Alima celebrates 10 years at Uconn
On Sunday Nov. 17, the Alima International Dance Association celebrated their 10 years at the University of Connecticut during their Annual Fall Showcase benefitting the Sexual Assault Crisis Center of Eastern...
Escribe España: Lessons Learned
With a mere 21 days to go, I have been thinking a lot about what I have learned during my time abroad. Don’t worry Mom and Dad, I have learned a LOT of español (after all, that’s what I’m here for) but there h...
Students celebrate Benton Museum at First Thursday
By Grace McFadden
Despite the rain, students gathered at The William Benton Museum of Art last Thursday, Nov. 7 to celebrate the museum at their monthly First Thursday event. This month’s First Thursday...
How UConn promotes safer-sex on campus
By Sophia Scorziello
For 15 years, the University of Connecticut’s Student Health and Wellness has employed a peer education group known as the Sexperts to provide evidence-based sexual health and safet...
Escribe España: All in good time
I can’t believe I’m saying this: I come home next month. When I arrived here, time seemed to stop as I adapted to the culture around me and absorbed the history that Salamanca has had to offer—but time ha...
Phony Ppl fills Mischief After Dark with funky R&B vibes
On Saturday, October 19, UConn welcomed the Brooklyn-based R&B group Phony Ppl as part of WHUS's annual fall concert Mischief After Dark.
Held in the Student Union Ballroom, the night kicked off with pe...
Students rally for reproductive justice
On Saturday, Oct. 26, UConn students and Mansfield community members held a rally outside the Rome Ballroom to protest a fundraiser for Caring Families Pregnancy Services. Caring Families, a pro-choice nonprofit group, is best known for their MobileCare van, a crisis pregnancy center often seen parked on Fairfield Way.
Former Congressman now advocates mental health and addiction recovery
By Klaudia Sokolowski
On the evening of Wednesday October 2, 2019, the audience in the Thomas J. Dodd auditorium listened intently as former Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy expressed his view on mental ...
UConn refuses to remain silent amidst racism on campus
By Sophia Scorziello
Tareonna Alger-Rodriguez, a UConn freshman, stood in front of the Student Union holding a hand-painted sign: “It’s not just an incident. It’s an institution,” it read. A student sta...
Escribe España: The sky’s the limit
Hola Huskies! The weeks here in Salamanca are flying by and less than 50 days from now I will be back at UConn Nation. While I am ecstatic to come home, I have taken great care in capturing the experiences tha...