Tag: uconn life
UConn’s COVID Re-Entry Tests Successful
UConn’s multi-step COVID-19 testing process prevented the introduction of 76 positive cases into the student body as undergrads returned to residence halls last weekend for the spring semester.
January 19, 2021 | Stephanie Reitz
Brave Space: Shardé Davis and Mason Holland
In the summer of 2020, UConn students made a pointed observation: the University had no single course devoted to the epidemic of anti-Black racism in the U.S.
January 18, 2021 | Stephanie Reitz
Business Professor Wins $2.5 Million Fantasy Football Jackpot Using the Concepts He Teaches Students
For David Bergman, applying his knowledge and skills to the "cool math problem" of fantasy football has paid off - literally.
January 14, 2021 | Stephanie Reitz
COVID Wastewater Testing Continuing this Spring – with an Absorbent New Twist
After a successful launch for the program in the fall, UConn's MARS lab will ramp up its wastewater surveillance testing to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
January 6, 2021 | Stephanie Reitz
2020: UConn’s Year in Photos
Looking back on an unforgettable year that many of us would like to forget.
December 30, 2020 | Stephanie Reitz
Scholarship ‘Releases Stress’ on First-Generation UConn Student
Cristal Arguello says her scholarship enables her to pursue important research without worrying about how to make ends meet.
December 18, 2020 | Grace Merritt, UConn Foundation
Hawley Armory, Named For a Military Typhoid Fever Victim, Now Home To COVID-19 Testing
Hawley Armory's newest use as a site for on-campus employee COVID-19 testing brings the history of the building back full circle to its namesake -- Willis N. Hawley.
December 17, 2020 | Stephanie Reitz
UConn Waterbury Is the Place For Life-Long Learning
The OLLI program at UConn Waterbury, which offers courses on everything from English literature to gardening, has not been slowed down by the COVID-19 pandemic.
December 7, 2020 | Stephanie Reitz
Home for the Holidays
This year, many of us can only be together in spirit – but that spirit is strong. UConn Pride brings us together, wherever we happen to be.
December 3, 2020 | Stephanie Reitz
A Thanksgiving Treat
Happy Thanksgiving, UConn Nation! UConn Dairy Bar's popular turkey dinner ice cream pie is a deliciously unique way to cap off a Thanksgiving meal.
November 26, 2020 | UConn Communications