Storrs News

It's not a comforting thought for the holidays: Alcohol was involved in one-third of Connecticut's traffic fatalities in 2008, according to the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration.

The University of Connecticut has begun construction on the first of two highly anticipated academic buildings that will serve as "anchors of the campus," the latest in a sweeping overhaul of the physical landscape of the state's flagship university.

Gerald Gianutsos, PhD, JD Associate Professor of Pharmacology University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy Storrs, Connecticut FACULTY DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS: Dr.

Texas Southern will replace Northeastern on the roster for 2010 UConn said in a press release today....Here's the release UConn Athletic Communications --- December 18, 2009 - Texas Southern Added To 2010 Football Schedule STORRS, Conn.

Two well-known legislators say they will run for the Democratic nomination for Secretary of the State because Bysiewicz is running for governor.

Winter Concert Really Rocked Clubs & Organizations Submitted by The Main Street Singers, Nancy Eaton, Administrative Director, on 2009-12-15.   The Main Street Singers, the community chorus based at South Church, New Britain, joined with the Treblemakers Children's Choir from Storrs to give their winter concert at South Church on Saturday ...

MACC is also seeking donations of feminine hygiene products, paper goods and diapers, which cannot be bought using food stamps, Executive Director Beth Stafford said.

The holiday season has arrived here in Storrs for all to see. As finals approach and stress increases, it's the perfect time to take a break from it all to see a Christmas classic playing at the Jorgensen Center for Performing Arts.

The Rev. William C. McInnes, president of Fairfield University from 1964 to 1973 , has died at age 86.

Andrew Grams , one of seven candidates for music director of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, conducts Tchaikovsky's Symphony No.

This just in from the ESPN Communications department. And they are breaking out the big voices for this one.... The sixth consecutive season of ESPN's College GameDay Driven by State FarmA and Saturday Primetime Presented by DirecTV game-of-the-week series will begin Jan.

Ebony Horsewomen and UConn Join Forces to Provide Education and Outreach Submitted by Pat Kelly, Ebony Horsewomen, Inc., on 2009-12-03.   The Ebony Horsewomen, Inc., development team leader of the proposed Connecticut Equestrian and Exhibition Center , welcomes the support and partnership of the University of Connecticut, College of Agriculture ...

Clubs & Organizations Submitted by Lynn Sloan, Take Note!, on 2009-12-02.   The acclaimed a cappella ensemble Take Note! will perform a benefit concert to help local residents in need have food and advocacy services.

Biz Buzz Submitted by Kathleen M. Paterson, Storrs Farmers Market, on 2009-12-03.   Storrs Winter Farmers Market will be open Saturday, Dec.

The Boston Pops and conductor Keith Lockhart are offering a concert series throughout the Northeast beginning December 5. The series is set to being in Storrs, Connecticut, before arriving to Newark, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, on Dec.

The possible Boston Red Sox shortstop for 2010 and 2011 expressed his thoughts in an interview with a Venzuelan newspaper recently.

The modern-warfare term "carpet bomb" takes on an inverted turn in Afghanistan .

As a child, Tim Page was an odd duck. He could recite at will every school-bus route in his Connecticut town.

Regional Submitted by Kathleen Tyger Wright, Author, on 2009-11-25.   Have we noticed any changes in the weather, lately? "Falling In Love With The Earth," a novel by Tyger Wright, addresses in a format of romantic fiction, the phenomenon of our weather systems.

Driven by substantial increases in the number of students attending two-year community colleges, enrollment in the state's public and private colleges and universities grew by 3.6 percent this fall, reaching a record high of 191,227. Michael P. Meotti, commissioner of higher education, attributed the increase - the largest annual percentage gain in ...