Spring Break
HARTFORD - Hartford elementary school students found someone they could look up to - both literally and figuratively - in their school gym Thursday. UConn alum Emeka Okafor, who currently plays in the NBA for the Charlotte Bobcats, made an appearance at Clark Elementary School in Hartford to present a contribution to the Husky Sport Program. (0) comments
President Bush signed the College Cost Reduction and Access Act into law Thursday, after Congress put up a nine-month battle to pass the legislation that will increase financial aid for college students. The law increases the maximum federal Pell Grant award from $4,050 to $5,400 over the next five years and more students will be eligible for the grant, according to U. (0) comments
EcoHusky will run its semi-annual "Eco-Madness" contest as part of its campus-wide water conservation campaign. The contest, which has been expanded from one dorm to three, will run from Oct. 1 to Nov. 1 in the Northwest, Shippee and Towers dormitories. Residents will compete by lowering their energy and water intake, and the dorm with the greatest reduction will win an ice cream party sponsored by the Department of Residential Life. (0) comments
The Connecticut River will be teeming with more than just fish when Source to Sea Cleanup volunteers show up this Saturday. These volunteers will strap on their waders and trudge through mucky riverbanks collecting garbage to purify the water. Last year over 1,600 volunteers from Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut removed 45 tons of debris from the Connecticut River. (0) comments
Most young children learn of Smokey the Bear at a young age and are able to recite his well-known phrase, "Only you can prevent wildfires." It is often because of Smokey that children are able to learn about fire safety and prevention of not only forest fires, but also house fires. (1) comment