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.
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
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
By Corina Wallenta | UConn Journalism March 21, 2022
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.
By LAURA AUGENBRAUN | UConn Journalism January 18, 2022 Evan White was in his second to last lacrosse season at Foran High School in Milford, Connecticut in spring of 2019, when suddenly his team started hearing rumors of their games being rescheduled and even canceled. “It was actually really scary because we weren’t sure what
Some have no plans to return to the classroom post-COVID By John Leahy | UConn JournalismJanuary 18, 2022 GLASTONBURY — Colin O’Doherty woke up one morning and had an idea. It was June 2020, and the 19-year-old college student had been conflicted for months. His school, the University of Vermont, had announced that it would
Mateo Leveque (2) celebrates after scoring a goal off a penalty kick during UConn’s 2–2 tie against Creighton University on Oct. 16, 2021 in rainy conditions at the University of Connecticut’s Morrone Stadium. Photo by Kevin Lindstrom. This photograph helped Kevin Lindstrom place in the top 20 in the national Hearst Journalism Awards — 2022
UConn Journalism honor student Amy Chen ’22 studied abroad in South Korea during the Fall 2021 semester. She shared this picture from one of her adventures. This image was taken from Namasan Tower, an observatory in Seoul that has an impressive view. Seoul is the capital of South Korea and has a population of nearly
This year, the Harvard Massachusetts Fire Department celebrated its 100th anniversary by hosting the annual Wachusett League Firefighters Muster with a series of old-fashioned firefighter races. Harvard’s team captain, Dave Hazel, controlled a firehose in the truck pump race during the Firefighter’s Muster on Saturday, September 18, 2021 in Harvard, Massachusetts. Photo by Isabel Barton,
By Ben Crnic | UConn Journalism July 2021 Visitors to East Shore Park in New Haven aren’t able to easily stroll along the beach there. It’s not closed. It’s being physically cut off from the rest of the park by erosion. Getting to the beach requires getting down a steep slope, and there’s a good