Do What Matters Most
What were you meant to do with your one precious life? This research-driven Life Purpose Lab workshop helps us to unearth our true passions.
ReadThe Principal Formerly Known as DLew
What does a day as national middle school principal of the year look like? Former UConn football captain Damon Lewis ’95 (CLAS) shows us.
ReadYes, And...
Accidental actor Will Hines teaches comedy’s golden rule — and lives by it. The improv maestro flies under the radar, but you will likely realize you’ve seen — or heard — him in quite a few somethings.
ReadSilent Stampede
You won’t believe what — or how many —species crowd a nondescript room on campus, waiting for a new home.
ReadOur Candy Crush: Greg Guidotti
Like the criminal masterminds who stole the French crown jewels from the Louvre, the Bristol bandits took only the things of greatest value: cigarettes, lottery tickets, and the store’s supply of Nerds Gummy Clusters.
ReadA Piece of UConn History, Rededicated
On a day in late September more than a century ago, Gardner Dow, a football player for the school that would later become UConn, died after he was injured in a football game.
ReadStudies Abroad
Just some of the 1,067 students who participated in 126 international programs in 36 countries last year.
ReadOf Mice and Men
It’s September 11, 2001, a little after 9 a.m. and the park has just opened to the public when park duty manager Peter LaPorta is called to an emergency conference in the main office. There’s been a terrorist attack.
ReadC. Michael White is on a Mission
For starters, we should understand that the kratom known as gas station heroin is much different than natural kratom leaf.
ReadThe Tribe has Spoken
Two evenings a week during the fall and spring semesters, the “cast” of Survivor: UConn meets behind the Homer Babbidge Library for tribal council followed by an elaborate challenge.
Read“I’m Jumping”
Craig Stevens set a skydiving world record when he and 34 divers over age 70 jumped in formation over South Florida.
Read“Get Stuff Done.”
When Jade Strawberry got the news that she’d been promoted to chief of staff of the youth-sports advocacy organization RCX Sports as a 26-year old with less than three years in the industry, she felt both immense pride and a brief flash of panic.
ReadAge with Power and Grace
Jeff Cavaliere is jacked, but he’s no gym bro. Nor does he brook “bro science,” advice that sounds convincing but lacks scientific evidence.
ReadDominique Matteson
“Let me tell you, Dominique proved to be a world-class human more than worth the wait,” writes Stefanie Dion Jones ’00.
ReadInto the Stratosphere
Before she reported on the stars of outer space professionally, Jackie Wattles spent her UConn journalism days reporting on the stars of student government.
ReadDo I Hear One Auctioneer?
Auctioneer Michael Wolf ’23 loves calling benefits for 4-H clubs, where he has found himself sweet-talking and guilt-tripping attendees into spending more than $1,000 for one apple pie. True story.
ReadTom's Trivia — Spring 2026
See if you know as much as King of UConn Trivia and University Deputy Spokesperson Tom Breen ’00 (CLAS).
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