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FOI #25-270

Outdoor Lighting Standards

Name: Leo Smith

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: Request under Connecticut Freedom of Information Act: For the purpose of review and assessment of UConn's compliance with CGS§4b-16 and 4b-16a, I request, under the provisions of the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, that UConn provide me with a copy of
• each document, directive or electronic communication created or distributed by UConn or any of its employees, from July 1, 2006 through June 17, 2025, resulting from or related to each and every action taken to ensure that any light fixture or luminaire installed or replaced after July 1, 2006 at any UConn facility was designed to maximize energy conservation and to minimize light pollution, glare and light trespass.
• each document, directive or electronic communication created or distributed by UConn or any of its employees, from July 1, 2006 through June 17, 2025, resulting from or related to each and every action you took to ensure that any light fixture or luminaire installed or replaced after July 1, 2006 at any such facility was rated for the minimum illuminance adequate for the intended purpose of the lighting.
• each document, directive or electronic communication created or distributed by UConn or any of its employees, from July 1, 2006 through June 17, 2025, resulting from or related to each and every action you took to ensure that any new light fixture or luminaire with a rated output of one thousand eight hundred lumens, installed or replaced after July 1, 2006, at any such facility such luminaire was rated to allow no direct light emissions above a horizontal plane through the luminaire's lowest light-emitting part other than a 0.5 per cent maximum incidental uplight from reflection off mounting hardware.
• Provide a copy of the section of UConn's design standards that address or relate to outdoor lighting standards, and include the date when said design standards went into effect.
• Provide a copy of the section of UConn's operations requirements (referenced in your email response) that address or relate to outdoor lighting, and include the date when said operations requirements went into effect.

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FOI #25-265

Athletics

Name: Chris Johnson

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: Pursuant to your State’s Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), please provide me with a copy of the following:

1. Media Rights and Broadcasting Agreements:
o The current multimedia rights contract between your University (or its Athletic Department) and any media rights holder (e.g., Learfield, PlayFly, JMI Sports), including any amendments, upfront payments, signing bonuses, or revenue-sharing provisions.
o A copy of your most recent two (2) fiscal and/or calendar year reports from your media rightsholder showing the University’s total income from the relationship, including revenues generated by sponsor for the most recently completed fiscal or calendar year.
o Agreements related to television, radio, or digital streaming media rights specific to your university's athletics, including those covering coaches' shows.
o Vendor agreements for website or online services for the Athletic Department (e.g., Sidearm, WMT, etc.).
2. Sponsorship and Vendor Agreements:
o Active direct sponsorship agreements with corporate partners, including but not limited to apparel providers (e.g., Under Armour, Nike, Adidas), beverage companies for pouring rights, and stadium naming rights agreements.
o Agreements outlining financial incentives, sponsorship revenue splits, or marketing obligations between your Athletic Department or its designee and its corporate partners.
o Agreements with third-party ticketing entities (e.g., Ticketmaster, Paciolan, AXS, WW&L, etc.).
o Agreements for team travel, charter air travel, hotel accommodations for game-related travel, and arrangements with travel agencies (e.g., Shorts, Anthony Travel, OnLocation, etc.).
o Agreements with team support services providers, including software/administration tools (e.g., Teamworks), student-athlete services (e.g., RealResponse), or similar services.
o Agreements related to Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) matters, including consulting agreements (e.g., Altius, Blueprint Sports), administrative/roster/salary cap management software tools (e.g., Basepath, Dropback, etc.).
o Food and beverage vendor agreements related to game day/event concessions for Athletics events.
3. Licensing and Retail External Agreements:
o Contracts that your University has with external third-party trademark licensing agencies (e.g., CLC, Exemplar, Aspire, Brandr).
o Contracts in which your University has licensed its trademarks, logos, or branding to external entities for commercial use exceeding $25,000 in annual value to the University.
o A financial report showing the University’s total income from trademark licensing programs, including revenues generated by licensee for the most recently completed fiscal or calendar year.
o Contracts between your University and/or your agency and EA Sports for participation in collegiate video games.
o Contracts between your University and any retail/merchandise service provider to operate e-commerce sites, stadium or event retail stores, or retail merchandise operations on behalf

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FOI #25-264 (06-15-25, 9:17 am)

CFS:2400024867

Name: Vicky

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: Hello, there
Could you please send this police report to my email address? Thanks

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FOI #25-262 (06-12-25, 8:12 pm)

bias response and education case number 2024226602

Name:

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 01/01/2025

Request Date End: 06/30/2025

Details: Any and all documents pertaining to case number 2024226602 from the bias response and education office, James P. Walker-Scott, or any other relevant offices or individuals.

