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President Susan Herbst will step down in summer 2019, after eight years as president of the University of Connecticut. (Peter Morenus/UConn File Photo)

Herbst to Step Down as President in Summer 2019

Herbst is the 15th president of the University, and the first woman to hold the position since the school was founded in 1881. Read more.

Alex Schachter practically lived in a UConn sweatshirt. (Photo courtesy of the Schachter Family)

UConn Scholarship To Honor Parkland School Shooting Victim

Fourteen-year-old Alex Schachter hoped one day to play in the University's Marching Band. The University offered him admission posthumously. Read more.

The skyline of lower Manhattan in New York City seen on May 9, 2018 from Weehawken, New Jersey. (Photo by Kena Betancur/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images)

Op-ed: Would a Long Island Sound Tunnel Help Revive Connecticut’s Failing Economy?

Finance professor Fed Carstensen suggests that a tunnel under the Sound could benefit both Long Island residents and the Connecticut economy, and pay for itself over time. Read more.

Small bronze plaques in memory of victims of the Holocaust are seen between the paving stones of the Jewish Ghetto in Rome, Italy. The Roman Jewish Ghetto was originally established by Pope Paul IV in July 1555 as a walled quarter with its gates locked at night and survived until the walls were torn down in September 1870 when it the neighborhood remained the heart of the city's Jewish community. In October 1943 the Holocaust reached Rome when German Nazi troops entered the area and deported over 2,000 Jews, of which only about 100 survived the war. The quarter today is a bustling neighborhood famous for its ethnic Jewish food and restaurants. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)

Op-ed: We Need to Rethink How to Teach the Holocaust

Twenty-two percent of millennials have not heard of, or are not sure if they have heard of the Holocaust. Why this matters. Read more.

A protester holding a placard saying 'We The People' in front of the U.S. Capitol Building. (Getty Images)

Better Understanding of Government Would Benefit Nation

UConn political scientist Brian Waddell says partisan battles about the proper role of government are based on a lack of understanding of what American Government actually does. Read more.

Richard A. Robinson '79 (CLAS) has been appointed as the next chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court. Here he is pictured as a speaker on a panel at UConn Law in 2016. (Spencer Sloan for UConn)

UConn Alum Named State’s First African-American Chief Justice

'Make sure that your reach exceeds your grasp,' Richard A. Robinson '79 (CLAS), once advised students. Read more.

Kelly Pfeiffer ’18 (CLAS) examines aquaponic lettuce growing in a greenhouse at the Spring Valley Student Farm on April 27, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Growing with Aquaponics at UConn

A new student-led aquaponics system at the Spring Valley Farm is proving fertile ground for research and interdisciplinary projects in addition to fresh produce. Read more.