Adam Kuegler (’17) is the first UConn Law graduate to be accepted to the Supreme Court Fellows Program.

Dan Fata (’94), Jeffrey Dressler (’08), and Jaime Cheshire (’99)‘s service on the Afghanistan War Commission was mentioned in UConn Magazine. 

Susette Talarico (’76) was awarded The President’s Medal at the University of Georgia for her profoundly positive impact on, and devotion to, UGA. 

Brian Pollard (’85) has been chosen to receive the CLAS Distinguished Alumni Award in Social Sciences & the Humanities. 

Derefe Chevannes (PhD ‘19) who is currently tenure-track professor at the University of Memphis, has accepted a tenure-track position in Political Science (with a focus on political theory and expertise in Black political thought) at the St. George campus of the University of Toronto. He will begin this July and will be considered for early tenure. 

 Wesley Renfro (PhD ‘09) will become the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of New England in April 2025. 

Mars Rodriguez (MA ‘24) is currently a political organizer and civil rights advocate in Connecticut. Her piece titled “How the militarization of police sows community distrust and political unrest: A case study of the Minneapolis Police Department” got published in Blog of the APA on March 11, 2025.