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FOI #25-261

Public records request

Name: Nathan Fenno

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 05/01/2025

Request Date End: 06/12/2025

Details: Under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, I request the following:

Messages on workplace messaging platforms (i.e. Slack or Teams) and emails, including attachments and meeting invitations and attachments to meeting invitations, that were sent or received by Athletics Director David Benedict, Deputy Director of Athletics/Chief Operating Officer Jason Butikofer, Executive Associate Director of Athletics Neal Eskin, and/or Director of Women's Basketball Communications Anna LaBonte since May 1, 2025, that include any of the following keywords:

“Global Crossing”
“GlobalX”
“airline”
“deportation”
“charter”

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FOI #25-259 (06-12-25, 12:28 am)

Provost's review

Name: Student Student

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 05/14/2024

Request Date End: 06/12/2025

Details: I would like a copy of all communications including emails and documents sent to and from Anne D’Alleva, Radenka Maric, Gladis Kersaint, Sarah Croucher and Ofer Harel between May 14, 2024 and today with the following terms, and other similar variations:

“Low completion program”
"Low-completion program"
“Low-completion programs”
"Low completion programs"
"program evaluation"
“Major cuts”
“Cuts to majors”
“Evaluation report”
“Provost’s Office review”
"Provost's review"
“Internal closure decisions”
"Internal closure decision"
“Academic Affairs Governance Documents Library”
“Academic Governance Documents Library”
“Low completion/enrollment”
“Evaluation process”
“Guideline for Archiving/Suspending,”
“Closing or suspending programs"

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FOI #25-258 (06-11-25, 3:57 pm)

Men's Basketball Coach Contract

Name: Juliana Rich

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: Hello, may I please request the latest employment agreement for Men's Basketball Head Coach, Dan Hurley?

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FOI #25-257 (06-11-25, 1:22 pm)

UConn Athletics NCAA financial reports

Name: Emily Adams

Affiliation: Hartford Courant

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 01/01/2024

Request Date End: 06/11/2025

Details: Good afternoon, I am requesting copies of UConn's NCAA Revenues and Expenses Reports for the 2024 fiscal year submitted to the NCAA on or before Jan. 15, 2025 and for the 2023 fiscal year submitted on or before Jan. 30, 2024.

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FOI #25-256 (06-11-25, 11:42 am)

Athletics

Name: Alex Kirshenbaum

Affiliation: Intersport

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 12/28/2021

Request Date End: 12/29/2024

Details: Requesting the following contract for the Men's Hockey team:
- Holiday Face Off (vs. Alaska, vs. Wisconsin on December 28-29, 2024 in Milwaukee, WI

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FOI #25-255

Public Records Request

Name: Jareb Gleckel

Affiliation: Staff Attorney | Animal Outlook

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: Dear Public Records Officer,
On behalf of Animal Outlook, a national nonprofit organization, and pursuant to the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-200 et seq., I respectfully request all video recordings related to the use of animals in the University of Connecticut’s work and other university activities between January 1, 2024 and the date of fulfillment of this request. This request includes, but is not limited to, the following:
1. Video of any testing, experimentation, training, teaching, animal husbandry practices, or veterinary procedures;
2. Video from university research facilities that utilize animals in their work;
3. Video from farms associated with the university;
4. Video of animals used in teaching settings;
5. Any other video recordings that feature the use of animals in university activities, regardless of the setting.
If you deny this request, please cite each specific exemption you believe justifies your refusal to release the information.

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