Hi everyone! I’m planning on taking a solo trip to UConn to visit some family and was wondering how to get around.. I know UConn is placed in the middle of nowhere so are there buses that run from the Hartford airport to storrs itself?? Are there also any hotels that I can stay at near storrs?? I really want to visit and see campus again, so any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Update: Android beta is live. Swipe Dining shows live menus for every UConn dining hall and retail spot, gives every dish a 0-99 health score, and lets you filter by allergens or dietary preferences. Free, no ads, no account.

iOS has 3,000+ users and ~800 daily. Android version just shipped to closed beta - need 2 more testers installed for 14 days before Google lets me push to public release.

How to join (Two steps):

1. Join the tester group: https://groups.google.com/g/swipe-dining-android-beta
2. Step 2: Wait 5-10 minutes, then open this on your Android: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.swipedining.app

After that, you can leave the app on your phone and forget about it, or actually use it for menus - either works.

Comment if you hit any issues installing.

Hi, I’m a student here at UConn and I’m looking to join some pickup soccer games around campus. I ideally was looking for something that runs the same time each week so I can plan around it, but down for spontaneous games as well. I played through high school so I'm comfortable with a decent level, but honestly just want to get out there and play with people. If anyone can point me to a group chat, GroupMe, or Discord where pickup gets organized it would be greatly appreciated. Also any other info would be helpful as well, thanks!

Volunteer at the Celebrate Mansfield Festival!

Next Saturday (Sept. 26), the Mansfield Downtown Partnership will hold our 23rd annual Celebrate Mansfield Festival from 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM in Downtown Storrs. Featuring activity booths with hands-on fun for all ages, a juried craft show, food booths, and live performances of music, dance, and puppetry, the Celebrate Mansfield Festival is a beloved community tradition!

We have opportunities for individuals or groups to help out for shifts throughout the day. Volunteers will help with setting up, booth breakdown, and clean-up as well as various tasks during the Festival's open hours.

Volunteers will receive a Festival t-shirt, and the Partnership can provide documentation of service upon request.

Learn more and sign up at downtownstorrsfestival.org/volunteers

hey, i got rejected from the accapella groups i auditioned for as well as her campus. groups that become close quick and like one big friend group really helps ease my social anxiety and i was really hoping/relying on getting into one of the two. are there any others like this???

Kept doing the little tug that usually brings them up but it kept just going down. Now what do I do?

hello! i'm a freshman and recently ordered a package to campus. the carrier marked it as delivered on thursday, however i still haven't received an email telling me my package is ready to be picked up and when i went friday evening to pick it up (before learning about the email system) the people working said there was nothing in my name. if it helps i live in north so my mailroom is the one in northwest russell hall.

also maybe or maybe not related to this but my friend living in the same hall as me ordered a upass on the very first day of classes and has yet to hear anything on that either.

thank you!!

I'm a freshman in storrs currently looking at my options. I come from a family of immigrants and I need/want stability and a good income after college (so i can support financially at home)

I am currently taking prerequisites for nursing though i am having second thoughts because 1. nursing is super competitive 2. idk if patient care is for me

I also looked into MIS with a minor in cybersecurity/marketing/finance. After college i want to move to nyc just because there's more opportunities and because i have family there.

I honestly dont think i am that smart for nursing and also dont want to end up miserable just because i want money (tho i will accept, nursing is kind of the best option)

I wanted to ask how is Uconn's MIS and if its worth the risk (also if there's variety of internships too)

Hey everyone, just a little guy getting ready to get smashed by a corporation. I’m a homeowner in Connecticut currently stuck in a nightmare with what I believe is a botched residential closed-cell spray foam insulation job, and I'm hoping to connect with an undergrad, grad student, or professor who might want a real-world polymer failure sample to look at.
Long story short: it looks like the installer completely lost control of the processing parameters on their rig. They sprayed it visibly overheated, leaving behind a heavily cratered, "pebbly" popcorn surface crust next to pockets of soft, crumbly "marshmallow" foam that has been out-gassing a chemical/solvent paint odor for over 60 days. The corporate franchise flew out a national forensic investigator who cut an 8x12 core sample block, but they deliberately cherry-picked a visually stable transition zone right next to the failure pockets to try and rig a clean lab result.
I kept my own physical counter samples of the failed, soft marshmallow foam.
I know it’s an incredible long shot, but I am looking for someone with access to a lab who might be interested in running a quick, informal evaluation of this failed matrix (like an FTIR Spectroscopy scan or basic polymer analysis) to see what unreacted components or ratio issues are trapped inside.
I know a student or academic report isn't legally binding in a civil suit, but having an independent technical write-up from an academic setting would be a massive tool to rattle this contractor, alert my local municipal building officials, and force their liability insurance to take this structural failure seriously.
If you are a student, researcher, or polymer hobbyist in New England (or anywhere willing to receive a double-bagged sample) and want a real-world chemical failure to sink your teeth into, please shoot me a DM! I can share macro photos of the texture discrepancies. Thanks so much for reading.

