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Our professors and president weigh in on everything from the mental health of students to battling systemic racism to why you should breathe through your nose.
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Fall 2020 Tom’s Trivia
See if you know as much as King of UConn Trivia Tom Breen ’00 (CLAS).
Coveted Class: American Sign Language
Doreen Simons has one rule: No talking. Ever.
3 Books with Yiming Qian
The finance professor says she likes to read about people and stories related to her field because it puts a face to the things she is teaching in the classroom.
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.
Who is the Class of 2024?
Their admissions essays — submitted shortly before “Covid” and “pandemic” became part of our daily lexicon — reveal dreams undaunted.
Class Notes, Summer 2020
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In the Media
Profs weigh in on new ways to teach, meet, age, get creative, and more.
Summer Smoothies
Green, berry, peanut butter? Home recipes for these whole-food smoothies that will be served at the Student Rec Center.
Letters
Your feedback on our Spring issue.
Oct. 15, 1969, Student Protest Against the Vietnam War
Connecticut Daily Campus photographer Howard Goldbaum ’70 (CLAS) snapped throughout the day.
Just Listen
When we started working on this issue, magazine production was business as usual, and the world felt somewhat normal. Of course, it wasn’t.
Where the Wild Things Are
Jonathan XIV has Homer Babbidge Library all to himself.
If a Tree Blooms…
Did you miss spring on campus? Here’s a dose.
Tom’s Trivia, Summer 2020
See if you know as much as King of UConn Trivia Tom Breen ’00 (CLAS).
Light Years Away
Each semester Stephen Stifano asks his COMM 1000 students to encapsulate their UConn experience in a photo worth, well, you know.
Class Notes Spring 2020
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Tom’s Trivia Spring 2020
See if you know as much as King of UConn Trivia Tom Breen ’00 (CLAS
Hawaiian BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich
Whether you slow cook in a crockpot or an oven, the result is delish.
In the Media
UConn professors weigh in on gender reveal parties, toddler milk, disappearing birds, and more.
Letters – Spring 2020
Love stories to Horsebarn Hill and the Jungle, among others.
Champs
Too many stories, too few pages.
3 Books with Alex Merkulov
The radiologist reads books that teach him something and are uplifting. For the most part.
Letters – Fall 2019
Readers want to surf with UConn’s new President.
Class Notes
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The Class of 2023
Meet the incoming class.
In the Media
UConn professors weigh in on marijuana munchies, shark-eating fish, the wonder of walnuts, and more.
The Students Asked For…
If you build it, they will come. If you build it according to their specifications, they will come in droves.
Huskies Come Home
UConn is back in the Big East.
Tom’s Trivia Fall 2019
See if you know as much as King of UConn Trivia Tom Breen ’00 (CLAS).
In the Media
UConn profs weigh in on fake news, bubblegum coral, taxing soda, and more.
Letters – Summer 2019
From backyard bobcat sightings, grateful patients of Dr. Alessi, enthusiastic clubbers lauding their favorites, and more.
Class Notes
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The Next Wave
This August, Thomas Katsouleas takes the helm as UConn’s 16th president.
Shane Young ’21 (BUS)
There aren’t a lot of guys who can claim to have played basketball in college for Hall of Fame Coach Geno Auriemma. But it has been part of Shane Young’s UConn experience.
Tom’s Trivia Summer 2019
See if you know as much as King of UConn Trivia Tom Breen ’00 (CLAS).
Sign, post.
Inspired by the “LAX” sign at Los Angeles International Airport, UConn’s newest waypost sits along Route 195 in Storrs on the north end of campus.
