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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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How WNPR’s Vanessa de la Torre found her voice
Vanessa de la Torre, a reporter for Hartford's public radio station WNPR, covers race and culture as part of a radio collaborative called “Sharing America.”
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Behind the Stories podcast: How three women journalists found success covering sports
Molly Qerim is the co-host of ESPN's 'First Take.' Sportswriter and author Karen Crouse works at The New York Times. Gabby Lucivero is a sports reporter at NBC Connecticut. These three women journalists talked with UConn Journalism students about how they found success covering the male-dominated world of sports.
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Behind the Stories: How to cover Connecticut’s ‘hot mess’ of a governor’s race
In this episode of UConn Journalism’s Behind the Stories podcast, the team talked to political reporters about the challenges in covering Connecticut’s 2018 gubernatorial race. Senior journalism major Gracie Enright spoke to NBC Connecticut’s Max Reiss who explained the state’s electoral process and hurdles ahead of electing a new governor come November. Senior journalism major Caio Goncalves interviewed…
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Behind the Stories: Confronting Racism as Journalists
Journalists encounter racism daily. Between the diversity stories that journalists report, and the diversity – or lack thereof – in newsrooms, race and racism affects journalists of color, and the people we are reporting on.
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Behind the Stories: How Connecticut journalists localize national stories
Our third “Behind the Stories” podcast featured NBC Connecticut Chief Investigative Reporter Len Besthoff, who talked with UConn Journalism’s Gracie Enright about how he discovers and covers local investigative stories. The Roundup followed how the NBC Connecticut Troubleshooters team helped expose a major patient abuse scandal at the Whiting Forensic state psychiatric hospital. Besthoff, a veteran…
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#MeToo: Behind the Podcast
In a special edition of UConn Journalism’s ‘Behind the Stories’ podcast, we spoke with two Hartford Courant journalists — Editorial Page Editor Carolyn Lumsden and sports writer Desmond Conner — about two prevalent topics in the news world: the #MeToo movement and the intersection of sports and politics. Carolyn Lumsden has been working for the Hartford Courant for over…
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Behind the Stories podcast: Connecticut budget battle & local elections
In this episode of UConn Journalism’s ‘Behind the Stories’ podcast, the team analyzes the story that kept on giving during the Fall 2017 semester: the Connecticut budget battle. UConn senior Caio Goncalves spoke toCT Mirror budget reporter Keith Phaneuf, who broke down the many “hard choices” legislators had to make when it came down to eventually…
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Joseline: Undocumented
By NEEL RAZDAN. Joseline Tlacomulco is an undocumented student at the University of Connecticut and an activist for immigrant rights.
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Food for Hartford
A faculty-chosen group of University of Connecticut journalism majors set off in January 2017 to bring light to the food desert in Hartford, Connecticut.
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WNPR Live Town Hall: The Press, The President, And The Public
What’s the role of the local press in a Donald Trump presidency?