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Holding signs and chanting "people over profits" and "women's health matters," roughly 80 UConn students gathered at Fairfield Way Wednesday for a pro-health care reform rally. The health care rally was part of the National Day of Action and marked the one-year anniversary of President Barack Obama's election. (2) comments
While Tuesday's elections were generally limited to local races, there were a few races around the country that received a good deal of attention. This week's edition of State of Play will take a look at the gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey, and the special election for the Congressional seat in New York's 23rd district - and what the outcomes may or may not mean for 2010 and beyond. (0) comments
In a sold-out hall at the new Connecticut Science Center, in front of an audience ranging from elementary school students to elderly museum patrons, Ronald Mallett made a reality of something normally thought of as science fiction - the idea of time travel. (0) comments
UConnPIRG (Connecticut Student Public Interest Research Group) hosted its fifth-annual Faces of Homelessness panel as part of its Hunger and Homelessness Campaign at the Thomas J. Dodd Center Wednesday night. The panel consisted of John Harrison and Steve Thomas, two formerly homeless men, and Michael O'Neill, director of the Faces of Homelessness Speakers' Bureau, part of the National Coalition for the Homeless. (0) comments
The Lodewick Visitors Center quietly celebrated its 10th anniversary Oct. 28, an important milestone for the University of Connecticut. When the center was built 10 years ago, UConn was one of the few universities in the Northeast with an organization solely devoted to recruiting new students. (0) comments