Molly vs. Dyslexia

“When I was a kid, my dyslexia was something that I really did not like about myself,” says alum Krista Weltner. “ I hope that these books will help children who are going through it right now.”

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The Frontman

Touring with UConn-formed band Parsonsfield (formerly Poor Old Shine) takes a back seat to reviving a shuttered iconic music venue for Chris Freeman ’12.

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Happy Birthday, Hip-Hop

History professor and hip-hop scholar Jeffrey Ogbar marks the genre’s 50th anniversary with a spin on “3 books,” sharing one classic, one favorite, and one essential rap album.

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A Good Life

Noemi Zelanski Kearns ’89 (SFA) remembers the late renowned graphic artist Peter Good ’65 (SFA), the designer behind enduring work including the University’s oak leaf and the Hartford Whalers logo.

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Unmasked

How a UConn puppeteer went from being the beer guy at Whole Foods to creating animatronics for the biggest theme parks, robotics for cinematic superheroes, and crazy-clever costumes for Masked Singers.

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He Sells

Take a look at Dave DeLucia’s fascinating collection of shells, which he sells on eBay — not to be confused with the seashore.

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Rage Against the Fashion Machine

The founder of UConn’s student-run clothing Swap Shop would like us all to take a moment to consider what is required to make a single cotton T-shirt.

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Walk This Way

An alum and Guggenheim Fellow whose art is about nature, adventure — and sneakers.

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Love, Life, and the Miracle Movies of Oscar Guerra

Emmy Award–winning filmmaker Oscar Guerra wants to have a conversation about immigration. Not a policy debate or a campaign rally or, god forbid, a made-for-cable screaming match. But an honest and open talk about what it means to be a working-class Latinx immigrant in America in the 21st century.

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We Are but Players

A lot has happened since Geoffrey Sheehan ’84 (SFA) and Laura Sheehan ’85 (SFA) put on “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” with a $300 budget in Hartford’s Bushnell Park.

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Off Broadway

Stuart Brown, the recently retired director of student services at UConn Waterbury, moonlights as a theater critic, podcaster, and creator/host of the online radio broadcast “Sounds of Broadway,” which boasts 40,000 listeners a month.

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Nightclub Confidential

Matt Smith ’92 (CLAS) was in trouble. He had a full house, it was approaching 9 p.m., and he still hadn’t heard from his headliner.

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Our American Girls

What do you do with a history doctorate and a pop culture obsession? If you’re these two alums, you create a hit podcast centering on ’90s nostalgia.

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Professor’s Pride

Poli sci professor Christine Sylvester catches up with former student Timothy Bussey, author of “Freedom to Serve: The Definitive Guide to LGBTQ Military Service.”

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Lauren Stowell ’06 (CLAS)

Among the documentaries this alum has made for ESPN is the recent fan favorite, “Tiger Woods, America’s Son.”

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The Key of Life

“I didn’t realize research could be going out and gathering people’s stories,” says singer Brianna Chance ’23 (SFA).

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Inspiration

He helps them improve their interviewing, reporting, writing, and photography skills. In turn, says professor Scott Wallace, his students remind him how much the profession of journalism matters.

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Art Alfresco

Avery Point’s Open Air by Night exhibits drew film and video submissions from artists not just in Connecticut, but around the world.

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Craned

“The Arc” has a new home.

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Midtown Funk

From a European tour to Madison Square Garden, the Funky Dawgz Brass Band is on a serious roll.

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tiny

The Lilliputian Landscapes of Judy (Hall) Robinson-Cox ’71 (SFA) shine a spotlight on small.

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The Shape of Storrs

Geology professor Robert Thorson says UConn is UConn because glacial ice slid by 20,000 years ago and shaped the landscape that today includes our iconic Horsebarn Hill.

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We Are the Champions

“Curiosity is key” is the motto that took Ben Curtis ’06 (CLAS) from interning with the New York Yankees his senior year to celebrating at the Oscars.

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Game of Chairs

This year’s ubiquitous “GOT” conversation gets a nod at the William Benton Museum of Art with a show of 13 chairs by contemporary artists.

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3 Books with Mo Cotton Kelly

Montique “Mo” Cotton Kelly says she never tires of the joy that “cracking open a new book, smelling it, and turning the pages” brings her.

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Show Runner

Jenn Suozzo ’99 (CLAS) was named executive producer of “NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt” last fall. The former dancer says she directs each episode as if it were a ballet.

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Master Class

Grammy-winning composer Kenneth Fuchs shares with students the lessons he’s learned from industry giants — and from his beloved high school band director.

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Serenade

Listen as the UConn Choirs tour Europe

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50 Years of the Benton

In honor of The Benton’s anniversary, we present highlights from favorite visiting exhibitions and examples of pieces added to the permanent collection, one for each year from 1967 to 2016.

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Keys to the Kingdom

See and hear our new Steinways and get a behind-the-scenes tour of the Steinway factory.

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The Real McCoys

Producing a film about rumrunner Bill McCoy led these married alums to make and market a Prohibition-style rum that’s the real McCoy.

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Micki McElya a Pulitzer Finalist

Kudos Micki McElya a Pulitzer Finalist Associate History Professor Micki McElya’s book, The Politics of Mourning: Death and Honor in Arlington National Cemetery (Harvard University Press), was named a 2017 Pulitzer Prize finalist for General Nonfiction. In its citation, the Pulitzer Prize committee called her work “a luminous investigation of how policies and practices at Arlington National […]

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We All Scream

Remember This? We All Scream This photo of students processing ice cream at The Creamery predates the opening of the Dairy Bar in 1955, says Sara Putnam, director of communications at the College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources. UConn has been processing milk in one way or another since the early 1900s. Recently the […]

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