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 Colleen Lucey | UConn Journalism Workers opt for more casual workplace attire in the post-pandemic world.
Alicia Gomez ’24 covers the UConn Formula SAE team, where students design, build and race a car for a national competition in May 2023. Produced with contributions from Esther Ju ’23 and Zareen Reza ’23.
By Esther Ju, Visual Journalism | April 17, 2023 For my final project for JOUR3065: Visual Journalism, I filmed and edited a short video profile about my subject, Isabella ‘Izzy’ Aristizabal, who I had been photographing during most of the semester. As I got to know Izzy, I learned more about her childhood spent in
An abruptly warm Tuesday marked the start of spring on UConn's Storrs campus.
By Meredith Veilleux | UConn Journalism
Chasity Watkins, a 21-year-old from Hartford, is pursuing her passions as a hairstylist amid the COVID-19 pandemic. During a November 2022 shopping trip to find the perfect a wig for a client, Watkins examines the hair on a mannequin. Photo by Tanajah Fryer ’23
By Katherine Jimenez | UConn JournalismDecember 14, 2022 Colder winters and hotter summers. You better prepare for them because climate change has entered Connecticut. The University of Connecticut, along with other parts of the state, experienced a dangerous drought this summer which left many residents without water. State officials even advised residents to begin conserving water. But
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,
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
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