UCTV, the University of Connecticut’s student-run television station, will be holding their first annual film festival on April 21 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Lawrence D. McHugh Building. I...
https://whus.org/2024/04/uctv-announces-first-annual-film-festival/
After serving the Stamford area for 156 years, the Stamford YMCA closed its doors permanently on March 31. The Stamford YMCA released a statement expressing how the after-effects of the COVID-19 ...
https://whus.org/2024/04/stamford-ymca-closing-leaving-uconn-students-without-a-recreational-center/
Linda Kosuda-Bigazzi, the wife of UConn Health Laboratory Science and Pathology Professor Dr. Pierluigi Bigazzi, pleaded guilty to killing her husband on March 11, six years after Bigazzi’s pre...
WHUS Radio, the University of Connecticut’s only student-run radio station, is hosting its annual Spring Fling concert on Saturday, March 23 at the Student Union Ballroom at 7 p.m. Doors open a...
https://whus.org/2024/03/whus-holding-spring-fling-concert-saturday-night/
The results of the 2024 University of Connecticut joint elections have been released on the vote.uconn.edu website. Elections were held from March 5 to March 7 and featured races for positions in...
https://whus.org/2024/03/uconn-2024-elections-results-and-recap/
UConn Stamford student groups Huskies for Charity, GaySpace and First Gen Club under the guidance of Professor Laura Bunyan, hosted their Clothing For All event in conjunction with The Center for...
The University of Connecticut Rainbow Center is holding its annual drag show on Saturday, March 3 at 7 p.m. at the Jorgensen Performing Arts Center. The drag show is a staple event for the Rain...
https://whus.org/2024/03/rainbow-center-hosting-drag-show-saturday-night/
UConn students are preparing to volunteer and provide free medical, dental, and vision care to approximately 300 people on March 2 and 3. The Medical Clinic Club is partnering with Remote Area ...
https://whus.org/2024/02/uconn-non-profit-medical-clinic-pop-up-expected-in-march-2024/
Students at the University of Connecticut are one month into the Spring 2024 semester. After spending the winter holidays at home with their families, students are now back on campus attending cl...
https://whus.org/2024/02/uconn-students-are-adjusting-to-spring-2024-semester/
UConn Plant Science Professors Gerald Berkowitz and Matthew DeBacco made history in 2019 when they introduced a cannabis horticulture course at UConn. They continued their legacy this semester by...
As college students, it can be very easy to feel lost in such a big world. To find a purpose at the age of 18 is a feat that you don’t realize you have the rest of your life to figure out. Choo...
https://whus.org/2023/11/uconn-offers-class-to-find-lifes-purpose/
In a recent town hall forum hosted on Monday, Oct. 31, UConn administrators announced changes to the cost of tuition, as well as housing and dining fees, that will take effect for the 2024-25 aca...
On Tuesday, Nov. 7, Mansfield held its municipal elections for 2023, which appointed positions in various offices such as Town Council, Board of Education and the town’s Planning and Zoning Com...
https://whus.org/2023/11/mansfield-holds-2023-municipal-elections/
Patricia Kelly was just nine years old when her family moved to Hartford in 1955. The move was a tough one for Kelly, who was subjected to racist taunts from the neighborhood children. All that ...
As New England fall weather finally begins to set in at UConn, students should begin preparing for the inevitable and fast-approaching flu season. This year, UConn’s Student Health and Wellness...
https://whus.org/2023/11/student-health-and-wellness-opens-its-doors-for-annual-flu-vaccine-drive/
Cameron was prescribed oxycodone for a football injury when he was just 14. Cameron, whose last name is being withheld, became addicted, but by age 26, he was supported by a team of therapists in...
https://whus.org/2023/10/counterfeit-pills-with-lethal-amounts-of-fentanyl-flooding-connecticut/
The University of Connecticut’s own Spring Valley Student Farm hosted its first Farm Fresh Market event on Aug. 31, bringing organically grown produce, floral arrangements, baked goods, and Spr...
https://whus.org/2023/10/spring-valley-student-farm-brings-fresh-market-to-fairfield-way/
DesignedBlack was a club started by Solange Wright in response to a perceived lack of diversity in the University of Connecticut School of Fine Arts.
https://whus.org/2022/02/uconn-club-designedblack-offers-space-for-black-creatives/
Bicycle Talk Episode 281: February 7th, 2022: Ron’s Rant: Women’s College Basketball, I know it’s not bikes but Tennessee ladies please? Egan Bernal and TT bikes. On a positive side: Th...
Last week, the University of Connecticut held two Town Halls to address lingering questions around how COVID-19 will impact the spring semester.
https://whus.org/2022/01/10-takeaways-from-uconns-spring-2022-planning-town-halls/
Bicycle Talk Episode 278: January 17th, 2022: Ron’s Rant. Mechanics Ask Walmart, Major Bike Manufacturers to Stop Making and Selling ‘Built-to-Fail’ Bikes. Stop buying junk! On a positive...
