With no dissenting voices, the University of Connecticut Board of Trustees approved a four-year plan Monday to increase student tuition by around 6 percent a year to hire additional faculty.

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The University of Connecticut named Barbara O’Connor its first female chief of police Wednesday. O’Connor will replace outgoing chief and Vice President of Public Safety Robert Hudd, who announced his retirement in June after his $256,000 salary attracted public attention.

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A YouTube video depicting a political hip hop artist calling out the University of Connecticut student government for trying to censor his performance last Friday has attracted considerable online attention.

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After running on a temporary spending plan since July 1, the University of Connecticut Board of Trustees unanimously approved a $1.03 billion budget Wednesday that avoids further tuition increases in the spring semester.

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Currently running on a temporary budget, University of Connecticut officials held a town hall meeting Thursday to inform the community about the current status of the budget as they prepare to address the issue during a Sept. 28 Board of Trustees meeting.

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The state Bond Commission is expected to approve $18 million Friday to begin construction on a $172 million project to build a technology park on the University of Connecticut’s Storrs campus, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Thursday.

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Since May, Bergin Correctional Institution has been in a precarious position. It was scheduled to close, taken off the chopping block, and recently ordered closed again. But throughout, the state has moved forward with a $34,488 project to repair its perimeter fence.

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Uncertainty regarding state funding prompted the University of Connecticut Board of Trustees to pass a temporary budget Thursday that carries the university and the health center through the month.

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A long-standing independent pharmacy in Storrs shut its doors last week, a move the owner said was a direct result of a provision within the tentative labor agreement reached between the governor’s administration and state unions.

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The state announced two weeks ago that it would be closing a Mansfield prison by July 1 under a contingency plan if a labor agreement could not be reached with the state employees’ unions. But now that a tentative agreement is in place, officials say the prison is off the chopping block, at least in the short term.

The closure of Bergin Correctional Institution was one of the more serious options Gov. Dannel P. Malloy presented as part of his “Plan B” budget if he could not get the $2 billion in concessions he needed from the state employee unions, Office of Policy and Management Undersecretary of Criminal Justice Michael P. Lawlor said on May 10.

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