University of Connecticut

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…

Students haven’t even been back on campus a week and already the school is taking action against some who aren’t practicing social distancing.

Two University of Connecticut students moving into residence halls on campus for this semester have tested positive for coronavirus. Every student who moved in this weekend was tested for COVID-19 as soon as they arrived. School officials said two students tested positive for coronavirus and they have conducted a total of 1,386 student tests as of Sunday morning. “Given the…

About 5,500 UConn students are moving in to their dorms two weeks before the start of classes to get tested for coronavirus and self-quarantine.

Students returned to the University of Connecticut Friday and many are returning for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic forced the closure of campus in March. Others are moving in to start a college journey that will look very different from what classes before them experienced.   Around 5,500 students are moving onto the Storrs campus over this weekend…

Things are very different during move-in day for the 5,500 students moving into the storrs campus over this weekend.

Uconn students move in for their first semester back since the COVID-19 outbreak.

The University of Connecticut has received a $10 million grant and has announced a new research center, UConn officials and Gov. Ned Lamont announced Monday morning. The governor also announced during the news conference that Dr. Anthony Fauci will take part in the briefing he holds this afternoon. Fauci is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious…

UConn students held a protest on the steps of the state capitol calling for the UConn Police Department to be defunded.