Class Notes
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Welcome President Katsouleas
Thomas C. Katsouleas, a leading plasma scientist and engineer with deep academic roots in teaching and research will become the 16th president of the University of Connecticut on Aug. 1, 2019
UConn in the Media
UConn profs weigh in on obesity, fake news, climate change, and more
Letters – Spring 2019
Readers love love loved our young CEOs
The Susan Herbst Years 2011-2019
As we prepare to say goodbye in July to UConn’s first female president, we take a look at her rich legacy
Location, Location, Location
Small, urban, and ambitious, UConn Stamford keeps its head in the liberal arts but both feet in the job market. Meet six Stamford students doing the same
The Doctor Is In – And Out
The same day the remarkable Dr. Anthony Alessi checked out MMA fighters at Mohegan Sun began with him seeing patients at UConn Health in Storrs Center, including my mom
Tom’s Trivia
See if you know as much as King of UConn Trivia Tom Breen ’00 (CLAS)
Rotary Club
Electrical engineering senior Davis Meissner took a ride in one of the two Sikorsky helicopters that landed on the Student Union Mall for Lockheed Martin Day
Who’s Who – Bleed Blue Edition
Test your UConn Alumni Knowledge
Class Notes
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Blue Weddings
Huskies represent at summer nuptials
Tom’s Trivia
Challenge yourself to Tom’s Trivia! See if you know as much as King of UConn Trivia Tom Breen ’00 (CLAS). Scroll to the bottom to reveal the answers. A popular campus social occasion, through the 1960s, was a day in the fall semester when residence halls competed in events ranging from sack races to costume […]
Letters – Fall 2018
Readers Write, Email, and Post about last issue
UConn Talks
On being named WNBA MVP, the dangers of tanning beds, the verdict on Roundup, and more
Julie’s Uncle
Making connections through the new UConn 360 podcast
UConn to House Maurice Sendak Archive
Original art from our country’s leading children’s book illustrator will be housed, and available to researchers, at UConn
Class Notes
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Tom’s Trivia
Online only this issue!
UConn in the Media
On the Boston Red Sox, Kanye West, seaweed, and more
Thank You!
UConn Gives raised a quarter of a million in 36 hours!
Gold Stars
A time-lapse video of the stars over Wilbur Cross
Hidden UConn Quiz
Test Your Storrs Savvy: What and Where are These 27 Treasures and Oddities
Skating Rink
Students and local residents skate at UConn’s outdoor ice rink in the spring of 1976.
Letters – Spring 2018
Alums got in touch about birding and tweeting, UConn Hartford and urbanity, Dee Rowe, Erik Hines, and more.
Tom’s Trivia
See if you know as much as King of UConn Trivia and University Deputy Spokesperson Tom Breen ’00 (CLAS).
Class Notes
Keeping up with the classmates…
Tom’s Trivia
See if you know as much as King of UConn Trivia and University Deputy Spokesperson Tom Breen ’00 (CLAS).
UConn in the Media
UConn in the media, Fall 2017.
Letters – Fall 2017
Much of the Summer 2017 issue’s mail either lauded the UConn Health doctor seeking a cure for the rare GSD disease or lambasted us for the headline “In Russia, you simply couldn’t be a writer if you were Jewish.” See Litman’s response, along with a sampling of other letters we received.
Class Notes
Share your News with UConn Magazine, Fall 2017.
Jonathan’s New Vets are Married Alums
Story from UConn Today Off Campus Jonathan’s New Vets are Married Alums It’s a beautiful summer morning, and Jonathan XIV is oblivious to his status as the furry standard-bearer of UConn school spirit. Mostly, he wants to explore the many new sights, sounds, and smells of Fenton River Veterinary Hospital and to nudge his suede-smooth […]
UConn Stamford Opens Dorms
UConn Stamford’s first residence hall will bring on-campus housing to 300 students annually.
UConn Class of 2021
The Class of 2021 is breaking records academically and physically.
Staying in College to Help Others Graduate
This education professor is on a mission to help black men graduate — and succeed.
UConn: The Heart of Hartford
Restoring the grand Hartford Times building is just the beginning of what having UConn in downtown Hartford will do for the city.
Tom’s Trivia
See if you know as much as King of UConn Trivia and University Deputy Spokesperson Tom Breen ’00 (CLAS).
UConn in the Media
UConn in the media, Summer 2017
Caps and Gowns Now in UConn Blue (Almost)
Remember This? Caps and Gowns Now in UConn Blue (Almost) The traditional black robes in use since the University started using caps and gowns, in 1907, have been replaced with robes of navy blue. The gowns also have a “green” aspect to them, as they are made from recycled water bottles — about 23 bottles […]
PHAR 1001: Toxic Chemicals and Health
This UConn professor teaches his students that “everything is toxic.”
Class Notes
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