The Latest Breaking News from University of Connecticut

Aussie misses out on US title as Michigan break drought

Michigan have won their first US college basketball title since 1989 at the expense of Tasmanian Jacob Furphy and his University of Connecticut team.

AAP · Apr 7

His crayon is purple – but is Harold a Black boy?

Is Crockett Johnson’s Harold, of “Harold and the Purple Crayon,” a child of color?

The Conversation · Aug 16, 2024

Dan Hurley says he didn’t use the Lakers’ offer as leverage

Some feel Dan Hurley merely used the Lakers' head coaching offer as leverage to stay at the University of Connecticut, but he denies that.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jun 14, 2024

UConn introduces Siberian husky pup Jonathan XV as the school's next mascot

University of Connecticut officials welcomed a new celebrity to campus, and they say he’s a very good boy

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2023

Blumenthal to leave hospital after surgery for parade injury

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal is expected to be discharged from a hospital following surgery on a minor leg fracture he suffered during a victory parade for the national champion University of Connecticut men’s basketball team over the weekend

The Independent UK · Apr 10, 2023

Blumenthal to have surgery after breaking leg in parade

Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal was scheduled to undergo surgery Sunday after breaking his leg during a parade in Hartford celebrating the University of Connecticut men’s basketball team.

Tribune News Service · Apr 9, 2023

Blumenthal breaks leg at UConn parade, to undego surgery

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut says he expects to undergo surgery to repair a broken leg he suffered Saturday during a victory parade for the University of Connecticut men's basketball team

The Independent UK · Apr 9, 2023

Back to the father: the scientist who lost his dad – and resolved to travel to 1955 to save him

After losing his beloved father when he was 10, Ronald Mallett read HG Wells and Einstein. They inspired his eminent career as a theoretical physicist – and his lifelong ambition to build a time machine

The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2023

Want to avoid heated arguments? Try this technique before having a difficult conversation

Listening to people talk about views that clash with your own can be galling. Families all over the world avoid controversial topics. In the UK, for example, mention Brexit and watch everyone in the room tense up.

The Conversation · Feb 9, 2023

Former college student pleads guilty to deadly sword attack

A former University of Connecticut student has pleaded guilty to murder and other charges for killing a man and severely wounding another with a sword in 2020 — one of two deadly attacks that led to a six-day manhunt in several states

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2023