Classroom Crisis: Connecticut Public Schools Face Ongoing Teacher Shortages

    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 Read more »  

  • The Climate Necessity Defense: How activists are using civil disobedience to fight climate change

    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 Read more »  

  • Students and Professors Embrace AI Writing Tools

    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 Read more »  

  • Connecticut activists fight for animal rights

    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’ Read more »  

  • UConn Championship Labs: Preparing and propelling NIL of student athletes

    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 Read more »  

  • Unleash your wrath in a safe space

    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. Read more »  

  • Love and Marriage as Fewer Americans Wed

    By Tanajah Fryer | UConn Journalism Marriage rates have declined in the U.S. Read more »  

  • Final Buzzer: UConn Senior’s Journey as Jonathan the Husky Ends at Championship

    By Colleen Lucey | UConn Journalism Katherine Sheridan found a team as one of the students who portrayed UConn's mascot. Read more »  

  • An Ugly Disruption: UConn Students Can’t Escape Large-Scale Construction Projects

    By Jake Kelly | UConn Journalism Large-scale construction projects snarl student life on UConn's Storrs campus. Read more »  

  • College Students Need a Detox from TikTok

    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… Read more »