Through education, celebration, creativity, artifact reclamation, land preservation and community engagement, Connecticut's five recognized tribes—Mashantucket Pequot Mohegan, Golden Hill Paugussett, Paucatuck Eastern Pequot and Schaghticoke—are reclaiming their history and culture.
A UConn startup hopes to reduce litter by using kelp and other foods as a wrapper rather than plastic. Atlantic Sea Solutions is developing a new food packaging method based off of the common sea plant kelp with a $175,000 grant. By Dannan Page, UConn JournalismDecember 3, 2025
The UConn Senate voted to delay the requirement that all undergraduates take a course on anti-Black racism amid concerns that requiring the course would be considered discriminatory by the Trump administration.
The Connecticut Treasurer’s office is scheduled to meet this week with one of its investment funds to discuss its involvement in deportation flights run by federal ICE.
When Connecticut’s flagship resettlement agency lost $4 million in federal funding due to a Trump administration executive order, it closed offices in Hartford and New Haven.
With on-campus beds falling far short of student demand, many UConn students were forced into expensive off-campus housing, and for some, the financial and emotional burden is overwhelming.
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.
The DJ at a February 2023 Apathy concert in Manchester, New Hampshire plays a set between acts. Photo by Jayden Colon ’23.
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…
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.
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…
UConn Junior Riley Cigal celebrates with friends during a timeout at the UConn Men’s Basketball game at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn., Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. Photo by John Leahy ’23
By Jonathan Kopeliovich | UConn Journalism DMD major and journalism student Jonathan Kopeliovich writes about his not-so-serious journey to be a filmmaker.
Mystique is brushed by UConn student Sophia Lesko on a sunny afternoon on UConn’s Horsebarn Hill. Below, a horse and UConn student Quinn Baron bond together. Photos by Gabe Melo ’23.