UConn Voices
UConn Hosts Chinese Food Delegation
Master chefs visiting from China worked side-by-side with UConn chefs to create the dishes for Dining Services' first Chinese New Year banquet.
February 13, 2019 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
LGBTQ Teens Face High Rate of Weight-Based Bullying
As many as 44 percent of LGBTQ teens report weight-based bullying from both peers and family members, says a new UConn study.
February 7, 2019 | Combined Reports
No, Kanye, That’s Not How It Happened
Manisha Sinha’s history lessons tell the truth about slavery in the United States.
January 24, 2019 | Christine Buckley
Health Disparities Damage Men and Boys of Color and CT’s Economy
Commenting on a recently published report by the Health Disparities Institute at UConn Health, its director says addressing health equity is not just a matter of social justice but, for Connecticut, may be a matter of economic survival.
January 14, 2019 | Kim Krieger
Kwanzaa Celebrates African-American Community, Milestone
This year's annual celebration on Dec. 7 was also one of many events commemorating the 50th anniversary of the African American Cultural Center at UConn.
December 12, 2018 | Lucas Voghell '20 (CLAS)
When a UConn Fraternity Stood Up To Segregation
Tom Breen of UConn360 podcast recounts an incident in UConn history that played a significant role nationally.
December 6, 2018 | Tom Breen
Op-ed: Maryland Coach’s Firing Won’t Solve College Football’s Deepest Problems
Black male student-athletes are primarily valued as athletic gladiators, but not as students deserving of support for their overall well-being, write professors from UConn and Ursinus College.
November 2, 2018 | Joseph Cooper, Neag School of Education, and Jasmine Harris, Ursinus College
CLAS to Offer New Major in Arabic and Islamic Civilizations
'We want to shatter the binaries of East and West,' says Nicola Carpentieri, director of the new Arabic and Islamic Cilivilizations program.
October 4, 2018 | Christine Buckley
Learning to Be Latino
Sociologist Daisy Reyes discusses her new book on what it means to be Latino in college.
October 2, 2018 | Emma Whitford, Inside Higher Education
New Director of Undergraduate Admissions Named
Formerly of Ohio State, Vern Granger has a record of worldwide outreach and an emphasis on diversity and accessibility.
September 20, 2018 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications