UConn club DesignedBlack offers space for Black creatives
DesignedBlack was a club started by Solange Wright in response to a perceived lack of diversity in the University of Connecticut School of Fine Arts.
What’s that voice on the bus?
“CAUTION: BUS IS TURNING,” screams a mysterious female voice into the night sky. While these words are well known to UConn inhabitants, the origins are a little more technical.
Edge of Empathy- Series 1: Death Penalty Witnesses- Part 3
Welcome to the third and final part of this series on death penalty witnesses. In this episode, I interview Reverend Earl Smith, a former San Quentin Prison death row priest and current pastor for the San Fran...
Edge of Empathy- Series 1: Death Penalty Witnesses- Part 2
Welcome to the 2nd episode on the Edge of Empathy. For this 2nd part of the series on death penalty witnesses, I interview retired state prison wardens Grantt Culliver and Ron McAndrew on how they practice com...
Edge of Empathy- Series 1: Death Penalty Witnesses- Part 1
There's always something going on in our heads. The traffic accident that you gawk at on your way to work, the birds outside your window, the person on the bus vibing in front of you… What are their stories? I...
UConn Recovery Community works to make campus a better place for those with substance use disorder
The University of Connecticut Recovery Community held their monthly Recovery Ally training on Thursday, October 21st where they taught individuals how to support those recovering from addiction.
Art therapy session hosted at Rainbow Center to educate on suicide prevention
The Rainbow Center hosted a therapeutic art session at their cultural center to spread awareness of Suicide Prevention Month on Friday, October 1st. Twenty participants sat down together to paint freely.
Actress Issa Rae discusses minority representation in the media, her show “Insecure”
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On Thursday, March 18, the Student Union Board of Governors hosted a Q&A with actress, producer and writer Issa Rae, the star of the webseries “Awkward Black Girl” and the Em...
SUBOG hosts Rocket League tournament, hopes to expand esports at UConn
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Earlier in the month, the Student Union Board of Governors hosted a virtual tournament for a game called Rocket League. Several teams congregated virtually from the University of...
INCLUDE program discussion series talks of normalizing neurodiversity
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On October 9, 2020, the University of Connecticut kicked off its Neurodiversity Fall Discussion Series with an introduction from Shawn Smith, a neurodiversity initiative consulta...