John Bell is an associate professor in the Department of Dramatic Arts, the director of the Ballard Institute & Museum of Puppetry, and one of the most fun guests we’ve ever had. He stopped by to tell us about the astonishing diversity of puppeteering traditions, the everyday objects that serve as puppets without being thought […]
This week we return to the fabled UConn 360 Studio for a talk with Victoria Kostour ’22, a first-generation Ukrainian-American and the president of the Ukrainian Student Association. She tells us what it’s been like to watch the war in Ukraine from here in the United States, how she and her fellow students have responded […]
This week we’re joined by Jason Oliver Chang, Associate Professor of History and Asian American Studies, to talk about the pop-up course on anti-Asian racism he helped create for UConn; the increase in anti-Asian racist incidents and attacks since the start of the pandemic; and the role of scholarship in maintaining a strong democracy. We […]
This week, we sit down with Tanya Rhodes Smith, director of the Nancy A. Humphreys Institute for Political Social Work in the UConn School of Social Work. She tells us about how social work is inherently political, how social workers can help make positive changes for individuals and society, and how research indicates that higher […]
This week, we talk with Milton Levin ’04 Ph.D., Associate Research Professor in the Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science, about his research work, but also about the thing UConn’s roughly 90,000 Instagram followers will recognize instantly: his breathtaking pictures of campus locations, especially Horsebarn Hill. Professor Levin tells us how he got interested in […]
This week, we welcome Fany Hannon, Director of the Puerto Rican/Latin American Cultural Center, which is celebrating its golden anniversary this year. Fany talks about how the Center emerged from the civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s, what it’s been like trying to keep a student-oriented organization running during a global pandemic, and […]
In this episode, Matt Necci ’03 (CLAS), an attorney and UConn Twitter all-star, talks about what it means to be really involved with a community, his work with the Husky Ticket Project, why he’s optimistic about Hartford, and more. He also talks about what it was like to be in the scalding, vinegary center of […]
Every year, UConn sends out a video celebrating the arrival of the holiday season – creative, funny, moving, and surprising, these videos are produced by the talented team at University Communications. On this week’s episode, we interview videographer Angelina Reyes, the producer of the 2021 holiday video, to learn about what goes into turning a […]
After six months of radio (er, podcast) silence, we’re back! With a brief status update. Still, that counts as being back, doesn’t it? Watch this space for more as your favorite UConn-centric podcast grows and evolves.
In our last episode before the big summer hiatus, we talk with Prof. Bart Roccoberton Jr. about his work using the puppet arts to build bridges between artists in the US and China; we hear from Sage Phillips ’22 about her activism and scholarship on behalf of her fellow Native American students; and we go […]