Farms = Food = Life
When alum Steven Were Omamo sees someone planting, he sees hope. The Nobel Peace Prize Committee seems to agree.
Category: Community Impact
Thank You
A few of UConn’s finest share experiences from the past year.
She Fought for What is Right and What is Fair
Gifted mind, steadfast advocate, and caring friend.
Say it With a T-shirt
Former Husky baller Chris Smith ’92 (BUS), far right, gathered current basketball players to help Foodshare’s Jason Jakubowski ’99 (CLAS), ’01 MPA, center.
Underachiever No More
No one who knew Jim LaFlamme back in the ’70s would have predicted what he’s doing now.
This Land
Sage Phillips ’22 (CLAS) is unearthing more of UConn’s origin story.
TKD for ASD
Taekwondo master Daniel Andrew Chasse ’85 (SFA) teaches classes designed for kids with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Committed to Social Work
At age 97, Esther Pahl ’52 MSW is still very much making a difference.
Monopoly Busters
Daniel Hanley ’12 (BUS), ’19 JD and Jackie Filson ’16 (CLAS) lead a growing anti-monopoly movement at the Open Markets Institute in D.C.
Humanizing Human Rights
“My clients restore my faith in humanity,” says Ellen Messali ’10 JD of her immigration work with New Haven Legal Assistance.
Raising Her Voice to Amplify Other Voices
Saving a festival youth program in her hometown of Paraty, Brazil, made Pauline Batista ’16 MA a hero there.
Feeding the Fish that Feed Us
Peter Goggins ’21 (CAHNR) started his company with a school of goldfish and an aquarium purchased at Petco.
Advocating for Animals
Professor Jessica Rubin worked with animal rights groups to pass and implement the groundbreaking 2016 Desmond’s Law.
Human Rights Institute Gets Big Gift
The matching gift challenge comes with support from longtime donors Phyllis and Gary Gladstein ’66 (CLAS), ’08 (HON).
Her Fight Against Human Trafficking
Mary-Ellen Barrett ’88 JD says her whole career has led her to this battle.
Take Them Down
History professor Manisha Sinha, an Indian American who is one of the world’s leading experts on the Civil War and slavery in the U.S., on removing Confederate statues.
In the Media
Profs weigh in on new ways to teach, meet, age, get creative, and more.
Si Se Puede
This extraordinary class of seniors (and near-seniors) had already weathered a number of major storms before the pandemic hit.
In Fashion
Ahmed Diakhate ’23 (BUS) created and donated 250 face masks to frontline health care workers.
Our Defining Moments
These Huskies — students, staff, professors, doctors, nurses, and graduates new and old —are finding innovative ways to help us all navigate a global pandemic.
Recycle, Reuse, Re-Everything
Josh Cohen’05 (BUS) wants to make landfills obsolete.
Genetics for Justice
Anthropology professor Deborah Bolnick analyzes ancient DNA in a state-of-the-art Clean Lab in Storrs where her work is, among other things, helping to shed light on Native American histories.
Swiss Miss
How alum Autumn (Backman) Sutherland (and her dog Mulligan) built Canton, Connecticut’s Matterhorn Mini Golf.
Building Futures
Michael Smith ’08 MS took his team to the national championship — and won.
Jess Kelly ’08 (CLAS)
She wants women to run.
The World Wide Web
What’s this Wi-Fi you speak of?
The Wait Is Over
Bongi Magubane ’76 is determined to fix the Connecticut DMV.
“Our Stonehenge”
Cover Artist Blanche Serban is painting 365 days of Horsebarn Hill.
100 and Counting
Still practicing law at 100 years old, Morton Katz ’39 (CLAS) ’51 JD has worked as a special public defender at Hartford Superior Court for the past 20 years.
Wanjiku (Wawa) Gatheru ’20 (CAHNR)
For the first time, a UConn student is named both a Truman and a Udall scholar.
Now Playing: Elsa Nocton
Elsa Nocton has not quite hit teenagerdom and yet she has headlined the Hard Rock Café in New York City and is a member of the UConn Women’s Volleyball Team.
The Husky Ticket Project
Despite living in New York City for the past five years, true fans Kevin Solomon ’14 (BUS), Jeremy Longobardi ’12 (BUS), and Kevin Kortsep ’12 (BUS) have made it a mission to keep supporting UConn Nation.
Chris Murphy Walks the Walk
“It’s become Forrest Gumpish, because you can find me if you follow social media, so people come and join.” says Sen. Chris Murphy ’01 JD of his summer walks across Connecticut.
Team Impact
This national nonprofit matches children with serious and chronic illnesses with college athletic teams. UConn has the most pairings of any Division 1 school in the country.
Dave Barnett ’78 (CAHNR)
Mount Auburn Cemetery is not only the final resting place of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, it is a beautiful public park overseen by a UConn horticulture alum
UConn in the Media
UConn profs weigh in on obesity, fake news, climate change, and more
Top Cop
David Rosado ’93 (CLAS) ’07 JD is Hartford’s First Latino Police Chief
Susan Brillhart ’84 (NUR)
Hers is a voice for the most vulnerable among us
Akshayaa Chittibabu ’19 (CLAS)
UConn’s own Truman scholar is dedicated to health care both at UConn and globally
Karl L. Schultz ’92 MPA
The new Commander of the U.S. Coast Guard
Refuge
Two new pharmacy grads and their “Cambodian mom”
By a Thread
How Three Professors are Saving Cambodian Refugees — 40 Years After the Genocide
Elizabeth Charash ’18
This Newtown, Connecticut, native is committed to preventing gun violence.
The Future of (Almost) Everything
Our incredibly talented, altogether brilliant, highly accomplished alums predict the future of absolutely everything everywhere.
Hans Rhynhart ’93 (CAHNR)
This alum never imagined his admiration for law enforcement would lead him to the top spot at the UConn Police Department.
#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 […]
Local Heroes
Peter Morenus is the magazine’s photographer. But that job title doesn’t even begin to cover his secret-weapon status here. He seems to know everyone on campus, and can tell us exactly where anything is and what it will look like before we get there.
Joel Gamoran, Host of FYI’s “Scraps”
For this alum, scrappiness is a state of mind. He can turn everyday garbage into gourmet meals.
A Cuban Exchange
Biostatistics professor Tania Huedo-Medina is working with medical professionals in Cuba to better the health prevention strategies in both our countries.
The Next Generation of Farming
Conventional wisdom be damned — young people are embracing farming. But we’re talking hydroponics, heirloom tomatoes, and small-batch goat cheese.
UConn Nation Gives Back
UConn alumni lent a helping hand to their local communities during a month-long community service project in April called UConn Cares.
Green Thumb, Bleeds Blue
James Gagliardi ’05 (CAHNR) has an encyclopaedic mind for all things ecological, a fact quickly apparent on a tour of his gardens — which happen also to be every U.S. citizen’s gardens.
Michael Zacchea – Dispatch from Iraq
In the wake of the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, Michael Zacchea ‘12 (BUS) eagerly accepted his assignment to build, train, and lead an Iraqi Army.
UConn Foundation thanks you for your generosity in 2016.
By the Numbers UConn Foundation thanks you for your generosity in 2016. Source: The UConn Foundation/www.foundation.uconn.edu
Letters to the Editor – Summer 17
Readers weigh in on “Saving Civility”