University of Connecticut students raised $1,021,485.37 this past weekend for the annual 18-hour dancing event, HuskyTHON, surpassing their one million dollar goal.
Stand-up comedian Nikki Glaser performed to over 400 people at the University of Connecticut Student Union Theatre on Friday, Feb. 2. Her event was a hit - the audience could be heard roaring with laughter for the entirety of the show.
Resident Advisors at the University of Connecticut signed an open letter at the start of the semester addressing concerns over a decision made by the university’s Residential Life office to remove a pronouns section on new door decals in residential life buildings.
PURSA (Puerto Rican Student Association) and METAS (Mentoring, Educating, and Training for Academic Success) hosted Fiestas De La Calle San Sebastian Thursday, January 25th in the Puerto Rican/Latin American Cultural Center program room.
The William Benton Museum of Art opened its doors this semester with a reception on Thursday, Jan. 25 featuring two new exhibitions celebrating University of Connecticut artwork and the artwork of a Puerto Rican artist.
In an alternative event to the anticipated speech of Ben Shapiro hosted by the University of Connecticut College Democrats Wednesday night, Nathan J. Robinson called for an honest conversation rather than a suppression of conservative views after describing Shapiro’s work as “riddled with inconsistency and intellectual dishonesty.”
The University of Connecticut College Republicans have invited Ben Shapiro, a conservative political commentator, to speak on Jan. 24 in the Rome Ballroom just a few months after the club’s last guest, Lucian Wintrich, was involved in an altercation on campus.
Over 100 University of Connecticut students and faculty marched Friday to protest the event ‘It’s Okay to Be White’ hosted by UConn’s College Republicans and to state their list of demands for the university.