UConn Firsts
UConn Firsts: The First Brick Building on Campus
Thanks to the efforts of President Rufus Stimson, Storrs Hall was built as the first brick building on campus
UConn Firsts: First National Championship
The 1948 UConn men’s soccer team won the first national championship in school history in any sport
UConn Firsts: First Student Newspaper
Initially published in broadsheet format on a monthly basis, the Storrs Agricultural College Lookout debuted on on May 11, 1896
UConn Firsts: The First Concert at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts
It was Dec. 6, 1955, and what was then called Jorgensen Auditorium, a dream 15 years in the making, was finally a reality