Bicycle Talk Episode 277: January 10th, 2022: Ron’s Rant. The motorized vehicles are not looking for you. The Importance of Being Predictable On a positive side: A bump in the road update...
Bicycle Talk Episode 276: January 3rd 2022: Ron’s Rant. Vision Zero lost its way in 2021. Can Eric Adams get it back? Ron rants on the former NYC Mayors history and is hoping for better from ...
Bicycle Talk Episode 275: December 27th, 2021: Ron’s Rant. The Windshield Perspective. Make City Cops Bike Their Precincts An annual requirement to ride in the bike lanes would go a long ...
Bicycle Talk Episode 274: December 20th, 2021: Ron’s Rant. The Myth of the Demon Biker. Why is it that bicycle pedestrian accidents get more media attention than motorized vehicle / pedestr...
“CAUTION: BUS IS TURNING,” screams a mysterious female voice into the night sky. While these words are well known to UConn inhabitants, the origins are a little more technical.
Dozens of party hat wearers were seen gathered at Mirror Lake on October 22. At first glance, it could be seen as a typical birthday get together on campus, until the crowds reveal two cats.
https://whus.org/2021/12/local-cat-celebrates-second-birthday/
Bicycle Talk Episode 271: November 29th, 2021: Ron’s Rant. Wisconsin is back. Details evolve. Why don’t we impound motor vehicles when they have been used to attempt murder? Many stat...
Bicycle Talk Episode 269: November 15th, 2021: Ron’s Rant. Are you tired of hearing this? “Bicycles don’t belong on the roads”. In an attempt to cure the ignorance, Ron shares the CT...
Bicycle Talk Episode 268: November 8th, 2021: Ron’s Rant. Ron tells a funny story about a bank rider who used a bicycle as his get away vehicle. On a positive side: A bump in the road upda...
On September 30, 2021, the UConn Division of Public Safety Clery Annual Security and Fire Safety Report was released to the public.
https://whus.org/2021/11/uconn-releases-annual-clery-report/
The University of Connecticut Recovery Community held their monthly Recovery Ally training on Thursday, October 21st where they taught individuals how to support those recovering from addiction.
Bicycle Talk Episode 267: November 1st, 2021: Ron’s Rant. Stat’s are in. Bad year for auto deaths in the USA Still waiting to hear the stats on Bicycles and pedestrians. On a positive s...
The Rainbow Center hosted a therapeutic art session at their cultural center to spread awareness of Suicide Prevention Month on Friday, October 1st. Twenty participants sat down together to paint...
By Hector Condori UConn’s mailroom has been receiving a vast amount of package orders throughout September,resulting in delays lasting as long as five days. The rise in mailroom activity contri...
https://whus.org/2021/10/uconn-mailroom-faces-delays-hectic-activity/
US President Joe Biden spoke at UConn on Friday, October 15. This is the second time in UConn history a sitting president has visited campus.
https://whus.org/2021/10/president-biden-visits-uconn-campus/
Bicycle Talk Episode 267: October 18th, 2021: Ron’s Rant. Driving in traffic. Why? People do this every day? Why? Also: Patent Watch: Trek, Canyon and others patent bike boxes for the D2...
Bicycle Talk Episode 266: October 11th, 2021: Ron’s Rant. Still no word from Texas. The bicycle world just got bigger or is it smaller. Dorel announces sale to Pon. Lots of business news ...
On Friday, September 10, students rallied together for an omnibus of intersectional campus political causes. But this gathering had another motive: to introduce new students to the variety of act...
https://whus.org/2021/10/student-activists-kick-off-year-with-disorientation/
As UConn attempts to bring campus back to life this Fall 2021 semester, vaccinations and masks have become a requirement for all students and staff to help fight the spread of CoVid-19.
https://whus.org/2021/10/uconn-requires-vaccine-for-employees/
Bicycle Talk Episode 264: September 27th, 2021: Ron’s Rant. 16 year old pickup truck driver runs over cyclists in Texas while trying to “coal roll” them. Consequences? On a positive sid...
Every Noise at Once, an online data-based visualization of all music genres, started like many of Spotify Data Alchemist Glenn McDonald’s projects: a debugging tool for some part of Mcdonald’...
A team of professors and students from UConn are working with Connecticut towns to one local environmental issue: stormwater runoff.
https://whus.org/2021/09/uconn-helps-shoreline-towns-tackle-stormwater-runoff/
Bicycle Talk Episode 263: September 20th, 2021: Ron’s Rant.The on going rant on the American “Big Truck” deadly by design vehicles. Chevy Colorado Pickup Truck 2015 ad campaign. Really...
Bicycle Talk Episode 262: September 13th, 2021: Ron’s Rant. Ron rant’s about Freedom and the use of the word to sell cars and trucks. On a positive side: A bump in the road update. Ron keep...