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Tyler Reese '13 (CLAS), left, and Spencer Reese '13 (SFA). (Max Sinton '15 (CANR)/UConn Photo)

Class of 2013: Spencer Reese, Future Opera Stage Director, and Tyler Reese, Future Businessman

Twins Spencer Reese '13 (SFA) and Tyler Reese '13 (CLAS) followed separate paths to academic achievement, one as a music major, the other in math.

One Second Every Day – UConn Student

UConn student Matthew Hodgkins '13 (CLAS) recorded one second of video every day for the last semester of his senior year.

Kyle Hope and Brian Osborn

Class of 2013: Kyle Hope and Brian Osborn, Future International Engineers

Kyle Hope '13 (ENG & CLAS) and Brian Osborn '13 (ENG & CLAS) spent a year studying and working in Germany as part of UConn's Eurotech program.

Darren Luon '11 (PHR), '13 Pharm.D. on Feb. 26, 2013. (UConn Photo)

Class of 2013: Darren Luon, Future Pharmacist

Motivated by the illness of a family member, Darren Luon '13 Pharm.D. is looking forward to a career as a pharmacist and perhaps one day as a pharmacy professor.

Mairead Hynes (Photo courtesy of Mairead Hynes)

Class of 2013: Mairead Hynes, Future History Professor

For her Honors thesis, Mairead Hynes '13 (CLAS) read letters archived at Oxford University from WWII-era Prime Ministers Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill.

The WHUS crew, (l to r) Josh Baron'13 (CLAS), John Ponziani '13 (CLAS), and Spencer Warshaue '14 (ENG) prepare to broadcast a basketball game at the XL Center in Hartford. (Ken Best/UConn Photo)

Student Radio Has Its Team Covering the Husky Teams

WHUS sports directors Andrew Callahan '13 (CLAS) and Chris Jones '13 (CLAS) have been working to improve WHUS sports coverage.

From left, Emily Funk '13 (CLAS), Anna Green '13 (CLAS), Jennifer Bento, a Ph.D. candidate in the polymer program in the Institute of Materials Science, and Tyler Reese '13 (CLAS), in the Wilbur Cross Building. (Ariel Dowski '14 (CLAS)/UConn Photo)

Four UConn Students Selected as National Science Foundation Fellows

Three seniors and a second-year graduate student have been awarded 2013 Graduate Research Fellowships by the NSF for work in the STEM disciplines.

Francelia Butler in her office at UConn sometime in the mid-1980s.(Photo courtesy of Francelia Butler Papers, University Archives & Special Collections)

From ‘Kiddie Lit’ to Children’s Literature: The Autobiography of Francelia Butler

The autobiography of Butler, who initiated the serious study of children's literature at UConn, is being published posthumously this month.

Frank Cervo '13 (CLAS) on April 8, 2013. (Ariel Dowski/UConn Photo)

Class of 2013: Frank Cervo, Future Environmentalist

For Frank Cervo '13 (CLAS), field research in Costa Rica shaped his future goals: to earn a Ph.D. in environmental science and help improve the environment.

Ragini Phansalkar (CLAS & ENGR ’14) dual-degree student majoring in computer science and biology with Nicholas Gallo (CLAS ’14) majoring in physiology and neurobiology with minors in mathematics and molecular and cell biology on April 8, 2013. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Science Students Win National Goldwater Scholarship, Honorable Mention

Ragini Phansalkar '14 (CLAS & ENG) has won a national Goldwater Scholarship, and Nicholas Gallo '14 (CLAS) earned an honorable mention for the prize.