Alumni
10 Questions With 3rd-Year Teacher: Valuing Diversity in the Classroom
Aryliz (Crespo) Estrela ’16 (ED), ’17 MA is now in the midst of her third year of teaching after having completed the Neag School’s five-year Integrated Bachelor’s/Master’s Program in 2017. Looking back, she shares some sage advice about what she learned during her first year in the classroom — one that she sums up in three words: “Fun. Insightful. Courageous.”
Jess Kelly Wants Women to Run
As the centennnial of the 19th Amendment approaches, Jessica Kelly '08 (CLAS) is chief of staff at Running Start, a Washington, D.C. nonprofit that trains young women to run for public office.
Pedal to the Metal: New DMV Leader Accelerating the Process
Bongi Magubane ’76 is determined to fix the Connecticut DMV.
The Legends of North Campus
For decades at UConn, if you asked directions to the North Campus dormitories, you would most likely be met with a puzzled expression.
300,000 Ways to Do Time with a Federal Crime
Mike Chase '11 JD details on Twitter and a new book some of the more ridiculous ways to run afoul of the law.
Neag School Holds Annual Scholarship Awards Celebration
The Neag School community honored more than 150 Neag School student scholarship recipients last month at the School’s Annual Scholarship Awards Celebration, many of whom attended the celebratory luncheon in Rome Commons Ballroom with their family and friends.
Alumni Celebrate the UConn Experience
Hundreds of alumni came out to the Pratt & Whitney Hangar Museum in East Hartford to celebrate the UConn experience.
‘Day-Glo and Napalm’ Exhibition Looks Back at UConn Activism
An exhibit on display at the Dodd Center looks back on the turbulent years of Vietnam-era protest at UConn.
$5M Gift Launches Arts and Engineering Institute
University of Connecticut alumni John and Donna Krenicki gave $5 million to the university’s Schools of Fine Arts and Engineering to launch the Krenicki Arts and Engineering Institute.
Advice From Top CEO: Push Yourself Outside Your Comfort Zone
As one of 24 women CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, alumna Mary Laschinger has earned a spot few women have achieved in the field of business. How she became successful, in her own words.