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UConn Anti-Black racism course requirement placed on hold
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.
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Treasurer’s office to discuss investment firm’s connection with ICE flights
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.
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Suspended U.S. refugee program separates families, stalls resettlement
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.
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UConn students confront housing crunch as enrollment rises
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.
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Graduating Sandy Hook survivor looks back and ahead
As Lenie Urbina graduated from UConn, her mind slipped to the Sandy Hook students and staff members who were killed in 2012 in a tragedy that shocked the nation. Lenie was a 4th grader hiding in the gym supply closet.
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Opinion: Federal cuts could snip away your local park
As the Trump Administration continues to make deep cuts to federal programs that support parks, I have begun to wonder what will I do if my main connection to nature is severed?
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Students still facing academic and mental health challenges post-COVID
The pandemic’s toll on student engagement continues to reverberate across campuses nationwide.
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Opinion: In Defense of the Dandelion
Through a desire to keep neighborhoods as idyllic as the ones in those advertising images, suburban homeowners came to despise the dandelion. But these little yellow flowers have a lot to offer us.
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How CT nursing home staff work to reduce social isolation
The job for retirement home staffers is to become like a family to the residents. For some people, coming into a retirement home is their first time living alone.
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Rallying cry
Kaitlyn Yearwood (8) shouts at her team during the UConn women’s hockey team’s match against the University of Maine on Oct. 28, 2022. A goal from Maine in the third period handed UConn their fourth loss of the season. Photo by Skyler Kim ’24
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What’s a winning strategy? GOP, Dems use different approaches
By Carson Swick | UConn JournalismOct. 22, 2022 Abortion. Inflation. The economy. Threats to democracy. In many ways, these simple yet charged terms characterize both Democrats’ and Republicans’ approaches to messaging ahead of the 2022 midterm elections: Hone in on specific “winning” issues while forgetting the inconvenient ones. In what is shaping up to be…
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Jamie Lee Curtis at Comic Con
Actor Jamie Lee Curtis holds back tears while holding a picture of her “Halloween” character at a New York Comic Con panel at the Jacob Javits Convention Center on October 8, 2022. The panel was dedicated to discussing Curtis’ four decades of experience with the “Halloween” film franchise. UConn Journalism student Sofia Sawchuk is associate…
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Super Dog
For a feature assignment in JOUR2065: Mobile Storytelling, UConn student Kelti Johnson photographed the bright colors of The Big E in Springfield, Massachusetts in September 2022. The Eastern States Exposition, as the fair is also known, is one of the top ten fairs in North America and the largest on the East Coast, representing all…
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First Amendment reminder
Inside the managing editor’s office at The Daily Campus — UConn’s student run newspaper — a bulletin board with words of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution reminds the student journalists about the press’s the pivotal role in serving democracy. Photo by Sophia Dover
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Broadcast Package: Gas and Oil Prices Causing Stress
By Corina Wallenta | UConn JournalismApril 25, 2022
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Sunny in Storrs
A student at the University of Connecticut relaxes on the lawn behind the Student Union in Spring 2022. Photo by Evan Rodriguez, Class of 2024
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Pandemic Painting
Flo Evardo paints a tote bag under the UConn Student Union lawn tent on the university’s main campus in Storrs, Connecticut. Photo by Maggie Chafouleas, Class of 2022
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Broadcast package: Storrs businesses before and after the pandemic
By Corina Wallenta | UConn Journalism March 21, 2022
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Project Fashion
UConn Journalism major Gabriella Crean ’22 worked as a photographer for the UConn Project Fashion 2022 February photoshoot, allowing UConn students to show off their winter styles. These photos were taken so both the models and the club could post to their social media sites. View more images on Project Fashion’s Instagram.