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The WHUS News Team
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. The show consists of news stories pertaining to the University of Connecticut of the given week before it was aired and a talk show, in which the hosts and guests discuss a variety of topics. Expect accurate reporting and engaging conversations by those who know the university best: the students themselves. This podcast is in collaboration with The Daily Campus and UCTV at the University of Connecticut.
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on September 24, 2021. For the news, we covered a petition for clean water in East Campus, UConn’s declaration of racism as a public health crisis, and the university’s record research funding. […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on September 17, 2021. For the news, we covered the UConn Praxis Kickoff, the involvement fair, UConn’s placement in the Sierra Club Cool Schools rankings, pass/fail and withdrawal deadlines, and the selection […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on April 16, 2020. For the news, we covered the new Undergraduate Student Government legislation supporting LGBTQIA+ students, the two 2021 Truman Scholars from UConn, the Alumni Relations panel discussing the impact […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on April 9, 2020. For the news, we covered the gathering of students to fight anti-semitism, the introduction of a literary translation minor, the awarding of the Blaise Pascal Chaire d’Excellence and […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on April 2, 2020. For the news, we covered the arrest of a UConn soccer player for sexual assault, the rise in antisemitic incidents happening across campus, the arrests of two Storrs […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on March 26, 2020. For the news, we covered course registration for UConn’s 2021 summer session, UConn’s fall 2021 reentry plan, the Eversource Energy Center renewable energy research and UConn being honored […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on March 19, 2020. For the news, we covered the plans for an in-person graduation ceremony in May, SUBOG’s Rocket League tournament and the future of esports at UConn and the night-of […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on March 5, 2020. For the news, we covered the Undergraduate Student Government’s vote of no confidence statement, the petition to implement an anti-Black racism general education plan, the CLAS Student Voice […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on February 26, 2020. For the news, we covered the announcement of in-person tours for admitted UConn class of 2025 students, the USG presidential debate on Tuesday Feb. 23 and how students […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on February 19, 2020. For the news, we covered the emergence of the hot sauce trend among UConn Huskies fans, a potential plan from administration to lower the projected tuition increase, three […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on February 12, 2020. For the news, we covered the additional vaccine delivery to UConn Health, the UConn School of Nursing’s exciting new program rank, a UConn research team’s quest to learn […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on February 3, 2020. For the news, we covered the Undergraduate Student Government President Michael Hernández’s veto, the loss of UConn student Sarah Dinh, the eight UConn researchers selected for the 2020 […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on February 5, 2020. For the news, we covered the cancellation of vaccine appointments at UConn Health, the closing of an intersection between Hillside Road and Alumni Drive, a new app called […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on December 4, 2020. For the news, we covered which analytics that professors can see through virtual learning, the PeopleSoft Admin update, the Rainbow Center’s virtual ceremony for Transgender Day of Rememberance […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on November 27, 2020. For the news, we covered the petition calling for a reversal to the suspension of the Connecticut Commitment, the return of Humans of UConn, stress relief opportunities from […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on November 13, 2020. For the news, we covered the UConn Storrs new quarantine of five dorms, an update on the 2020 Presidential Election, the earthquake that shook Storrs Sunday morning, the […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on November 6, 2020. For the news, we covered election day, the Trump Administration’s lawsuits filed over ballot counts across the country, University of Connecticut students exercising their right to vote in […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on October 30, 2020. Interviews were pre-recorded. For the news, we covered University of Connecticut President Thomas Katsouleas’s announcement of the temporary pause of the Connecticut Commitment program and his thoughts on […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on October 23, 2020. Interviews were prerecorded. For the news, we covered a meet and greet for students with UConn’s new Vice Provost Michael Bradford, UConn Health’s recent grant for $50,000 in […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on October 16, 2020. For the news, we covered gourmet donuts from a UConn dining chef, how dining services have adapted to the demands of COVID-19, thoughts from Fine Arts students about […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on October 9, 2020. For the news, we covered some USG Presidential Election campaign violation allegations, an in-depth look at how COVID-19 saliva testing works at UConn, the suspension of the fraternity […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on October 2, 2020. For the news, we covered the Social Identity Awareness