Storrs News

STORRS, Conn. - Warde J. Manuel, who has had a distinguished career in intercollegiate athletics that ranges from being a student-athlete to a director of athletics, has been named the new Director of Athletics at the University of Connecticut by President Susan Herbst.

Marissa D. Boyer, of Storrs has been selected for inclusion on the Dean's List for academic achievement during the fall 2011 semester at St.

Update 11:45 a.m.: An issue with an overhead wire on North Eagleville Road is to blame for Thursday's power outage at UConn's Storrs campus, CL&P spokesperson Katie Blint told Mansfield-Storrs Patch Thursday morning.

This February 10-12, 2012 weekend is packed with children's activities and shows.

This is a car story, a family saga, a regulatory Catch-22 and an opinion column rolled into one.

This article was originally published on theA UConnA Today Web site A on February 8, 2012.

Michael P. Carey, Ph.D., will speak about "Using Research to Build A Better Invention for Sexual Risk Reduction" at the CHIP Center Thursday Feb.

Storrs, CT 2/6/12 Seniors Leah Nelson and Cassy Setzler hold signs as UConn students gathered Monday afternoon in front of the Student Union to protest a video produced by student-run UCTV.

A crowd grooves as the band, Disable Time, rocks out in the audio/visual area of Fairfield Public Library for the "Library Palooza" on Saturday night.

STORRS, Conn. -- Stefanie Dolson scored 16 points, Tiffany Hayes had 14 and No. 3 Connecticut beat 13th-ranked Rutgers 66-34 on Saturday night for its 98th consecutive home victory.The Huskies grabbed control with a 17-0 run midway through the first half.

STORRS, Conn. -- University of Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun will take an indefinite leave of absence due to a worsening condition that is causing pain in his lower back, the university announced Friday.

Kelsey Brandon of Storrs has earned Highest Honors for the fall semester of the 2011-2012 academic year at the University of New Hampshire.

E dwidge Danticat , author of moving memoirs about her life in Haiti and the United States, will give a free reading Wednesday, Feb.

STORRS, Conn. - Student activists are planning to protest a parody video that aired on the University of Connecticut's student television channel because they say it promotes "rape culture." The video is a clip from a comedy show called "Shenanigans" that has aired six episodes on UCTV.

The University of Connecticut recently distributed the list of students who attained the Dean's List for the fall 2011 semester.

Ariel Dowski, a 4th-semester actuarial science major, organizes T-shirts during a Love146 meeting.

STORRS, Conn. -- State police say additional charges have been lodged against a former University of Connecticut football player accused of possessing child pornography on his dorm room computer.

If you hope to run your own business, or need some help getting one off the ground, you might want to head to Storrs this weeend for Startup Weekend Storrs.

Robert and Susan Schroeder, of Bethel, announce the engagement of their daughter, Lindsay Susan Schroeder , to Jonathan Todd Hoffman , son of Burt and Judy Hoffman, of Stamford.

A former football player at University of Connecticut was arrested Friday after police say they found 96 pictures and 26 videos of 5- to10-year-old boys engaged in sexual acts on his computer.