Washington – President Obama on Monday will honor the NCAA Champion UConn Huskies men’s and women’s basketball teams, the White House announced Friday.
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UConn formalizes plans to reopen downtown Hartford campus
University of Connecticut officials took a major step Tuesday toward relocating the school’s West Hartford branch to downtown Hartford, approving and signing documents to anchor the new campus in the former Hartford Times building.
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Connecticut colleges receive millions from the Pentagon
WASHINGTON – Connecticut colleges have been increasingly benefiting from money from the Pentagon over the last few years, winning millions in contracts from the U.S. armed forces to conduct research on a wide range of products used in national defense — from sensors that track the health of soldiers to instruments that detect matter in outer space.
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New law will speed hiring of UConn police, reduce overtime cost
The Connecticut legislature has passed a measure that will speed the hiring of new University of Connecticut police officers, reducing high overtime costs and improving department morale.
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Economists: Deceptive market, sequestration, scuttled Malloy surplus
A deceptive stock market, weak job growth and federal sequestration combined to turn Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s budgetary oasis into a mirage, according to several leading Connecticut economists.
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The Basics: Improving services for sexually assaulted college students
The state Senate has given final approval to a bill that imposes requirements on how public and private colleges must respond to students who have been sexually assaulted, and what services must be provided to them. “There has been much disarray in the process in the past,” said Sen. Steve Cassano, Democratic chairman of the […]
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UConn 5-year plan: enroll more graduate students, increase research
UConn’s governing board has adopted a five-year plan that looks to increase enrollment in its graduate programs, boost research spending and set up a system to review faculty performance after they gain tenure.
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Do dual UConn basketball titles = more donations?
The dual NCAA championship titles won by The University of Connecticut’s basketball teams haven’t yet translated into a jump in gifts, the school’s primary fundraising arm has reported — but officials are not worried.
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UConn’s Napier wins hunger game
The president of the NCAA has heard UConn basketball star Shabazz Napier’s complaints about going to bed “starving.”
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UConn’s 2,135 graduate assistants unionize
Graduate assistants at The University of Connecticut have voted to unionize — making them the school’s largest union, with 2,135 members.
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Obama congratulates UConn basketball teams
President Obama phoned the head coaches of both University of Connecticut basketball teams Tuesday to congratulate them on their National Championship wins.
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Lawmakers vote to require better responses by CT colleges to sexual assaults
The House bill seeks to improve how all higher education institutions in Connecticut respond when a student comes forward to report an assault, and to boost prevention through bystander training akin to the “see something, say something” campaign.
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Following time-honored tradition, CT politicians bet on game
Politicians like to link themselves with winning local sports teams and those from Connecticut are no different. Sens. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, both Democrats, say they have a “friendly wager” with Kentucky Republican Sens. Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell over the outcome of tonight’s NCAA championship game between UConn’s Huskies and the University of Kentucky Wildcats.
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UConn’s Napier: ‘We do have hungry nights’
Napier told reporters that it’s hard for him to see his jersey getting sold while he struggles to eat.
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Courtney betting prestige, ‘treats,’ on Huskies
In a time-honored congressional tradition, Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, has publicly challenged a colleagues on over who will come out on top in a key game in this year’s NCAA tournament.