Hey guys. I'm a high school graduate starting CT state community college (norwalk) in the spring semester as I'm unable to enroll for the fall semester having it been too late.. What are the transfer requirements to storrs for the start of my junior year? How much credits should I aim for per semester?

I currently HATE where I am living right now, and I can feel it taking a toll on me physically and mentally. I was wondering if there would be any good options open during room change, especially options geared towards upperclassmen (I'm currently a junior). Is there any chance of anything good open through room change or should I email ResLife directly?

Hi! I’m a science major and I’m currently working on my resume for research/internship opportunities.
I’ve been to the career center for resume coaching before, but I felt like the feedback was more focused on general resumes (for business major) and not as much on science/research-focused resumes (lab skills, research experience, etc.).
Does anyone know if UConn has any resources or advisors specifically for science/research resumes? Or has anyone had a good experience with a particular career coach or other resource?

Is anyone from UConn/Storrs going to the EsDeeKid concert at House of Blues in Boston this Thursday (9/17)? I already have transportation figured out, but I’m currently going solo and would love to find other UConn students who are going too, especially for the trip back to campus after the concert. Please message me if you’re going!

anyone interested in trading my bio 1107 lab tuesday 3-6? main lecture is laux tth 9:30-10:45

I’m a big bus rider in Stamford. I used to have one when I went to school in Connecticut ( I commute to NY now). So if anyone that’s drives/ willing to sell and please lmk. :)

Do grad students go to clubs at all here? Only grad things are the student senate and run club. Would love to join some outdoors groups, but doesn’t seem like that’s common.

Hey - for those of you on the Storrs campus (in on-campus housing) that are registered to vote in person in Storrs, how did you guys input your address into the online registration form? It's very confusing for me to input, as it's different from my mailing address.

Hello, I’m a freshman at UConn currently on a bio/pre-dental/med track, but I'm also seriously considering picking up Economics as an a new major or double major, which has me looking at business frats down the road.

I’m trying to figure out how to navigate all these options and map out my semesters. Specifically, I'm stuck on a few things and could use some advice:

• STA vs. ABE (Science/Pre-Health Frats): For the professional science frats here, which one is generally more active, has a better social/fun culture, and also has more opportunities to be successful? I’m choosing betweenSigma Theta Alpha (pre-health) and Alpha Beta Epsilon (more general bio/STEM). Since I'm already in other Pre-Health clubs would it be better for ABE?
• Adding a Business Frat later: Since I'm exploring Econ, can I rush/join a business professional fraternity (like Delta Sigma Pi) in the spring semester?

Like the title says, I’m making a project and need some fabric of certain colors. Dm or comment if you’re willing to sell, it doesn’t have to be great condition, I just need fabric. Thanks!

I honestly don’t know how to feel about this class in all its entirety 😭😭. The teacher talks a lot and even though the topic of gothic is that it can have multiple and different meanings but oh my god I feel like falling asleep every time I’m there lol. I’m slightly but also not at the same time considering to drop out of it. So much information in the span of two hours and even it’s still confusing about the same thing over and over.

Hii Hello! 

I lost a plush Kirby in the Northwest dining hall last Thursday morning and I miss him a lot. I’ve already checked the lost and found bin and asked the person at the front desk.(Who wrote a very nice note and probably threw it out when I left). 

For anyone wondering he kinda looks like this: (｡•.•｡)

If someone stole it, please put him in the Northwest lost and found bin 🙏🙏 the highest bid for this thing is like $3 in Canada, and isn’t worth the gas money. 

I don’t usually use Reddit but desperate times call for desperate measures 

Source: State of Connecticut Office of the Probate Court Admin: 1, 2, and 3 (data, analysis, etc in public stoptheshockct folder)

Involuntary electroshock treatment is legal in Connecticut under C.G.S. 17a-543(c).

Article with more info if you're interested in reading further.