Some Assembly Required
It’s obvious walking into the office of Dan Burkey ’23 MA that he’s a Lego nerd, but does he consider himself one?
Category: Campus Life
Kings of the Hill
Three generations of Huskies gathered on campus for a reunion with Jonathan.
1.18.24
At last! In mid-January temps dipped low enough — for long enough — to freeze Swan Lake. Pick-up hockey ensued.
Inner Beauty
With two phases of its three-part renovation completed, The Gant Science Complex, aka the Math-Science Building, has an entirely revamped interior.
4/24/2023 3:59p.m.
The Science 1 building near North Garage has materials science and engineering teaching labs, a cutting-edge active learning classroom — and some pretty cool windows.
Lake Effect
Our favorite spots on campus look a little different — and often, a little cooler — from an aerial view.
Lunacy
Is the UConn Moon Club a cult? Maybe? Kind of? Could be?
Class of 2026
This fall’s incoming Huskies broke records with their impressive stats and were welcomed at the annual Torch Lighting Convocation Ceremony, held this year in Gampel Pavilion.
Our Librarian
Edwina Whitney (1868–1970) was the second and longest-serving head librarian at UConn, then Connecticut Agricultural College. Hired in 1900, she first worked in a cramped two-room library lit by kerosene lamps.
UConn in the Media
UConn faculty making news about sexism, guns, Russian popular resistance, and more.
UConn Nation Shares its Love Stories
Your letters and posts from the Spring issue — and so many amazing UConn love stories!
Ropes Course
Urban Forestry and Arboriculture students don’t have to go far to put theory and science into practice.
I Wouldn’t Have Listened to Me
The I-84 musings of famed sportswriter Leigh Montville ’65 (CLAS).
College Bowl
Fame is fickle. But while it lasts, it sure can be fun. That’s one lesson members of UConn’s 1961 and 1970 “GE College Bowl” teams say they learned.
Summer Sundaes
A summer’s worth of Dairy Bar ice cream sundaes.
Sophs to a Flame
Everyone deserved an especially warm reception to UConn this year, so it wasn’t only first years who got the traditional Week of Welcome.
A New Student-Inspired Café at Wilbur Cross
You don’t have to be a full-on vegan or vegetarian to enjoy the newest Storrs campus eatery, CrossRoads Café.
The College Tour: UConn
The UConn edition of the popular “The College Tour” series from the producers of “Survivor” will air this summer.
ISG 5095: Diversity and Inclusion in Genetics
Genetics — especially our own, and the secrets we can learn with it about our ancestors’ past and our medical future — have captivated the nation.
They’re Back!
In August about 5,800 students moved into residence halls at Storrs and Stamford, to blithely juggle Covid-19 testing and quarantining along with online and in-person classes.
Epic Journeys
Andy Young ’80 (CLAS) remembers his pal Jeff Huot ’81 (BUS).
UConn Mag Meets the Keets
The Keets then and now.
The Students Asked For…
If you build it, they will come. If you build it according to their specifications, they will come in droves.
North Campus
For decades at UConn, if you asked directions to the North Campus dormitories, you would most likely be met with a puzzled expression.
Scooped
Ringing in the 40th anniversary of Winter Weekend in February, the Student Union Board of Governors (SUBOG) hosted its beloved annual event — One Ton Sundae.
The Bistro on Union Street
How to Francify your grilled cheese and onion soup
Clubbing
Photos and info on every one of the 650 student clubs and organizations at UConn. Just kidding — we highlight a dozen
Pasta Salad 2.0
Hearty, healthy, award-winning
Dear Freshmen
Advice from New Grads
Cheesy Baked Potato Soup
Get the recipe for this year-round student favorite
Skating Rink
Students and local residents skate at UConn’s outdoor ice rink in the spring of 1976.
A Little Push
What those Swing Journals by Mirror Lake are all about — from professions of love to the eating habits of those ubiquitous ducks.
Good Luck and Good Grades
Why is everyone rubbing the nose of that bronze Husky?
Bibimbap Burrito
The UConn Food Truck’s popular steak and egg burrito.
Alumni Day Then and Now
In 1946, students and alums spent Alumni Day much like we do today, during Huskies Forever Weekend.
#OneUConn
On Campus #OneUConn At convocation, freshmen wore shirts with “#oneuconn” on the front and on the back this Nelson Mandela quote: No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can […]
Eclipsed
Community members flooded Horsebarn Hill to watch the solar eclipse on August 21.
Flocking to Storrs
Ornithology professor Margaret Rubega told us “birds are everywhere.” Then she proved it.
Color the World
Students celebrated the Hindu spring festival of Holi on Saturday, April 8.
Jacquelyn Khadijah-Hajdu
One Year Out Jacquelyn Khadijah-Hajdu Almost a year after graduating, Jacquelyn Khadijah-Hajdu ’16 (ENG) found herself in Storrs for the annual spring semester Career Fair — except this time she was collecting resumés rather than handing hers out. She says she felt an unfamiliar sense of disconnect from the students approaching her table, despite having walked in […]
A Pup-posal
Daniel Bronki ’15 (NEAG) recruited Jonathan XIV to help with his marriage proposal to Holly Korona ’13
UConn’s Top Chef
Alongside mac & cheese and chicken parm Rob Landolphi is dishing up vegan crab cakes and crepes to order.