UConn Nation News & Stories
They Found A Home at UConn. Now, They’re Giving Back
When Kent Holsinger and Bill Cannon moved to Connecticut in 1986, they thought they would live here for maybe three or four years.
A Gift to Help Save the Planet
An investment in the earth’s future. That’s how professors view an anonymous $1.5 million gift to support graduate students in UConn’s Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department.
Librarian who treasured UConn experience makes bequest to support University library
For Nancy Baker ’72 (CLAS), going to college was a big deal. Her parents had wanted to go but never got the chance because they had come of age during the Great Depression.
UConn Mourns the Loss of Carole Neag, the University’s Most Generous Benefactor
Carole (Vestali) Neag, a philanthropist and retired registered nurse whose generosity transformed UConn, died Sunday, April 16, at age 80.
After overcoming hardship, orthodontist gives back to support residents, honor family
Ali Ghatri’s life was turned upside down at age 15 when his father, a colonel in the Iranian army, was arrested during the Islamic Revolution.