Dining Services In The News

2024

9/4/24 – State-of-the-Art Cafeteria Opens at UConn (Total Food Service)

8/27/24 – Cheeses Proving UConn Creamery Is More Than Ice Cream (Patch)

8/23/24 – UConn debuts new dorms and dining hall (UConn Daily Campus)

8/21/24 – Cheese Champions: UConn Cheeses Win Awards in National, Regional Competitions (UConn Today)

6/28/24 – Day trips in Connecticut: 50 fun things to do, from pizza to parks (and a castle, too) (WBUR)

6/17/24 – Meet the winners of this year’s NACUFS collegiate dining, nutrition and sustainability awards (Foodservice Director)

4/24/24 – An ‘Ode to Buckley’: Music Students Pay Their Respects to Soon-to-Close Dining Hall (UConn Today)

4/18/24 – Save Our Mother: Students gather on Fairfield Way in celebration of Earth Day (UConn Daily Campus)

4/4/24 – Spring Valley Student Farm hosts Farm Fridays for students (UConn Daily Campus)

3/19/24 – UConn Senior Offers Recipes for Success (UConn Today)

3/8/24 –  Hidden Gems of Hartford and Holland Counties (Patch.com)

2/28/24 – UConn Dairy Bar unveils new Senior Scoop: Basketball Capital of the Swirl’d (UConn Daily Campus)

2/24/24 – UConn Fans Out in Full Force in Response to Wakeup Call from ESPN’s Gameday Crew (Hartford Courant)

2/9/24 – UConn students celebrate Winter Weekend with mounds of free ice cream (NBC CT)

1/19/24 – Updates to UConn’s food pantry are here (UConn Daily Campus)

1/9/24 – UConn Dining chefs compete in annual Culinary Olympics (NBC Connecticut)

2023

12/8/23 – How UConn is Joining COP28 Commitments to Cut Methane Emissions (UConn Today)

12/6/23 – UConn Adjusts FY25 Housing and Dining Fees, Keeps All Other Fees Flat (UConn Daily Campus)

11/30/23 – After Semester-Long Development, Student-Created ‘BrewConn’ Beer Debuts with Glowing Reviews (UConn Today)

11/27/23 – A CT native brand is offering more vegan options in UConn dining locations (UConn Daily Campus)

11/9/23 – Pop up food pantry to be held in Student Union Ballroom (UConn Daily Campus)

10/26/23 – Inside UConn’s creamery where students churn ice cream and education (CT Insider)

9/28/23 – What to know about Husky Harvest for the fall semester (UConn Daily Campus)

9/27/23 – Celebrate Mansfield Festival returns for 20th year (Willimantic Chronicle)

9/27/23 – Hazelnut MOOcha Latte Debuts at UConn Dairy Bar for Fall (UConn Today)

9/26/23 – Paige Bueckers, Chegg Inc. Announce Their Support for Husky Harvest in Storrs (UConn Today)

9/17/23 – Farm behind UConn’s ice cream and cheese wins New England Green Pastures award (CT Insider)

9/15/23 – Get into the fall spirit with the Farm Fresh Market (UConn Daily Campus)

9/6/23 – Connecticut residents beat the heat at UConn Dairy Bar (Fox 61)

9/5/23 – The New Reality for College Dining Halls: Dozens of Dietary Restrictions (New York Times)

8/7/23 – Spicing Up School Lunches – Something’s Cooking (WFSB Ch 3)

8/2/23 – Connecticut and UConn are Leaders in Clean Energy and Sustainability (UConn Today)

6/13/23 – UConn Becomes Only University with Four-Star Certification at All Dining Halls (UConn Today)

6/12/23 – UConn Dining Services wins national award for recipe made with local products (Hartford Courant)

4/26/23 – ‘A Home and a Community’ on UConn’s Student Farm (UConn Today)

4/24/23 – University of Connecticut Embraces Friendly Competition to Engage and Recognize Employees (NACUFS: Campus Dining Today)

4/20/23  – FM on Demand with Tara Fitzpatrick: Meet UConn’s new executive director of dining (Food Management)

4/3/23 – UConn Dining Passover options (UConn Daily Campus)

3/22/23 – Butter brickle ice cream proves to be a UConn student’s winning flavor (Journal Inquirer)

3/20/23 – Husky Harvest Food Pantry Opens at Storrs; Takes Cues from Success at Regional Campuses (UConn Today)

3/8/23 – UConn Dining, USG work to address food insecurity at Storrs (UConn Daily Campus)

2/23/23 – New Flavor Featured At UConn Dairy Bar..But Get It While You Can (Patch)

1/26/23 – Dining halls, cafes to add new menu items (UConn Daily Campus)

1/19/23 – UConn Culinary Olympics and what to expect for Spring 2023 (UConn Daily Campus)

1/18/23 – With new semester Up and Atom Cafe to close, nanoByte cafe set to open (UConn Daily Campus)

1/10/23 – UConn dining hall staff competes in annual Culinary Olympics (Fox 61)

1/10/23 – UConn Culinary Olympics challenge puts campus dining chefs to the test (WTNH Ch 8)