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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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Connecticut activists fight for animal rights
By Amanda McCard | UConn Journalism June 5, 2023 Christine Cummings remembers the cold, drizzly day last year that she saved two baby great-horned owls. The rescue itself was routine for Cummings, who is the president of A Place Called Hope, a rehabilitation center for birds of prey. But the circumstances were unique: The owls’…
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Lone Studies
University of Connecticut student Taylor Greene studies in her dorm room for an upcoming exam. Greene says she concentrates best when studying alone. Photo by Tanajah Fryer ’23.
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UConn Championship Labs: Preparing and propelling NIL of student athletes
By Hannah Parr | UConn JournalismMay 15, 2023 STORRS, Connecticut — It has been an exhilarating past few months for the University of Connecticut men’s basketball team. Winning the NCAA national championship has elevated the players’ popularity and social media followings by thousands of fans across the country. With the world of Name, Image, and…
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Running drills
As part of her social media internship for Hartford Athletic in Spring 2023, Julia Gintof ’23 photographed some of the professional soccer club’s practice sessions.
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Bears and Birdfeeders
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.
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Unleash your wrath in a safe space
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.
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Love and Marriage as Fewer Americans Wed
By Tanajah Fryer | UConn Journalism Marriage rates have declined in the U.S.
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Final Buzzer: UConn Senior’s Journey as Jonathan the Husky Ends at Championship
By Colleen Lucey | UConn Journalism Katherine Sheridan found a team as one of the students who portrayed UConn's mascot.
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An Ugly Disruption: UConn Students Can’t Escape Large-Scale Construction Projects
By Jake Kelly | UConn Journalism Large-scale construction projects snarl student life on UConn's Storrs campus.
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Lit Beats
The DJ at a February 2023 Apathy concert in Manchester, New Hampshire plays a set between acts. Photo by Jayden Colon ’23.