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FOI #26-065 (02-2-26, 9:56 am)

Letters of appointment, special payroll appointments, employment agreements, and job descriptons

Name: David Amdur

Affiliation: UConn-AAUP

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 01/01/2020

Request Date End: 01/31/2026

Details: I am requesting any and all copies of letters of appointment, special payroll appointments or contracts, employment agreements or contracts, job descriptions, and organizational flow charts with lines of reporting/supervision between the University of Connecticut and Elizabeth M (Lee) Reynolds between January 1, 2019 and January 31, 2026.

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FOI #26-062

Athletics

Name: April Koepf

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: I am writing to request any employment contract extensions or amendments for Beth Alford-Sullivan that were signed in/around February 2026.

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FOI #26-061 (02-1-26, 5:40 pm)

Blue Light Phones

Name: Daily Campus

Affiliation: Daily Campus

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 01/01/2016

Request Date End: 02/01/2026

Details: We would like all documents and invoices pertaining to the cost of construction and/or maintenance of the emergency blue light phone poles and the salary information for any on-call dispatchers who work exclusively for the emergency blue light phone poles if possible.

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FOI #26-060 (02-1-26, 12:11 am)

FOI

Name:

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: Hello! This is to request the results of:

FOI #26-016

FOI #24-436

FOI #24-048

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FOI #26-059 (01-31-26, 6:47 pm)

Head Baseball Coach Contract

Name: David Mullen

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: Good afternoon,

I am requesting the current contract of head baseball coach Jim Penders.

Thank you,
Dave Mullen

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FOI #26-058 (01-30-26, 4:09 pm)

Tampering memos from the NCAA

Name: David Covucci

Affiliation: FOIAball

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 12/01/2025

Request Date End: 01/30/2025

Details: Pursuant to Connecticut's Freedom of Information Act (Chapter 14 Conn. Gen. Stats.), I am requesting the following documents from your school’s athletics department.

Any emails and attachments or memos sent to the following football staff members: your head football coach or their assistant, chief of staff, general manager, or director of player personnel
From the following NCAA officials

Jon Duncan: jduncan@ncaa.org
Lori Weaver: lweaver@ncaa.org
Chris Howard: choward@ncaa.org
Adam Morrissey: amorrissey@ncaa.org

Regarding tampering policies for college football transfers.

If you need specific terms to conduct your search, please search for

“Tampering”
“Transfer portal”

I am requesting documents from 12/1/2025 to 1/30/2026

Please note that Connecticut law requires public agencies to respond to requests within four days of receiving them by either processing or denying the request, or providing written notice requesting an extension.

As I am an independent journalist engaged in legitimate newsgathering, I am requesting a fee waiver of any associated costs with this request. In lieu of a fee waiver, I am requesting a detailed invoice of any potential costs, if any, associated with this request.

Thanks,
David

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FOI #26-055 (01-30-26, 1:19 pm)

Athletic contracts

Name:

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: This is a request under Connecticut public records law.

I request copies of all executed contracts, agreements, amendments, extensions,
and related exhibits between University of Connecticut (UConn) (including its athletic department and any affiliated foundation acting on its behalf) and any of the following
entities:

- Learfield
- Playfly Sports
- JMI Sports
- IMG College
- Any successor, subsidiary, or affiliated multimedia rights or marketing entity

This request includes, but is not limited to:
- Master multimedia rights agreements
- Amendments, renewals, or extensions
- Side letters or addenda
- Revenue-sharing schedules
- Minimum guarantee provisions
- Term length, renewal, and termination clauses
- Rights inventories and scope of granted rights

Date range: January 1, 2010 to present.

Please provide the records in electronic format (PDF is acceptable).

If any portion of this request is withheld or redacted, please identify the
specific statutory exemption relied upon and release all reasonably segregable
non-exempt portions of the records.

I request a waiver of all fees. If fees are anticipated, please notify me before
processing.

Please confirm receipt of this request and provide a tracking number.

