Category: Written Work

  • Behind the mask of UConn Spider-Man

    By Esther Ju | UConn Journalism UConn Spider-Man is known for his sporadic appearances on campus, dressed in a skin-tight suit that lures onlookers for fist-bumps, high fives and selfies. But what most don't know is his origin story, and how he came to embrace his role as a part-time superhero. Read more »  

  • The road to change: Why some residents of Avon refuse to take it

    By Esther Ju | UConn Journalism For years, Avon residents have traveled down Old Farms Road, observing its bucolic surroundings as they pass through. The route symbolizes the rural lifestyle fostered by a small town, left virtually unchanged since its origins as a dirt road. Now, looming plans to reconstruct Old Farms have sparked opposition… Read more »  

  • 2001: A Stupid Odyssey

    By Jonathan Kopeliovich | UConn Journalism DMD major and journalism student Jonathan Kopeliovich writes about his not-so-serious journey to be a filmmaker. Read more »  

  • Workplace Dress Codes are More Casual Post-Pandemic

    By Colleen Lucey | UConn Journalism Workers opt for more casual workplace attire in the post-pandemic world. Read more »  

  • UConn Enjoys First Signs of Spring

    An abruptly warm Tuesday marked the start of spring on UConn's Storrs campus. Read more »  

  • UConn Remembers Sandy Hook 10 Years Later

    By Meredith Veilleux | UConn Journalism Read more »  

  • Gig economy grows, but not gig worker salaries

    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, Read more »  

  • 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 Read more »  

  • 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 Read more »  

  • 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 Read more »