Tag: Traditions

Episode 77: Banquet Brawl

This week, we speak with School of Fine Arts faculty members Cora Lynn Deibler and Earl MacDonald about the new collaborative work of animation “By Our Love”; student Tomaso Scotti tells us about what it’s like to host the My First Year Story podcast; and we learn about a bygone student tradition that is probably […]

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Episode 75: Sculpting a UConn Tradition

This week, we talk with Larry Wasiele, who created the iconic statue of Jonathan that stands proudly in front of Gampel Pavilion, and the gang looks back on a year that many of us would just as soon forget, but which was not without its high points.

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Episode 71: Where Have All the Glide-O-Rides Gone?

This week, History Prof. Manisha Sinha talks about the significance of the 2020 presidential election within the context of U.S. history, as part of our ongoing Brave Space series; Political Science Prof. Evan Perkoski discusses his study of the role civil society can play in preventing (or worsening) mass violence; and we learn about bygone […]

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Episode 63: The Spirit of ’49

This week, we hear from Coach Geno Auriemma; we meet Louis Goffinet ’17, who launched a huge local charitable effort in response to the COVID-19 pandemic; and we try (and fail) to solve the riddle of the UConn ’49ers. Transcript Tom Breen: [00:00:00] Hello everyone and welcome to episode 63 of UConn 360. That is […]

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Episode 45: Our Milkshake Brings All the Ghosts to the Yard

This week, Student Podcast Assistant Extraordinaire Maxine Philavong takes the reigns for a spooktacular Halloween episode. She interviews UConn students about their costume choices, and provides a feature on UConn’s Horror Club. We wrap up this excursion into terror with a rundown of historic Halloweens at UConn, and ponder the mystery of the “milkshake dance.”

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Episode 37: Special Celebrity Guest (The Good Boy of UConn)

This week, Prof. Arnold Dashefsky tells us what goes into the making of the American Jewish Year Book, which first began publishing in the 19th century; no less a personage than Jonathan XIV drops by the studio to demonstrate why he’s UConn’s favorite pooch; and, with news of conference realignment in the air, we travel […]

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Episode 33: Students, Scholars, and Masters

This week, we meet superstar student Wanjiku (Wawa) Gatheru ’20 (CAHNR); learn about Prof. Ryan Watson’s survey research focusing on LGBTQ adolescents; thank our lucky stars that commencement ceremonies have drastically changed since the 1890s; and salute a master in our midst.

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Episode 30: Getting Muddy With the Wizard of Ooze

This week, we talk about the trial of war criminal Ratko Mladic with Gladstein Visiting Professor of Human Rights Predrag Dojcinovic; Julie takes us inside a class at UConn Hartford where students are learning to be mindful; and Student Alumni Association President Bryan Kirby drops by to give us all the dirt on the annual […]

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Episode 26: Talkin’ National Flag Blues

This week, we sit down with Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek and I’m With Her fame to talk about her upcoming performance at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts; learn about Prof. Cathy Schlund-Vials’ unconventional route to the academy and how taking complaints about a pizza restaurant played a role in that; and finally […]

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Episode 23: Oiled Up for 2019

Our last episode of 2018 is a look back at some of our favorite moments, and a look ahead to what the new year might bring. We chase people down for New Year’s resolutions, take a quiz, and end the year with UConn students singing “Unclouded Day” in Rome.        

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