activity completed by the Office for Diversity and Inclusion, the quarantine of Belden Hall, the CT executive order issuing […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on September 25, 2020. For the news, we covered the shutdown of Eddy Hall for quarantining, UConn’s new health disparities research team, Luis “Soop Doop” Diaz’s leave from the Student Union, National […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on September 11, 2020. For the news, we covered the announcement of the spring semester’s class formatting, dining services preparing to hand out reusable takeout bags to all students, the temporary closure […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on March 6, 2020. For the news, we covered the movement to establish a new Middle Eastern and South Asian Cultural Center on campus, ConnPIRG testifying in support of a bill to […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on February 28, 2020. For the news, we covered a former UConn soccer player suing the university after her scholarship was revoked, the recognition of UConn as a top producer of Fulbright […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on February 21, 2020. For the news, we covered UConn students speaking out against proposed budget cuts, the rolling opening date of UConn’s new performance centers, the UConn Master’s of Business program […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on February 14, 2020. For the news, we covered the death of former UConn President John DiBiaggio, a $1 million deficit at Rentschler Field due to declines in football attendance, the availability […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on February 7, 2020. For the news, we covered the death of a UConn student in Coventry, Lizzie’s Curbside celebrating 29 years on campus, the UConn Recovery Community beginning to train students […]
This episode aired on January 31, 2020. For the news, we covered the UConn Mental Health Coalition drafting a list of demands for the UConn administration regarding mental health services on campus, the addition of American Sign Language (ASL) as a major at UConn, the upcoming construction in the Northwest area of campus, and the […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on December 6, 2019. For the news, we covered the $4 million increase UConn made from housing this year, an increase in university tuition over the next five years, the announcement of […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on November 15, 2019. For the news, we covered a small fire in the Philip E. Austin building, Bloomberg Business Week ranking UConn’s Masters of Business Administration program at #29 among public […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on November 8, 2019. For the news, we covered the Mansfield town council election results, a UConn professor being honored at the Annual Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame Ceremony, residents of Mansfield […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on October 25, 2019. For the news, we covered the arrest of two white students who were filmed using racial slurs against black students in the Charter Oak Apartments, USG’s plan to […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on October 18, 2019. For the news, we covered the investigation into three white students who were filmed using racial slurs against black students in the Charter Oak Apartments, the origin of […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on October 11, 2019. For the news, we covered the Mansfield town manager resigning due to allegations of racist remarks, President Katsouleas announcing the Connecticut Commitment program at his inauguration, and the […]
Disclaimer: We Banjo 3 is performing at Jorgensen on Thursday, October 17, not Friday, at 7:30 p.m. This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on October 4, 2019. For the news, we covered UConn Parking Services issuing over $966,000 […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on September 27, 2019. This week, we featured two news packages. The first one covers the student climate strike that urged the University to take important action against climate change, produced by […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on September 20, 2019. For the news, we covered Webster Bank declining to renew their contract with UConn, the Climate Strike happening on Fairfield Way, ITS expanding their wireless coverage in outdoor […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on September 13, 2019. For the news, we covered the university’s ranking at No. 24 in a U.S. News and World Report, impeachment charges being brought against the USG Comptroller, multiple construction […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on September 6, 2019. For the news, we covered the recent changes made to UConn’s bus routes, the renovations done at Whitney Dining Hall, a new program at Jorgensen that offers free […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on August 30, 2019. For the news, we covered the class of 2023 being the most diverse in UConn history, a new student account program offered at the Bookstore, a section of […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on May 3, 2019. For the news, we covered the lack of mental health assistance on campus, the introduction of a new American Sign Language Studies major in the fall, the addition […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on April 26, 2019. For the news, we covered a campus-wide power outage at Storrs, research on swapping out plastic water bottles for boxed water, the possible return of tolls to the […]
This podcast is a digital archive of the WHUS News Team broadcast which airs on 91.7 FM once a week. This episode aired on April 19, 2019. For the news, we covered the cancellation of artist Sean Kingston from SUBOG’s annual spring music festival, UCONNIC, Turning Point USA’s Campus Clash event, and a UConn professor […]