The University of Connecticut will be reimbursing more than 12,000 UConn students who cannot access their housing and dining options because of the pandemic, the university announced Wednesday. The school’s board of trustees voted to authorize pro-rated reimbursements since the pandemic has forced the closure of much of campus and the residence halls. “It certainly is consistent with our values…

UConn has not called of graduation events in more than 100 years.

The University of Connecticut is the latest school to move to an online-only format amid concerns about the spreading coronavirus. The school will move to online class instruction starting Monday, March 23. This applies to classes at the Storrs campus, regional campuses and the School of Law. UConn Health will be issuing separate guidance to its students, faculty and staff….

Colleges and universities can profit off the name, image, or likeness (NIL) of a student-athlete and some say it’s not fair that students can’t do the same. For years, the NCAA has been debating whether to allow student-athletes to receive paid endorsements. Now it’s a question facing Connecticut lawmakers. “The only reason that the NCAA is considering taking action...

The University of Connecticut is cancelling all school-sponsored travel to Italy after new guidance was released by the federal Centers for Disease Control about the Coronavirus on Friday night. School officials said all official travel to Italy has been cancelled and all study abroad participants there must return home to the United States as soon as possible. UConn currently has…

Students at UConn can now earn a degree in American Sign Language.

The deaths of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna came as a harsh blow to the UConn Women’s Basketball program, and at their game Monday night, the team set out to honor the young girl who, according to her father, was “hellbent” on going to UConn one day.

The University of Connecticut women’s basketball team is mourning the loss of Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter after they died in a plane crash in California on Sunday. Bryant and his daughter Gianna were among nine people killed in the crash. UConn women’s basketball tweeted a picture of the two on Sunday and expressed how much they meant...

A University of Connecticut junior has died after being pulled from a lake on the school’s Storrs campus on Monday. Officials said UConn police and fire departments responded to a report of a medical emergency at Mirror Lake in the afternoon. When crews arrived, they found a female student, later identified as 19-year-old Tianyin Shang, of China, and removed...

A University of Connecticut junior has died after being pulled from a lake on the school’s Storrs campus on Monday. Counselors are available on Tuesday.

A UConn student who was pulled from Mirror Lake on Monday has died, according to the university.

The University of Connecticut, one of many public research schools across the country facing lower government funding, released a report Tuesday saying it generates about $5.3 billion for the state of Connecticut each year. The internal economic impact study looked at everything from the jobs and new businesses spawned by the school’s research, to the medical care provided at UConn…

A young woman from Pomfret is the first University of Connecticut student to become a Rhodes Scholar.

The University of Connecticut’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously Wednesday to approve a five-year tuition plan that will increase the cost of going to school there, once again, this coming school year. University leaders cited “protecting the academic quality” of the school as one of the main reasons for the increase. In Fall 2020, in-state students will pay about $31,000…

The University of Connecticut is proposing a tuition increase.

The University of Connecticut offered on Thursday a sneak peek of a year’s worth of research on our state’s crumbling concrete crisis.

Rich Pawulski is one of the four people who contracted the mosquito-borne Eastern Equine Encephalitis, or EEE, during this unprecedented summer season. Three of those patients died. Prior to 2019, the only human EEE fatality was a single case in 2013.

The Dining Services employees at the University of Connecticut get a chance to show off their true culinary prowess at a competition each year.

One of the two UConn students accused of yelling racial slurs on campus last month is due in court on Wednesday.

One of the two UConn students accused of yelling racial slurs on campus earlier this month was in court on Wednesday and had his case continued.