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Photo essay: How Native Tribes in New England are taking back their culture
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.
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From Classroom to Commission: UConn’s ROTC programs serve as regional training hubs for future military officers
Women account for 24% of cadets in UConn’s Air Force ROTC and 35% in UConn’s Army ROTC. Both figures exceed the percent of women soldiers serving on active duty.
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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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Stretching for the TD
UConn Journalism major Kaleb Jennings captured this moment during the UConn-Florida Atlantic University football game at Pratt & Whitney Stadium in East Hartford, Conn., on Sept. 21, 2024. UConn running back Durell Robinson stretches for the touchdown as FAU defensive end Wilky Denaud tries to pull him down by his jersey. UConn defeated FAU, 48–14.
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Criticism, conflict and courts: CT updates voting rules
Starting Oct. 21, for the first time in a general election, Connecticut voters can visit early voting locations to cast their vote up to 14 days before Election Day. Every town in the state is required to have a location. Voters must check in, and receive a ballot and envelope. Voters fill out the ballot in a…
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UConn’s main campus gets early voting location
UConn Bookstore will open an early voting site on Oct. 21 in an effort to focus on the age group that has consistently exercised its right to vote the least: young Americans.
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Meet the people behind the curtain on Election Day
It doesn’t matter if turnout is high – more than 1.8 million Connecticut residents in the 2020 presidential election, or low – around 741,000 voters in municipal elections last November.
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‘Lone Soldier’
The Israel-Hamas conflict through the eyes of an IDF paratrooper, who left his job as UConn Hillel’s assistant director to return to military service By LAURA AUGENBRAUN | UConn JournalismSeptember 3, 2024 Jared White explains his ‘lightbulb moment.’ It happened 20 years ago when he was sitting in a car in an empty parking lot…
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Tailor made
Joseph Grimaldi, who has owned the Manchester Tailor Shop for 60 years, says the minimum wage is not a livable income compared to when he opened his shop in 1964. Connecticut’s minimum wage was $1.25 when Grimaldi opened. Back then, Grimaldi recalled, he was able to live off the $400 a week the tailor shop…
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Penny’s Place
On Main Street in Manchester, a warm atmosphere welcomes guests as they enter Penny’s Place, a breakfast-and-lunch restaurant owned by Penny Braga. Braga said she has not drawn a paycheck since the business opened two years ago and has been forced to change her style of business. Braga says eight months ago, she paid servers $15…
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Eclipsing on Horsebarn Hill
People gather at Horsebarn Hill at the University of Connecticut to view the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. Photo by Katherine Jimenez ’24
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Back-to-back national champs
UConn Men’s Basketball coach Dan Hurley yells out in excitement after winning back-to-back NCAA National Championships at State Farm Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona on April 8, 2024. Photo by Evan Rodriguez ’24
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Bianca’s second home
Bianca Planeta is a sophomore MCB major at UConn. She spends a lot of her time in the Homer Babbidge Library on the Storrs campus. After class on Tuesdays she likes to find a quiet spot in the library to study. She’ll go until late in the evening. Photo by Juliana Bravo ’24