University of Connecticut News

The event was hosted by ESPN's Dan Shulman and honored three sports icons: Self, former Florida State University and Hall of Fame football coach Bobby Bowden and former University of Connecticut and Hall of Fame basketball coach Jim Calhoun.

The University of Connecticut is hosting a training session for New England educators this week on how to prepare and respond to a crisis.

The Carlee Wines 5 Mile Run/Walk is scheduled for Sunday, May 19 at Manalapan High School .

While sounds of live music and other entertainment drifted from Main Street, coming from the first Willimantic Third Thursday Street Fest of the season, huge clouds of brown smoke billowed from the nearby St.

New Fairfield native Matthew LaBanca, starring as Mr. Lyons, performs with Marisa Devetta, as Mrs.

She received her real estate sales agent's license in 1998, and has held her broker's license since 2004, according to a news release.

Central Michigan University professors were ranked as the 12th-worst in the nation in a study conducted by the Center for College Affordability and Productivity.

Professors Say They Want To Be Involved In Decisions Early On; UConn Leader Says Faculty Input Sought As Soon As Possible In the race to make the University of Connecticut more prominent and transform it into an economic engine for the state, some faculty members say their views are getting lost in the shuffle.

University of Massachusetts President Robert L. Caret ranks 59th when it comes to highest salaries earned by the nation's public university leaders.

The renovated McMahon Dining Center on the campus of the University of Connecticut has been awarded a LEED Gold certification.

In the dozen years that the landmark Hartford Times building has stood vacant, there has been only one serious proposal to redevelop the property.

A group of Magicicada septendecim cicadas are pictured in West Virginia in 2003 in this handout photo taken by a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Connecticut released on May 2, 2013.

As the legislative session heads toward a close, Connecticut citizens and legislators should question why the state provides much higher subsidized public support to students at the University of Connecticut than to those in the Connecticut State University System: Eastern, Central, Western and Southern.

KBE Building Corporation has won the Large Business of the Year Award from the Farmington Chamber of Commerce.

Any day now, cicadas will creep out of the ground and overrun the East Coast from North Carolina to Connecticut.

An annual survey of compensation at public colleges reveals that the University of Connecticut, while not yet in the top tier of public universities, ranks quite well when it comes to paying its president.

Dr. Frank Torti, the dean of the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, told the soon-to-be graduates of UConn's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences on Sunday that when he was a lad of 9, his class took a field trip to the research labs of Thomas Alva Edison.

Billions of the red-eyed bugs are expected to swarm the East Coast for six weeks after temperatures get warm enough -- but what does a brood of insects that can be as loud as a jet engine sound like? Have a listen below: Take a look at Radiolab's Cicada Tracker if you want to find out when to mentally prepare for the invasion.

The University of Connecticut will award approximately 7,000 undergraduate and graduate diplomas during 12 separate commencement exercises taking place on the Storrs campus during the weekend of May 11-12, 2013.

From left, Joseph Bingaman of Ledyard and Steven Caouette Jr. of Oakdale share a laugh Friday during the Avery Point celebration.