Author Charlie Smart

Listen to the story below.   What was once a petition has turned into a thank you note. Subway, the prominent sandwich chain, announced Thursday that they plan to phase out the use of meat rai...

By Charlie Smart U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Al Franken, D-Minn., introduced a bill Thursday to promote and fund the production and use of free “open-source” textbooks that could save money for stude...

Listen to the story below.   By Alyssa Hughes This Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced Dorthy C. Goodwin elementary school was among 334 other schools selected as the 2015...

Listen to the story below.   By Alyssa Hughes This Thursday, the University of Connecticut’s African American Cultural Center held a vigil of remembrance for the victims of the Charleston chur...

Listen to the story below.   By Jackie Filson The University of Connecticut Undergraduate Student Government passed a statement of position Wednesday night in opposition to two congressional b...

Listen to the story below.   By Charlie Smart Residential mailrooms at the University of Connecticut are backed up with a high volume of unsorted packages. Freshman Evenson Andre said Monda...

Listen to the story here.   By Charlie Smart A new report from the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington shows high rates of work-related illness in Connecticut. “We found t...