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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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Tipping Point Podcast: ‘Audacious Moments’ spur movement to upend racism at UConn
By MAYA MOORE, UConn Journalism December 14, 2019 Not all incidents of racism that have occurred at the University of Connecticut are as bold as screaming the N‑word in a parking lot. Although the latter inspired an impassioned response from the UConn student body, the “audacious moments” that take place behind the scenes were equally…
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Around the World for Food-Cast: How Food Goes Viral
By Megan Williams, UConn Journalism December 14, 2019 Welcome to the Around the World for Food-Cast. Each episode of this podcast dives deeper into one of the food stories from my blog. This week you’ll learn more about viral foods and exactly how some shot to Internet fame. You’ll also hear from New York City…
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No Teacher Left Behind: A Podcast About Educators, Health & Wellness
Many education professionals enter the field because they would like to make a positive impact on the lives of young people. They exert a lot of energy as teachers to ensure that their students are healthy mentally, emotionally and physically. People who work as teachers often forget to give attention to their own wellness. Sadly,…
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One Hand Wonder: A Podcast About Celebrating Differences
By Katie Moloney, UConn Journalism December 14, 2019 Everyone is different. Everyone has things about them that make them unique and see the world differently. My difference is a little more obvious. I was born without my left hand. To this day, doctors still aren’t quite sure why. Growing up, I was very self-conscious about my…
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Grocery shopping usually a mundane task, but at Trader Joe’s, people can’t get enough
By THOMAS ROBERG, UConn Journalism December 14, 2019 Trader Joe’s was established in 1958, and since then has grown to almost 500 stores nationally. It has gained a cult-like following from its customers. In this podcast, I take a first-time shopper there to get groceries, and explore the brands eccentricities. In fact, the store only…
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Mamma Mia!
The student theater group Page to Stage performs ”Mamma Mia!” in the Student Union Theater on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019. Directed by third semester biomedical engineering student Emily Kilian, both the 2p.m. and 6 p.m. shows sold out and had the crowd dancing along to the musical numbers in their seats. Photo by Maggie Chafouleaus,…
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Not Forgotten UConn: Rogers a civil rights pioneer at UConn
By MAYA MOORE August 22, 2019 Special to The Chronicle STORRS — Many of the most notable events of the Civil Rights movement were still a decade in the future. Jim Crow laws reigned in the South and, in Connecticut and at its flagship university, racism and discrimination wasn’t as overt. But it was still…
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Not Forgotten UConn: Longtime librarian left indelible mark
By GABRIELLA DEBENEDICTIS August 20, 2019 Special to the Chronicle STORRS — Edwina Whitney focused on the future in her professional life as a librarian at what would become the University of Connecticut. But she was also nostalgic for the past. A lifelong Mansfield resident who, for decades, worked for the university her family helped…
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Not Forgotten UConn: When communist hysteria came to UConn
By GINO DE ANGELIS July 21, 2019 Special to the Chronicle STORRS — Paul R. Zilsel faced a tumultuous spring of 1953. That March, he received a subpoena to appear in Washington, D.C., before the Velde Committee investigating suspected communists in American colleges. He, along with three other University of Connecticut professors, were accused of…
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Not Forgotten UConn: Midred French paved way for UConn women
By SARAH AL-ARSHANI July 16, 2019 Special to the Chronicle STORRS — Mildred French was a pioneer for females at the University of Connecticut in the era between the two world wars. An independent woman who studied at five different institutions of higher education, she earned both undergraduate and graduate degrees at a time when…