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We are the collective bargaining agent representing faculty, researchers, and coaches and trainers at UConn. We promote excellence in research, teaching, & service by safe-guarding academic freedom and enhancing faculty rights through collective bargaining

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Reality of cuts to UConn research funds emerges. ‘There’s just this aura of awfulness’: professor. In addition to funding availability, the federal government has limited the ability of researchers to receive reimbursement for indirect costs.

www.courant.com/2026/02/28/r...

28.02.2026 21:15 — 👍 0    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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Opinion: No rest for the part-time at CSCU All workers -- including part-timers at CSCU --deserve paid sick days and job security while recovering from illness or a catastrophic personal event.

ctmirror.org/2026/02/24/n...

27.02.2026 14:26 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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UI African American, Gender Studies faculty prepare for program closures University of Iowa faculty in African American Studies and Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies are preparing for closure of their programs following a review of "low-enrollment" degrees and majors ...

www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

26.02.2026 15:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Why are so many academics in the Epstein files? It’s not just about money | Christopher Marquis In a university ecosystem that breeds hunger for status, Epstein made scholars feel like celebrities

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

21.02.2026 18:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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UConn, CSCU advocates condemn state funding 'disaster,' demand more dollars for public higher education in CT Connecticut public higher education institutions face massive budget shortfalls in the upcoming fiscal year.

www.ctinsider.com/news/educati...

20.02.2026 00:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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US union membership soared to 16-year high in 2025 despite Trump assault Union coverage slightly increased last year even as White House tried to eliminate contracts for thousands of workers

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

19.02.2026 02:46 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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Trump administration drops appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked its $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. It will...

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18.02.2026 21:32 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Happening now: @uconnaaup.bsky.social, #BackusNurses leaders urge lawmakers on #CTGeneralAssembly’s #HigherEd cmte to stopgap x’d federal Grad PLUS loans, empower RNs & #HospitalStaff to seek advanced careers. #TheCTDifference @aft.org @afthighered.bsky.social @afthealthcare.bsky.social @aaup.org

17.02.2026 20:03 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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UT Regents To Vote on Sweeping Teaching Restrictions FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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17.02.2026 14:03 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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UConn apartment builder says it can’t fill affordable housing units. What to know. Saying it can’t find qualified tenants, one of the biggest new privately owned student apartment complexes at UConn looks to change type of rents.

www.courant.com/2026/02/06/u...

07.02.2026 01:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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CT governor’s budget proposal ‘underfunding’ UConn, senator says “I was disappointed to learn this morning that the governor’s budget is probably still underfunding the University of Connecticut and higher education overall by tens of millions of dol…

www.courant.com/2026/02/05/c...

05.02.2026 12:58 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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Senate Republicans call for CT teachers union president to resign over ICE post “The statement is 100% false, wrong, irresponsible and blatant fear-mongering,” Republicans said in a release.

www.courant.com/2026/02/04/s...

04.02.2026 13:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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CT university loses 3K students in visa crunch. It’s called ‘international cliff’ with revenue loss “While these (expense) actions have been tremendously impactful, they have been completely outpaced by the ‘international cliff,’” the university president wrote.

www.courant.com/2026/02/03/c...

03.02.2026 15:29 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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EXCLUSIVE - ‘They’re living in a fantasy world’ - UConn professors sound the alarm on looming budget cuts The university is ordering some departments to cut their temporary labor budget by 30%, which professors say could lead to changes in the classroom.

www.fox61.com/article/news...

23.01.2026 12:38 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Thursday at 6: Professors at UConn sound the alarm on looming budget cuts | FOX61 Exclusive FOX61's full report on budget cuts will air Thursday at 6 p.m.

www.fox61.com/video/news/e...

23.01.2026 00:02 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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Union leaders accuse Trump administration of ‘shift toward white supremacy’ with online posts Labor department rhetoric, such as ‘One Homeland. One People. One Heritage’, prompt comparisons to Nazi slogan

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

14.01.2026 11:42 — 👍 9    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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Lamont reaches first wage deal with CT union since April The four-year agreement with Local 511 of Connecticut Employees Union Independent endorses 2.5% raises through 2028 and calls for step hikes.

ctmirror.org/2026/01/12/l...

13.01.2026 14:21 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Senate Bill 1 is reshaping Ohio public universities; 5 major changes From eliminated degree programs to disbanded DEI offices, changes enacted by the controversial Senate Bill 1 have transformed Ohio's higher education landscape and prompted neighboring states to recru...

www.cleveland.com/open/2026/01...

13.01.2026 14:17 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Opinion: CT must make higher education available to all and affordable Opportunities should be expanded by hard work instead of being hidden by financial insecurity.

www.courant.com/2026/01/07/o...

08.01.2026 01:59 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history

Kudos to @djpressman.bsky.social of the UConn AAUP who is quoted.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

25.12.2025 22:15 — 👍 30    🔁 13    💬 0    📌 2
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SFSU offers buyouts to all tenure-track and tenured faculty The Voluntary Separation Incentive Program is a “balancing act,” where there is a stronger incentive for tenured and tenure-track faculty to retire and open up room to hire back lecturer faculty.

goldengatexpress.org/114511/campu...

25.12.2025 03:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Universities are in the spotlight. So what is it like in a UMass politics class right now? - The Boston Globe Race and gender classes have been canceled, professors fired, and university presidents sacked. We spent a day in a UMass classroom to see how the consequences have trickled down.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/21/b...

21.12.2025 15:48 — 👍 3    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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AAUP Raises Alarm Over Palantir's Work for Ed Department The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is publicly expressing concern about the Education Department working with Palantir, a controversial artificial intelligence and data analysis ...

www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

20.12.2025 15:25 — 👍 8    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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In an Attempt to Cause Fear and Demobilize, the Trump Administration Increases Threats on Higher Education Educators and organizers from the AAUP how the Trump administration is systematically dismantling higher education as we know it.

inthesetimes.com/article/high...

20.12.2025 15:23 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 2
Golf Practice Facility | University Planning, Design and Construction Project InformationThe University of Connecticut (UConn) plans to construct a golf practice facility for its men’s golf team. The 9-member team and their 3 ...

Hmmm.

I wonder how much $$$ UConn will spend building a whole new facility for its 9 member golf team + 3 COACHES: updc.uconn.edu/gpf/?brid=NC...

Meanwhile my department is having to cut our incoming graduate class by half…

#nutmegsky @uconnaaup.bsky.social

20.12.2025 01:29 — 👍 13    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 1