Husky Nation News

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 7, 2018. For the news, we covered rapper A$AP Ferg’s visit to UConn, the death of former president George H. W. Bush, new student organization funding policies, a fake post […]

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 30, 2018. For the news, we covered the death of the creator of Spongebob Squarepants, a protest of police brutality in Alabama, President Donald Trump’s justification for the use of […]

The episode is a special edition of the show called The UConn News Network. It features an engaging conversation between The Daily Campus News Editor Marlese Lessing, UCTV News Director Lianne Zana, and WHUS News Director Daniela Doncel.

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 16, 2018. For the news, we covered a retired UConn professor who died of a rare disease, hiring at UConn Dining Services, a new scholarship award for sports journalism 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 November 9, 2018. For the news, we covered the death of a UConn student, the midterm elections including a surge of voters in Storrs that caught Bob Stefanowski’s eye, kids voting […]

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 2, 2018. For the news, we covered UConnPIRG’s BallotReady Block Party, a vigil in honor of those who died at the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, President Donald Trump’s 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 26, 2018. For the news, we covered Former FBI Director James Comey visiting UConn, the preservation of UConn’s 4,000 acres of land, the benefits of Pet Therapy, Mansfield community complaints on […]

This episode aired on October 19, 2018. For the news, we covered the Rainbow Center’s celebration of National Coming Out Day, the benefit of mobile fitness apps, a new Arabic and Islamic Civilizations major and Farmhouse Crepes one year anniversary. Study abroad student from Northern Ireland Matt Vaughan joined us in the studio this week. We talked about why he chose to study at UConn, his research, and robotic milking devices for cows. This episode was hosted by LJ Karam and produced by Daniela Doncel.

This episode aired on October 12, 2018. It is the first Husky Nation News episode to be live on the air. For the news, we covered journalist Maria Hinojosa visiting UConn for Hispanic Heritage Month, Mental Illness Awareness week, Connecticut’s ban on bump stocks and the closure of Jim Calhoun Way until summer of 2020. Our featured news package covered news of what it is going on in the United States, reported by UCTV news anchors Amanda Cabral and Sarah Maddox. WHUS DJ Ally Urban and WHUS News Director Daniela Doncel joined us in the studio this week. We talked about the importance of college radio, music preferences and Halloween costumes. This episode was hosted by Kara Murray and produced by Daniela Doncel.

This episode aired on October 5, 2018. For the news, we covered students protesting on Lockheed Martin University Day at Storrs, the loss of a cheaper option for mental health care for students, UConn’s sick swing tree getting treatment and the Undergraduate Student Government looking for two new positions. Our featured news package covered a march to stand in solidarity with Christine Blasey Ford hosted by UConn students on Fairfield Way, reported by WHUS news correspondent Daniela Doncel. UConnPIRG leaders Walter Dodson and Emily O’Hara joined us in the studio this week. We talked about the New Voter’s Project UConnPIRG is hosting with the midterm elections fast approaching. This episode was hosted and produced by Daniela Doncel.