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FOI #26-054 (01-29-26, 1:04 pm)

FOIA

Name: James Kennedy

Affiliation: James Kennedy

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: I request any and all records (including but not limited to warrants for arrest, court writs, mugshots, audio recordings, or body camera footage) which involves or references individuals

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FOI #26-053 (01-29-26, 4:45 am)

Psychology Today November 21st 2010 Article on Schizophrenia & "Michael Ayele Website:" https://www.bing.com/search?q=michael+ayele+website

Name: Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W

Affiliation: Association for the Advancement of Civil Liberties (AACL)

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 11/21/2010

Request Date End: 01/29/2026

Details: What I am requesting for prompt disclosure are records in your possession detailing your discussions about [1] Psychology Today as an American news media outlet which had on (or around) November 21st 2010 (i) sardonically noted how “once upon a time, a strange thing happened at the Ionia State Hospital in Michigan: a diagnosis of schizophrenia exited the body of a white housewife, flew across the hospital, and landed on a young Black man from the housing projects of Detroit, burrowing into his body and stubbornly refusing to leave;” (ii) recognized that before the 1950s, “the overwhelming majority of those diagnosed with schizophrenia were white women;” (iii) recognized that the “schizophrenia” diagnosis underwent a “rhetorical transformation from an illness of white feminine docility to one of Black male hostility” as a direct consequence of the civil rights movement of the 1960s; [2] Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W as Black Bachelor of Arts (B.A) Degree graduate of Westminster College (Fulton, Missouri) and a former Missouri state government employee (listed on Missouri’s Accountability Portal) who has witnessed his written content being subjected to frenzy before it was filtered and distorted on internet search engines (ISE) such as AOL, Bing/MSN, Google and Yahoo following his decision to recognize that (i) the “schizophrenia” diagnosis has historically been associated with white women prior to the 1960s; (ii) the “schizophrenia” diagnosis is intricately linked with the now discredited “drapetomania” diagnosis; (iii) Blacks and African Americans are five to seven times more likely than white people to be erroneously and wrongfully diagnosed with “schizophrenia” when living in the territory of the U.S.A; (iv) there’s very probably some type of fraud at play whenever an unsolicited white psychologist and/or psychiatrist (whose expertise have not been sought) declares a Black person to be “schizophrenic;” [3] the decision of the Bing/MSN ISE to filter and distort Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W’s written publications on matters related to the history of the “schizophrenia” diagnosis by generating unwelcome and unapproved queries such as “Understanding Michael A. Ayele’s Habeas Corpus Petition,” “Michael Ayele’s FOIA Requests,” “michael ayele articles,” “michael ayele website,” “michael ayele redistribution agreement;” [4] the decision of the American Psychological Association (APA) to recognize in the month of February 2021 that (i) “racism has been an enduring, insidious, and pervasive feature of the United States (U.S.) landscape;” (ii) “racism is not only limited to racist ideas, attributions, expectations, assumptions, and behaviors held by individuals but also has shaped and undermined almost every aspect of U.S society, including our laws, policies, educational systems, customs, and cultural narratives, weakening our political and civil institutions and creating many political and social fissures...”

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FOI #26-052 (01-28-26, 5:46 pm)

Basketball clinic

Name: Nathan Fenno

Affiliation: The Athletic

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: Under Connecuticut’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), I request the following:

1) Any agreements, contracts, memorandums of understanding, memorandums or similar documents related to the Mamba and Mambacita Clinic (also referred to as the Mamba and Mambacita Foundation Skills Academy) held at the University of Connecticut's Werth Champions Center on Aug. 9, 2023, in partnership with the Mamba and Mambacita Sports Foundation;

2) Any expense reimbursements, payment invoices, purchase orders or similar documents related to the Mamba and Mambacita Clinic (also referred to as the Mamba and Mambacita Foundation Skills Academy) held at the University of Connecticut's Werth Champions Center on Aug. 9, 2023, in partnership with the Mamba and Mambacita Sports Foundation;

3) Any emails to or from kat@mambaandmambacita.org related to related to the Mamba and Mambacita Clinic (also referred to as the Mamba and Mambacita Foundation Skills Academy) held at the University of Connecticut's Werth Champions Center on Aug. 9, 2023, in partnership with the Mamba and Mambacita Sports Foundation. I’m happy to limit this item to the specific university office and/or individual who served as the point of contact between the university and the foundation for this event.

This information is being sought for dissemination to the general public in the process of newsgathering on behalf of The Athletic, a sports vertical owned by the New York Times Co., and I request any fees be waived as this request involves a matter of public interest.

Please provide responsive material electronically (i.e. via email attachment).

If this request is denied in whole or part, please justify all deletions by reference to specific exemptions in the FOIA.

Thanks so much for your assistance.

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