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.
David Kotler cranks a winch to elevate his collection of bird feeders in Avon, Connecticut on April 23, 2023. The feeders hang on a steel cable between two trees in Kotler’s backyard. He’ll lower the cable to fill the feeders before raising them back up and out of reach from bears. Photo by Esther Ju ’23.
By Jonathan Kopeliovich | UConn Journalism So-called "rage rooms" have opened across the country, including three in Connecticut, where patrons can indulge in their desires to smash things.
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