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The Graduate Student Senate (GSS) decided Wednesday to hold an informational forum exploring its options for responding to the recent budget cuts that will greatly affect graduate programs. "We're going to have a short meeting tonight, because nothing important happened since the last time we met," said GSS President Brooke Morrill, a Ph. (2) comments
The UConn Foundation, which manages the university's $400 million endowment, has lost roughly $32 million so far this year. The losses came primarily from public investments. There was a 5.5 percent drop across all public investment returns, including a particularly bad 17 percent loss in real estate. (0) comments
A four member panel explored the connection between family relationships and global warming as part of a lecture series on climate change Wednesday evening. The lecture, entitled "Family Life and Global Warming; Part 1: A Preliminary Conversation with Family Scholars," was held in the Konover Auditorium in the Dodd Center. (0) comments
The test of the text message alert system implemented Tuesday at 1:50 p.m. was much more successful than previous tests of the system, according to university officials. Of the 3,397 individuals who reported their answers to the university's alert web site, 97 percent said they received the text alert within five minutes of the message's dissemination, according to Michael Kerntke, UConn chief information officer. (2) comments
In less than two months, Connecticut voters will not only have to make the decision of who to vote for as the next president, but also who will represent the state in Washington, D.C. To that end, Sean Sullivan, the Republican challenging Joe Courtney to represent the state's second district, spoke to a political science class Wednesday. (0) comments