At New Haven’s Sanctuary Kitchen refugees are hired to make their culture’s favorite dishes and build economic opportunities for disenfranchised people through food.
The number of ticks infected with Lyme disease is spiking early this season in Connecticut, data from the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station shows, as environmental conditions give ticks a chance to thrive.
Connecticut libraries are facing growing financial pressure as demand for e-books and audiobooks surges, with librarians saying they are paying significantly higher prices for digital materials they don’t permanently own.
University of Connecticut physical therapy professor Dr. Cristina Colón-Semenza aims to highlight physical therapists’ essential role in mental health at the school, state and national levels.
The story of New England’s abolitionists is often told in fragments — names, dates, movements — but rarely in full. That is what Gail Braccidiferro MacDonald set out to change with her new book, which focuses on Black abolitionists.
State officials want to identify towns interested in hosting new nuclear power plants. proponents believe nuclear power could solve anticipated energy demands from computer data centers as well as reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
At the University of Connecticut, Black students are finding community within innovative organizations that are designed to foster connections and a sense of belonging.
Bereavement leave policies – or the lack of them at colleges and universities – can force students to choose between academics and healing.
A proposed 20% cut in a state program that lets library patrons check out books from public libraries beyond their own town or city has been restored by the General Assembly’s Appropriations Committee.
UConn’s Paws to Relax program is one of several in Connecticut and many across the U.S. that are geared to college students who may be feeling the stress of taking exams or even living on campus away from their own pets.
We don’t always consider the consequences of success. The UConn Huskies have won back-to-back NCAA titles. Yet the increase in UConn’s popularity has meant more students than ever before — and not enough housing. Host Nick Spinali narrates Huskies Without Homes, a podcast where you’ll learn more about UConn’s housing issues, it’s ties to the basketball
Junior journalism student Hayden Bernard captured this image of a young couple walking to the top of Horsebarn Hill on the University of Connecticut’s Storrs campus in Fall 2024. He took the photo with his smartphone for his Mobile Journalism class, JOUR 2065.
With the 2024 US presidential election inching closer, Connecticut has allowed residents to vote early in a major election for the first time in its history.
A group of students look upon a fire at a cowboys and hippies party presented by the fraternity Alpha Gamma Rho on Oct. 12, 2024 in Storrs, Connecticut. Photo by Erika Avellino ’26
Sophia Birnbaum reports on the future of local shopping malls like Buckland Hills in Manchester, Connecticut.
UConn wide receiver TJ Sheffield evades Rice defenders during a punt return at Rentschler Field on Oct. 26, 2024.
The de-evolution of political discourse Politicians are pompous people. Nick Spinali hosts Pompous Politicians, a podcast focused on analyzing political discourse and its effectiveness as new communication techniques have grown in popularity. University of Connecticut Political Science professor Jeffrey Ladewig joins today’s episode. Listen to a preview this episode (3:32): Listen to the full podcast
Matt Corpuz, the host of Corpuz’s Corner is joined on this week’s episode with Jenn Longa, the Assistant Dean of Students for Victim Support Services and Bystander Initiatives at UConn’s Dean of Students office. The university recently released an OIE report with numbers pertaining to sexual assault, stalking, and intimate partner violence. Listen to this
UConn Journalism senior Olivia Mello ’25 captured this moment at the annual UConn First Night celebration of the men’s and women’s basketball teams on October 18, 2024. Jayden Ross (23) and KK Arnold (2) take selfies with fans in Gampel Pavilion.
UConn Journalism major Kaleb Jennings captured this moment during the UConn-Florida Atlantic University football game at Pratt & Whitney Stadium in East Hartford, Conn., on Sept. 21, 2024. UConn running back Durell Robinson stretches for the touchdown as FAU defensive end Wilky Denaud tries to pull him down by his jersey. UConn defeated FAU, 48–14.