Storrs

Husky Harvest, a food pantry at UConn’s main campus in Storrs, opened Monday. School officials said it will serve thousands of students who do not have a meal plan or a full cupboard. It is available to anyone with a UConn ID, but it is geared to students living off-campus who are not required to have a meal plan...

Husky Harvest, a food pantry, at UConn’s main campus in Storrs opens Monday. The school said it is for thousands of students who do now have a meal plan or a full cupboard.

Several UConn students sustained injuries after a sledding accident on the university’s Storrs campus Tuesday night. A spokesperson for the university said they were notified of a sledding collision on Horsebarn Hill at 5 p.m. It was initially reported that two students collided while sledding. Responding personnel later determined that another collision happened nearby. That accident resulted in two...

Police are investigating a carjacking on the UConn campus in Storrs Thursday night and authorities believe one of the suspects was caught after a chase through West Hartford into Hartford.   A statement the UConn Division of University Safety sent to the UConn community said there was an armed robbery and vehicle theft in a Hilltop Apartments parking lot just…

Three people are injured after a tree fell on an occupied vehicle at a plaza in Storrs on Friday night. Emergency crews were called to the College Square shortly after 11 p.m. after getting a report of a tree that had fallen and struck a vehicle. The driver and passengers were able to exit the vehicle before emergency crews arrived….

Connecticut State Police said E.O. Smith High School in Storrs was evacuated Tuesday after receiving a threat. Troop C was called to the school after they reportedly received a threat via email. As a result, troopers conducted an extensive search and evacuated the building. Officials are actively investigating the threat. No additional information was immediately available.

A student at the University of Connecticut is injured after he was struck by a vehicle at the Storrs campus early Saturday morning. UConn emergency personnel were called to the front of the University Safety Complex on North Eagleville Road shortly after 1 a.m. after getting a report of someone who had been struck by a vehicle. According to school…

The new school year is about to begin at UConn and freshmen are moving in Friday.

As students prepare to head back to class, the University of Connecticut is using advanced technology to enhance campus safety. UConn has recently launched a new app, which they say will create a safer campus community. Most college students have dozens of cell phone apps — some for entertainment, others for more practical purposes. UConn’s LiveSafe app is one that…

UConn has launched an app for students and faculty to have direct communication with campus police, and provides other safety features.

A 20-year-old Mansfield man has been arrested in connection with a bias-related incident on the UConn campus in March. UConn police arrested the suspect Thursday, according to a university spokesperson. He was charged in connection with an incident involving racist and homophobic graffiti written on walls and bulletin boards in the Busby Suites Complex on March 3, according to an…

Classes at the University of Connecticut campus in Storrs were canceled Monday because of a power outage. The school said there was a significant power outage at UConn Storrs and all Storrs-based in-person classes and all online classes were canceled for the entire day and evening on Monday. Power has been restored. Gampel Pavilion has had power and UConn said…

Brooklyn Dumpling Shop is located in Storrs.

Late Saturday night, UConn Campus Police responded to an incident at the Hilltop Apartment complex where two people were stabbed, and one person was later taken into custody. According to UConn, one of the stabbing victims and the suspect are enrolled at the University. It’s unclear if they lived in the Chien-Shiung Wu building where the incident occurred. UConn...

Two people were stabbed on the UConn campus in Storrs Saturday night. Police responded to the Hilltop Apartment complex around 11 p.m. Officers found two people who had suffered stab wounds. They were taken to Windham Hospital to be treated for superficial wounds, according to a UConn spokesperson. They have since been released. Officers quickly found a third person who…

As the cost of college continues to rise, some students are finding it harder to make ends meet. That’s contributing to the growing problem of hunger on college campuses.

President Biden visited Hartford and Storrs on Friday spending much of the day in Connecticut.

President Joe Biden is in Connecticut and stopped by the Capitol Child Development Center in Hartford to speak about his Build Back Better Agenda.

President Joe Biden has arrived in Connecticut and will visit Hartford and Storrs.