University of Connecticut

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.

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

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…

A group of UConn students is doing contact tracing work in the state, calling those who have recently tested positive for COVID-19.

A conservative commentator giving a speech at the University of Connecticut was arrested Tuesday after a fight broke out at a speech titled, “It’s OK To Be White.”

A conservative commentator giving a speech at the University of Connecticut was arrested Tuesday after a fight broke out at a speech titled, “It’s OK To Be White.”

The University of Connecticut is investigating after multiple reports of anti-Semitic incidents on the Storrs campus. Officials said the incidents happened in residence halls on South Campus and included vandalism to photos of a menorah and a kinara in one and there was disturbing language written on the whiteboard of another. “These recent reports were all acts of physical damage…

The University of Connecticut has agreed to pay a total of just under $250,000 to seven female employees after the U.S. Labor Department found the school had been paying higher salaries to their male counterparts. UConn has agreed to pay a total of $249,539 to two law professors and five women who hold the title of Specialist IA and Specialist…

A student in quarantine at UConn Storrs spoke with NBC Connecticut about his experience.

More students who live in a residence hall at the University of Connecticut that was placed under medical quarantine yesterday have tested positive for COVID-19. School officials said the school currently has 56 positive and/or suspected cases of coronavirus on campus. That number includes seven new positive cases since yesterday, five of whom were already in medical quarantine, they added….

A residence hall at the University of Connecticut has been placed under medical quarantine starting on Saturday after multiple new cases of coronavirus in the building. School officials said the school currently has 51 positive and/or suspected cases of coronavirus on campus. That number includes 12 new positive cases since yesterday, six of whom were already in medical quarantine, they…

A residence hall at the University of Connecticut has been placed under medical quarantine starting on Saturday after multiple new cases of coronavirus in the building.

When a group of Mansfield residents learned that more than 700 University of Connecticut students were placed under quarantine in an off-campus apartment complex, they wanted to know how they could help. “These students are young adults. They are away from home, sometimes for the first time,” said Heather Evans, who lives near campus. “A lot of them are physically…

After tracking a cluster of COVID-19 cases to an off-campus apartment building in Mansfield, UConn is requiring more than 700 students to quarantine as a precaution.

There are 13 new cases of coronavirus reported among on-campus and commuter students at the University of Connecticut on Saturday. School officials said there are now 71 current positive or suspected on-campus cases and 35 off-campus (commuter student) positives. The school said this includes six new on-campus positive cases and seven new off-campus positive cases since yesterday. In total, the…

Tens of thousands of University of Connecticut students returned to classes Monday wearing masks and taking other safety precautions, kicking off the fall semester in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. “We just have to get adjusted. This is how it is going to be in this age,” said Mason Holland, a sophomore student from New Jersey. “It is going…

Students at UConn are adapting to a new college environment, with some returning to in-person classes while others face a mandatory quarantine.

Classes haven’t even started yet at many New England colleges, but already problems are starting to crop up on local campuses as students fail to abide by restrictions put in place by administrators as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Schools in Boston and throughout the region have seemed to fare better than many in other parts of U.S.,...

There are an additional five cases of COVID-19 at the University of Connecticut. UConn tested all students returning to live on campus and said 17 on-campus students have had positive COVID-19 tests. The university said all five students with the new positive tests were identified as being at increased risk because of prior potential exposure. Three cases were connected to…