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UConn women’s basketball superstar Paige Bueckers will miss the entire 2022-23 season after tearing her ACL on Monday, the school announced.

UConn legend Sue Bird took the court Thursday at Mohegan Sun for her final regular season game in Connecticut.

One of the greatest WNBA players of all time hit the court in Connecticut one last time. Fans from all over came to watch Sue Bird play at Mohegan Sun Arena and to wish her well in her final season. “Just to honor her and her legacy here in Connecticut and her legacy in the WNBA and her legacy as…

From Seattle to Connecticut, three UConn medical students just rolled back into the state after a very trying cross country journey.

From Seattle to Connecticut, three University of Connecticut medical students just rolled back into the state after a very trying cross country journey. UConn medical students Brian Legato, Dustin Moore and Julia Neri started their ride to raise money for the Hole in the Wall Gang camp on June 6, traveling from Washington state back to Connecticut. They said it…

Two UConn students are making improvements to a well-traveled path, applying what they’ve learned in the classroom to a community in need.

If you like to walk or bike Connecticut’s trails, your travels make have taken you through a dark tunnel in Bolton. However, two UConn students are working to brighten it up. Lacking inside the 800-foot tunnel on the Hop River Trail is light. The trail spans 20 miles, making up part of the 3,000-mile East Coast Greenway. “I’m a...

If you like to walk or bike Connecticut’s trails, your travels make have taken you through a tunnel in Bolton. However, two UConn students are working to brighten it up.

An assistant professor of business at the University of Connecticut has been awarded $736,000 after charging in a 2011 whistleblower lawsuit that he had been fired for complaining about mismanagement at the school. Luke Weinstein will get $736,000 plus attorneys’ fees and expenses and will get his job back under the terms of Superior Court Judge Susan Peck’s June 30…

One month from today, UConn swimmers will be racing through the choppy waters of Long Island Sound. On Aug. 6, six athletes will swim over 15 miles across the Sound to raise money for the St. Vincent’s Cancer Foundation. David Datz, Brian Egan, Brendon Egan, Kiernan Jennings, Jonathan and Anthony are all getting ready for what lies beneath the dark...

One month from Wednesday, swimmers from the UConn men’s swim team will be racing through the choppy waters of the Long Island Sound to raise money for the St. Vincent’s Cancer Foundation.

Can making unhealthy drinks like soda cost more through added taxes, and adding subsidies for healthy items like fruits and vegetables, help improve the health of a population? That question is what UConn researchers are trying to answer.

UConn announced Monday it has launched several new initiatives designed to help its athletes profit from the use of their name image and likeness. The players will receive support from the school’s new “Championship Labs,” part of the Werth Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, which will help the students create a personal branding plan and mentor them in implementing...

UConn’s athletic department self-reported 15 minor NCAA violations in 2021, including a women’s basketball player accepting cash from fans. The violations were first reported Tuesday by Hearst Connecticut Media, which obtained details of them through a Freedom of Information Act request. They included four violations by the women’s basketball program, three by the football program, and one each in men’s...

A new social work program at the University of Connecticut is putting students on track to serve Latinx families. It gives undergraduate students hands-on training with the Department of Children and Families, and trains them to become bilingual social workers. Virgen Guardarrama was one of the first two students to graduate from the program at UConn’s School of Social...

A new social work program at the University of Connecticut is putting students on track to serve Latinx families.

During a month when we are celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander heritage, we are also recognizing mental health awareness. A project between the University of Connecticut and the group #IAmNotAVirus focuses on both. The two organizations teamed up to create a mental wellness activity book for Asian Americans. “This is really addressing an emergent crisis during the first wave of…

UConn Associate Professor Dr. Jason Chang spoke to NBC Connecticut’s Jane Caffrey about the importance of supporting the Asian American community and raising mental health awareness.

The UConn women’s rowing team was supposed to be cut in 2021. It’s 2022 and they’re still rowing, because a U.S. District Court judge said they could. “The experience that they’ve had, they never signed up for,” said head coach Jen Sanford. “When they came to UConn, no one ever thought they were going to be part of a...

Legendary UConn men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun turned 80 on Tuesday. The program celebrated Calhoun’s birthday on Facebook with a list of his accomplishments in his 26 years as head coach of the Huskies. Calhoun led UConn to national championships in 1999, 2004, and 2011. He won 10 Big East regular-season titles and seven Big East Tournament titles. Calhoun began…