Arts & Culture
Let Them Play Steinways!
UConn students will not just be playing pianos, they will be playing Steinways! That’s thanks to generous donors who are purchasing Steinways with the goal of UConn joining the elite ranks of all-Steinway institutions.
UConn Voices Serenade Michelangelo’s Most Famous Painting
The Concert Choir and other UConn music groups spent nine days over Spring Break performing in the American Celebration of Music in Austria and Italy.
A Steinway School
Tour the famed Steinway & Sons piano factory to learn how UConn is becoming a "Steinway school," and what that means for the School of Fine Arts.
African Rhythms, Ideas of Sin, and the Hammond Organ: Gospel Music’s Evolution
The melding of African rhythmic ideas with Western musical ideas laid the foundation for a genre of African-American music, in particular spirituals and, later, gospel songs, writes UConn's Robert Stephens.
Band Camp
Marching Band newcomers and old guard alike have just 12 days in September to get into midseason form.
All That Jazz
Student photographer Garrett Spahn takes us to this week's 'Jazz Night at the Ballard.'
UConn Archives to House Maurice Sendak Artwork
The finished artwork for his published books and other materials created by leading children's book artist the late Maurice Sendak will be hosted and maintained at the University.
Photography Class Captures Greenhouse Effect
Students in an Intermediate Photography class photograph some of the many varied tropical plants in the Biodiversity Education and Research Greenhouses.
Exhibit Explores Racial Disparities in Public School System
“It is imperative that we utilize the power of art and history to foster a necessary dialogue for social change,” says Larry Ossei-Mensah, co-curator.
Animating Biological Concepts
Biology majors enrolling for next semester in the lab section of Biology 1107 will be among the first to benefit from a series of five instructional animations developed by students in digital media and art.