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.

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The New Reparations Math

Professor of public policy Thomas Craemer realized that the typical calculations concerning slavery reparations in this country simply did not add up. So he did some new math.

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Dancing on a Sunday? Don’t Do That!

Mike Chase ’11 JD, author of the wildly popular @CrimeADay Twitter account, treats UConn Nation to exclusive diabolical drawings and criminally funny ruminatings.

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If a Tree Blooms...

Did you miss spring on campus? Here’s a dose.

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Where the Wild Things Are

Jonathan XIV has Homer Babbidge Library all to himself.

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Light Years Away

Each semester Stephen Stifano asks his COMM 1000 students to encapsulate their UConn experience in a photo worth, well, you know.

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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.

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Letters

Your feedback on our Spring issue.

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Abby Beissinger, Plant Detective

Farmers and gardeners bring, mail, and post samples of their sick plants to Beissinger who often drills down to a cellular level to make a diagnosis.

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Oct. 15, 1969, Student Protest Against the Vietnam War

Connecticut Daily Campus photographer Howard Goldbaum ’70 (CLAS) snapped throughout the day.

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Summer Smoothies

Green, berry, peanut butter? Home recipes for these whole-food smoothies that will be served at the Student Rec Center.

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In the Media

Profs weigh in on new ways to teach, meet, age, get creative, and more.

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Si Se Puede

This extraordinary class of seniors (and near-seniors) had already weathered a number of major storms before the pandemic hit.

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The Art of Flotsam and Jetsam

Elizabeth Ellenwood ’20 MFA, a recent Fulbright recipient, turns beachcombing into advocate art.

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On the March

Senior staff editor for The New York Times opinion section Alexandra March ’10 (CLAS) penned her first opinion piece for the paper about being pregnant in a pandemic.

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Staying Well

Staying well means staying on the move — even when you’re stuck at home, says exercise guru Emily Abbate ’10 (CLAS).

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Local Hero

Louis Goffinet ’17 (CLAS) offered in a Facebook post to shop for elderly neighbors. Two months later he was still shopping, and overseeing a $30,000 Neighbors Grocery Fund.

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In Fashion

Ahmed Diakhate ’23 (BUS) created and donated 250 face masks to frontline health care workers.

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Married to the Arts, Engineering — and Each Other

Long before a new institute at UConn bore their name, Donna Samson ’84 (SFA) and John Krenicki ’84 (ENG) were juniors living in McMahon Hall.

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Baptism by Fire

“I’m not just learning how to be a good nurse, but how to be a good nurse in the middle of a pandemic,” says Mia Hrabcsak ’19 (NUR).

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Tom's Trivia, Summer 2020

See if you know as much as King of UConn Trivia Tom Breen ’00 (CLAS).

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Class Notes, Summer 2020

Keep up with your classmates. Share your news with us!

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