Dear FOIA Officer,
Under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-200 et seq.), I request copies of the following records related to the University of Connecticut’s participation in the College Basketball Crown event:
1. Any contracts, agreements, or memoranda of understanding between UConn and the Big East Conference or College Basketball Crown organizers regarding participation in the College Basketball Crown.
2. Any financial records, including disbursements, guarantees, or payments, received or anticipated from the event.
3. Any email correspondence (from August 1, 2024, to the present) between UConn Athletic Department officials(e.g., AD David Benedict, senior athletic staff) and representatives from the Big East Conference or College Basketball Crown organizers discussing automatic bids, revenue, or participation terms.
FOI #25-077 (02-23-25, 6:09 pm) - Subject - Housing Data
Name - Student Student
Affiliation -
In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 1-200 -242, I request:
Any or all records and data relating to the recent housing eligibility decisions. As it pertains to records of what was the total number of applicants, people rejected, people waitlisted, as well as any known statistics regarding the racial, income, graduating year, and other demographic data for those rejected/eligible for housing. Please provide any records that are available on any of these subjects even if the entirety of this list is not available.
FOI #25-076 (02-23-25, 8:49 am) - Subject - Records of Compliance Office Investigation of Zongjie Wang
Name - John
Affiliation -
Pursuant to the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, I am requesting the records from UConn, as referenced in the Office of University Compliance report with Subject: Research Fraud; Engineering (EP 426):
In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 1-200 -242, the ACLU Foundation of Connecticut requests copies of the following records:
All use of force data reported to IMRP by Connecticut police departments from July 1, 2022 – the present.
The ACLU Foundation of Connecticut would prefer that any records available electronically be provided electronically. If the records are not available electronically, we will pay reasonable costs for copies of the records upon delivery, provided that the total does not exceed $50. If the total cost of producing the records would exceed that amount, please notify me before incurring the expense.
FOI #25-074 (02-20-25, 11:11 am) - Subject - Request for Records Related to Allegations Against Student
Name - Len Besthoff
Affiliation -
I am submitting a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to obtain records related to any allegations made against student by Dr. Shan Zuo to the Department of Energy (DOE) starting in April, 2024.
Specifically, I am requesting:
- All email communications and attached documents submitted by Dr. Shan Zuo to the DOE regarding allegations against student.
- Any email communications between UConn and DOE regarding these allegations.
- Any findings and conclusions from UConn regarding the allegations against student.
Please provide the above documents covering the period from March 2024 to the present that reference student in connection with any allegations made by Dr. Shan Zuo.
FOI #25-073 (02-19-25, 7:47 pm) - Subject - Correspondence Regarding the Dodd Center Palestine encampment archive
Name -
Affiliation -
Correspondence sent to or received from Graham Stinnett, Laura Smith, Jonathan Trinque, Melissa Watterworth Batt, Maureen Cresci Callahan, Kristin Eshelman, Kara Flynn, Betsy Pittman, Radenka Maric, UCPD including keywords Palestine archive; encampment archive; solidarity; encampment archive; protestors
FOI #25-072 (02-19-25, 7:47 pm) - Subject - Israel Discovery Trip
Name - Student Student
Affiliation -
Correspondence between UConn Hillel, Chabad, Huskies for Israel, Jewish On Campus, and UConn Global Affairs regarding Israel Discovery Trip and Birthright trip over the past year.
FOI #25-071 (02-19-25, 7:47 pm) - Subject - UConn Police Department and Communications
Name -
Affiliation -
Communications between the UConn Police Department and Chabad about antisemitism, pro-Palestine activism and enforcing policies by the university to counter protests and counter-protests.
Communications between the UConn Police Department and Hillel about antisemitism, pro-Palestine activism and enforcing policies by the university to counter protests and counter-protests.
Communications between the UConn Police Department and Huskies for Israel about antisemitism, pro-Palestine activism and enforcing policies by the university to counter protests and counter-protests.
FOI #25-070 (02-19-25, 7:47 pm) - Subject - UConn Police Department and Jewish On Campus Communications
Name -
Affiliation -
Communications between the UConn Police Department and Jewish On Campus about antisemitism, pro-Palestine activism and enforcing policies by the university to counter protests and counter-protests.