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An employee with the University of Connecticut police department was arrested for allegedly stalking and harassing other employees, according to the state’s Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ). The DCJ said 55-year-old Tammi Zavickas, a 14-year employee with the university, was arrested on a warrant with second degree stalking and second degree harassment charges. An investigation into the incident showed...

UConn coach Geno Auriemma says he would rather still be coaching against the late Pat Summitt than moving past her on the all-time wins list. The Huskies routed Butler 103-35 on Tuesday, giving Auriemma his 1,099th win. The victory leaves him just behind Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer (1,105) and gives him one more than his former rival, Summitt, who died in…

COVID-19 testing of UConn students returning to campus for the spring semester has found 76 positive cases, according to the university. Students who live on campus in Storrs and Stamford were required to get a test at home between Jan. 10-13 and even with a negative test, were required to be tested again this past weekend during the move-in process….

A total of 76 students tested positive in two rounds of COVID-19 testing the school required before those students could return to their on-campus dorms.

Another UConn men’s basketball game has been postponed due to COVID-19. The Big East announced the Huskies’ game scheduled for Wednesday against Xavier is now on hold due to COVID-19 issues within the Xavier program. No makeup date has been announced. This is the eighth game postponed for the UConn men over COVID-19 concerns.

For UConn students arriving on the Storrs campus Saturday, among the things to check off the move-in list was getting a required COVID-19 test. “It was pretty fast. It was very organized,” said Chanel Johnson, a UConn sophomore. Before returning to campus, students needed to test negative. And then after a second test once on campus, they must quarantine here…

The University of Connecticut is gearing up for a new semester with similar safety measures put in place last year.

UConn guard James Bouknight will be out indefinitely after having surgery on his left elbow, the school said Wednesday. The school had earlier said the sophomore hyperextended his left while diving for a loose ball in the first half of the Huskies’ win at Marquette on Jan. 5. He came back into the game, but has missed UConn’s last two…

Colleges and universities in Connecticut are preparing to welcome students back. After an extended winter break, some students across the state will begin returning to campuses as early as this weekend. The return to campus comes at a difficult time in the pandemic, both in Connecticut and across the country. Connecticut’s COVID-19 test positivity rate came in at 6.23% Wednesday,…

The spring semester is just around the corner for several colleges and universities here in our state, as COVID-19 remains a concern.

Geno Auriemma is used to having marquee nonconference matchups to test his UConn Huskies during the regular season. That hasn’t happened this season, as the Huskies haven’t played a ranked team outside the Big East Conference because of the coronavirus pandemic. UConn had games scheduled early on against No. 2 Louisville and then-No. 6 Mississippi State, but those were wiped…

The UConn women’s basketball team’s game against Villanova scheduled for Saturday has been postponed. Villanova has paused its basketball activities due to COVID-19 issues within the program. No makeup date has been announced. Villanova announced last week that it was postponing the men’s basketball game against UConn originally scheduled for this Friday due to ongoing COVID-19 issues as...

The UConn School of Pharmacy has developed a program for pharmacist to become certified as vaccinators for the COVID-19 vaccine. It was a special moment at St. Francis Hospital as both Dr. Reginald Eadie and Dr. Syed Hussain obtained their second doses of their COVID-19 vaccines. This time was a bit different than the first, as the vaccine was administered…

UConn’s School of Pharmacy works to train and certify more people to help administer the COVID vaccine.

Former University of Connecticut men’s basketball coach Dee Rowe has passed away at the age of 91, according to the school. In a tweet, UConn said Rowe was the school’s iconic Athletics and Institutional Ambassador for the past 53 years. Rowe was also the head coach of men’s basketball at UConn and directed the program for eight years, winning 120…

Freshman Paige Bueckers scored 23 points and No. 3 UConn overcame a sluggish start to rout Providence 87-50 on Saturday and give coach Geno Auriemma his 1,098th win, tying the late Tennessee coach Pat Summitt for the second-most wins in Division I women’s basketball history. Aubrey Griffin added a season-high 18 points and pulled down nine rebounds off the bench…

The UConn men’s basketball team’s matchup with Villanova scheduled for next Friday has been postponed due to ongoing COVID-19 issues with the Wildcats. The game was scheduled to be played at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs. No makeup date has been announced, according to the Big East Conference. Villanova paused all basketball activities on Monday and will not complete its...

The UConn Men’s Hockey program has suspended team activities after a member tested positive for COVID-19. Team activities are on hold until the contact tracing investigation and more testing can be completed. The games against Northeastern on Thursday, January 7 and Saturday, January 9 have been postponed. No other details were immediately available.

The UConn women’s basketball game that was planned for next Wednesday at Xavier has been postponed after Xavier paused team activities due to contact tracing. A statement on the UConn athletics website says the game scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 13 at Xavier has been postponed and a makeup date will be announced later. UConn’s next game is scheduled for...

Tyler Polley made five 3-pointers and scored 23 points in the second half to help UConn pull away and beat Marquette 65-54 on Tuesday night. Marquette wore black uniforms in support of Jacob Blake, his family and the Kenosha County community. Blake was shot seven times in the back by a Kenosha police officer on Aug. 23. The county district…